NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1989, 20 February 1914, Page 9

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

THE BOGUS EARL

HIS SPURIOUS CABLEGRAMS,

(Br TrtcrraDh.—Prw« AssooloUonJ Hamilton, February 19,

A further chapter in tho adventurous j career of Evelyn Hino Kitson was unfolded at the Hamilton Court to-day, when the bogus carinas called.upon to answer a'series of charges of obtaining cioney-and goods b>; falso.protoiKts. It appears that accuse'cl traded on spurious cablegrams, informing liini that he was to receive £1000 on a certain dato. Kitson pleaded guilty to alj counts and was committed for sentence. SUPREME COURT TRIALS. . Auckland, February 19. At the Supremo Court to-day, Albert Edward M'Queen and Harry Wilson, two prisoners who aro serving long terms of imprisonment at Mount Eden Gaol, wero. found guilty of assaulting Warder. Anderson and Alfred Froasken, causjng; actual bodily harm, and also attempting to-escape from gaol. Sentence was deferred.. Frank Ernest Watling, who had pleaded guilty to "a charge of forging the name of-his employer to a cliequo for £3, came up,for sentence., It was. stated that hiscmployer had reposed sufficient confidence in nim to go bonds-, man, and to offer to-employ him in future. Prisoner was ordered to como up for sentence'when called upon. A young man named Thomas Ward was acquitted on a, charge of theft of a-.'watch and gladstolie bag, the property,'of N. B. Lusk, at Te Kuiti, in February, 1912.. Charles Palmer pleaded not guilty to-a charge of false pretences. It was alleged that he.; represented himself as" a member of a well-known Auckland family, and.induced a tailor to cash a valueless cheque, for him. He claimed that -ho could prove an alibi, and the case was adjourned to give him an opportuu-. ity to. do so. Walter Kenny.'for burglary, -.was,sentenced to three refonnatiye^treatment..

OFFICERS OF THE FUTURE. '.'. :,. "OUR VERY OWN." Chrlstchurch, February 19. ' Major-General Gpdley, in an interview, said his ideal was to see a New Zealand citizens' army staffed by New Zoaland, officers. v .Be-hoped, attlie end of a year,'or 1 at most two years, that thiswould be'practically the case, and New Zealanders would be able to ropard then-, armj-as "their very own." The ambitibn'wa's a-v,ery proper one, and ho; was glad to' help'in realising it. Occasioiial exchange of officers might bo .desirable, but as good men could be produced in ,New Zealand as in any other part of; the world,'he hoped to see all colonials that were wanted taking up defence as a profession. ''.'"■■,;'■ .. . ■ -■'.■'

PHILANTHROPIC WILL. i. Duncdln, February. 19. Under the will'of the. late Allan Steven, of Dunetlin, flour miller and grain merchant,'tho following bequests are made:--Georgo Muller'B Orphanage, Bristol; England,. £1000; Foreign Mission Fund of: Bristol Homes,' £1000'; China Inland Mission, £500"; Dr. Bar-' nardo's.Home, London, £250; Dunedin City. Mission, £2SO; Salvation : Army (rescue work and maternity branch), £250}. Christian. Worshipping in Choral Hali; Moray Place, Dunedin, £250. ; A lareo' number of mission organisations b . • i, f *:l ,oj,;mc''ii>/i ,2i,f.ft ,s9Srt east) receive,£so^, fa ,■,■,;;, , & J^, FOR THE MOA'S ' ' PUlWdin, February .19. '■'' The secret.ary./oL'tho Shipwreck Re-, 'lief Socie% iteßsMh , emiftwk\\m\fP : -id'l% IM Collector,'of- Customs at Wangainij. asking-whether-tho-crew cf the burned, Moa redded relief. No reply, however,- has;' yet been ree'e iyd ,f rom, that quarter; but' Mr.■ Kennedy-,, tho. society's, ■representative- in Wellington, -.vto-day ; felcgraphed stating that £30 was needr cd iot the relief of the crow. • Tho-sec-retary has repliod instructing Mr.' Kennedy- to draw on the society for ' that amount.

,"■' DIVORCE PETITIONS. > . ';, ' Duncdln, February 19. ■•'. Tbrco potations fcr dissolution of mar-' 'riage,'wore.'heard'.byMr. Justice Sim ■this, morning. A decree nisi was made in each case, to become absolute in three months. The par'tios were:—Emma Jane Bblisky v. Frank Belisky (desertion), ilar.tha Aitken v. Wni."' Aitkerr, (desertion)., Christina Morris v. John Win.-Morris (adultery). ,- • .•■FUMES^&^'OLIACE. Chrlstohurch, February 19. Many moro. trees are dying in the city avenues in consequence, it is stated, of the escape of gas from the m;ains. The city authorities-threaten .' proceedings against the Gas' Company. , HASTINGS LOAN POLLS. - Hastings, February 19. •"■By 695-..votes to 80, the ratepayers yesterday -sanctioned; a loan of £0.8,250. for-street improvements, electric light, sewer and water-, extension. A proposal to. borrow £27,500'f0r the erection of. municipal buildings aild a theatre .waa carried by 632 to 146. , >■■ TIMARU ITEMS. Tlrriaru, February 19..'. The garden fete in aid of the fund for. improving' the park netted £416. _ At'a'public meeting last night-it was decided to invito the Fire Brigades' Association to'hold the 1915 demonstratiohs'at Timaru." • • The Regimental Band is to be given,a complimentary banqust next Thursday.