NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1004, 20 December 1910, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

'• (By Tcl'esrapb>-Fres3 Association.) y '' " V.-'-". '!-•■ OVER A SALE..OF, SHEEP, INTERESTING CIVIL CASE. -, ■ ' Christchurch, December 19. • ' . f ,.-t he reserved judgment of Mr. Justice til" *' le 9 as3 -°f Dalgety and Co., Ltd., v. the .National Mortgage and . Agency ' Co., Ltd., for ,£l2O, being the. proceeds .'. from a sale of sheep, was read 'by'the - Registrar in the Supremo Court'on Sat-.' urday morning. The plaintiff-company,'. ' it was stated,-had soid the sheep to one ■ ■ ' Stott,,who afterwards sold -them through the defendant company, the proceeds go- ' ing to reduce -Stott's. indebtedness' to ■. thenii- The Judge held:that judgment must be for--the- defendant company, af "J- . it had acquired the ; right to set off :th<. : money received against Stotfs account,"' 1 : and, further, plaintiffs' had failed t0].'.:,., prove that any definite assignment of.' ' ti,e proceeds' had ~be;n ; agreed upon. Judgment ~ivas .accordingly-- entered for defendants .with .costs .. on the lowest scale. .' ... - .-'i.-'

STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. ; . CHILDREN'S NARROW ESCAPE. : ;. y • . Gore, : December 19.. .'".A; i Tapanui on _ Saturday lightniiij ' struck three large pineS- in the plantation' l on the Brooksdalc estate,:'splitting them from top to'bottom. .Of the'sheep shelter- . ing from the storm five' ewes under the largest tree-were, killed by the lightning, ' another ten'.feet away'being also killed..' _At 1 uturau on Saturday a girl named Hannah and a youth named .Aitken were struck by lightning while taking shelter in a. Darn. The former has ■ recovered-from-shock,, but the latter is not quite yet bettor. ■,- LADIES' COSTUMES AND THE AWARD. • J . " «pi, ... Dunedln,'December.l9." l-Ii Arbitration Court delivered /judff*' j ln ' ■£ 0356 the Inspector of-' Awards.v., Rop.and Glendining, an'.ap - plioation for the enforcement of the tail Ti « Point w dispifr • .was, whether the award applies.to press- ' Tho ■•?S di f 3 ' costumes.rjCourt hield that until the provisions * ot the schedule are brought into. opera- J tion the, provisions relating "to pressera will. Dot extend to pressing ladies' cos. tumes.' ' Judgment ivras"fdr defendant, lhe?case wias treated-as one for interpre ration. .* :.

i; ". £500 COMPENSATION GIVEN. .. • . ' •'' '•:'••• Dunedin,December 19." 1 I he- Arbitration;. Court, this mornipg the case Susan Ann Cjeddes. and 'John Mill 'and,-Coi,- a. com* pensation' claim in. respect to the death '■ of Donald Geddes, who was killed .through . falling into the hold of the.sfceamer Fifeshire on - May 12.- The x Court held; that . the accident, arose .'out .of deceased's'env ployment, and awarded . 4500, ' ■ TWO AUCKLAND FIRES, Auckland, December 19. . • A two-story; shop and' residence oa' Eden Terrace, owned by Messrs. Mackfr -Logan,'.Caldwell and 'Co., and occupied; by; Mr.- "\WGribble, draper, "was- gutted ; by'fire: on Sunday evening. Gobble's , stock, was valued at JB2OOO, and insurednn the- New Zealand, • Commercial: -"Union,: and Royal offices. 1 : Cairn's' Hall, at Ellerslie, and the con* • teifts were destroyed by fire, on Saturday ,evening. . The loss is estimated., atv JSSSO, insured in the Guardian., office fofi '<£350. _• origin ,of the 'fire lis ui-v -known./.--'-"-' ' V '

A HARBOUR BOARD'S OFFENCE. Auckland, December 19. . The'. Auckland' Harbour . Board waa charged in the * Policy f Court' with' having' constructed ; certain" harbour works-Hxv dlamation of : land and' a reclamation; . wall ,; in connection . therewith—without having obtained 'authority bj - • Order-ill-' {Council:- ■'bpard'4ai3mitted.-' i .the: of?. fe'nceT l: The prS&ctftion explained • thatthe object was not-to mulct the board ia. a large fine, but to vindicate the •• law.;' The; ; maximum fine • provided V : is ,£IOOU' The ' board <waS' fined VIS "and 'costs.; ' .?:«

. TWO'FORGED VOUCHERS. - Auckland, December 19. At the Police. Court .to-day before Mn Cutteh, S.M., , William Dobbinson, . a hawker, w ; as ,' charged -with \ -forcing ;sj ■voucher for 125., and another for 35., causinglthe AVaitemata Associa.'. tioa to "act on the same believing , them 'to :b« _ He.was fined £o and costs 245., V or,'-in default one month's imprisonment j PIANO-PLAYING,RECORD.. . Whangarei,'-December 19.': : - "E:-Travis .beat .the record of eighty-four hours' continuous piano play- ' ing by fifteen-miwites: Commencing at 10 . a.m. on Wednesday,.- he kept going until 10.15:p.m.-oh Saturday,, .. .