NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1173, 7 July 1911, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

ißy Tolcgrai)h.—Prpsa AsßOcl&ttonJ 4 : PRISON EXPERIENCES. Christchurch, July 0. F. H. Cooke, Socialist orator, who was •ontcncod to seven days' imprisonment with hard labour for non-payment of u. ino imposed for a breach of tho cily ay-law prohibiting public meetings in Cathedral Square, was released to-day. i Referring to his prison experiences, ho ;xpro§sed tho opinion that tj'tlnllou Gaol jives a man no possiblo chance of reform. It is a placo for crime, imbecility, ind degcneracy. It would break a man's institution up very quickly, and would i shako his reason. If a man goes in a , criminal ho will come out worse than when ho went in. lie adds that as far as Lyttelton Gnol is concerned tho reform effected by last session's Act is in(initesimal. lie intends going to prison in regard to a further fine imposed on liim for another breach of tho same bylaw. A PECULIAR CASE, - Eltham, July 8, A case possessing some peculiar features was heard in tho Magistrate's Court today. A young man named Georgo Harry Clarry was charged with carnally knowing a girl under sixteen years. Tho accused and the girl had been previously engaged,'and were married subsequent to the commission of tho alleged offence. . • Counsel for the accused urged that, owing to tho marriage, tho further prosecution.. 0 would bo pointless, The prosecution, being independent of the girl's ovidenco v, and not on all fours with other proseoui '< tiona which wcro withdrawn through ;'i subsequent marriage barring tho girl's n evidence, tho magistrate decided' to com- J mit the accused to the Supremo Court for trial. Bail was allowed accused in. JEM and two sureties of ,£IOO each. .CLAIM FOR DAMAGES. mo ~ , Napier, July 6. ' ,i , Ino bupremo Court was occupied all das m the further hearing of the case Joll v. 'i Ebbctt, in which plaintiff claimed <£3000 1 damages for alleged negligence on tho part of defendant while acting as his solicitor in connection with a certain laud transaction. The jury returned a verdict' in favour of tho plaintiff, Assessing tie ) damages at .£125. SIR JAMES CARROLL. _ Timaru, July fi. Sir James Carroll was present this evening at a social given by Mr. J. Craigie, M.P., to his election committee, Y.M.C.A. Wanoanui. July 6. The committee of the Y.M.C.A. tonight decided to purchase a section at tho comer of the Avenue and l'lymoutli Street as a site for the institution. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. Nelson, July 0, A youth. Percy Collier, charged with / destroying P. W. Haaso's stables, has been committed for trial. THE HON. R. M'KENZIE. m , „ Nelson, July'fl, The Hon. R. M'Kenzic, Minister for Public Works, reached Nelson this morning on a visit to his constituents. Ho will go to Collingwood this evening. He will speak at Wakefield next Wednesday. • HAURAKI PLAINS. cm l ' Tha . me , s - J"'? 6. .. Settlement is making rapid headway on tho Hauralci Plains, where 80,000 acres will eventually lie opened up. What was onco a desolate swamp is now dotted with comfortable homesteads. TROTS-THE NEW ORDER. ' Christchurch, July, G. The Metropolitan Trotting Club h'as'rosolved, subject to Ministerial sanction, to ■ race tlirco days in August, three in No-. vembor,_ono,in February, two at Easter. Tho Midsummer and Autumn meeting; aro each reduced one day. "SPECIAL" 1 BITS OF LAND. . ' Levin, July 5. Blocks of land, aggregating some 3000 acres, situated seven or eight miles east of Lovin, were inspected yesterday by Mr. Ritchie, land purchase commissioner. It is understood he will report favourably regarding tho suitableness of tho land for sseciol settlements. COURT AFFAIRS, Napier, July 5. Li tho Supreme Court, at the second trial of F. 0. Skelton in connection with • a charge of theft of bicycles, tho juiy •' again failed to agree, and tho Crown ,; . Prosecutor asked for a stay of proceed- ■-> ings, the prisoner being discharged. Tho Court to-aay is enpnged hearing a claim ■ by H. S. Joll against G. Ebbott, solicitor, for JC3OOO damages for alleged negligence in connection with the Kilo of pro pert'y. , CLAIM FOR £3000 DAMAGES. Napier, July S. In tho Supremo Court action, Joll r. Ebbett, solicitor (Hastings), a claim for .£3OOO damages for alleged negligence, the ' , ■ hearing was not concluded when th» i Court rose till 10 a.m. to-morrow*