NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2010, 18 March 1914, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

two wares issued. SEQUEL TD CUSTOMS CASES. (.By 'i%)62re,jih.—Pjress Association.) Ghristchtifohj March 17. Two writs, one for "d iargn nwoimt fliirf tho other for a smatlef sum, liavo been issued at- the instigation of the Customs Department against Messrs. Barlow Brothers, ft«L! known merchants of Cliristdiureh, who, up till n littlo while ago, had a lctrgo wholesale business in tofenioo and general smoktog Itteiisjls. The writs liavo been issued to claim duty which the Department alleges has not boe.'i paid through the aetioti3 of an employee of the firm,, who, it is alleged, was* mixed np in the Customs frauds, The employe* has left the city, but tho Department has taken tho stand that the firm is liaMo for the ftrnoimt involved, although it knew nothing of tho depredations. LItIGIOUS CHURCH, ; Uunctlln, March 17, '■' When the action Jamieson against tile Chiilniers Clnirch was before the. Supreme Court last >motttb> counsel for the defence raised the --question as to whether the Atterney*Goneral aUtt tJifc trustees of the Foreign Missions Board should Bot have been joiner! as parties to tho trartsaetioH. In an interim judgment, delivered this morning, Mr, 'Justice Sim held that where' an actiufl was brought as a remedy for any abuse or misapplication of charitable funds, tho AttoMioy-Goiwrsl is the proper plaintiff. Tho present suit would not bo allowed to pwcesd until the Atfcor-uoy-Oeneral had been added tts a party. It would be sufficient if the Attorney* General was added as a defendant. DOCTOR SUES DOCTOR. Naplof., March 17. Ah action for alleged slander, in tfhieh tw«v Waipawa doctors —t>r, Deck and .Dr. Reed—figure as plaintiff awl defendant respectively, is being heard In the Supremo Court. Dr> Deck claims £3!jl damages for statements contained in letters written by Br, Reed, in which the latter, tehaifgod Dr. Deolc with breach of professional eiii|t«itte> in intruding on oao of Dr. Reed's patients. ,T.b.e cause of actian arose during the smallpox scare, Dr. Deck., visiting tho patient in question iu his capacity as public vaccinator. ARBITRATION COURT. NaOier, March 17, Tho Arbitration Court sat to-day, Mr. Justice. Stringer presiding. A claim by T, Ken4n.ll, for £150 for the loss of the sight of. piw> eye, caused hy the. falling of 'a quantity of'lime and briels dust hi a building 011 which lie was employed/as a carpenter, Was ]ieard> and judgment reserved. The- Weliinsrtoii Coadtbtiildefs' Union ■and Wellington Boiteriuakers , tfon'on applied for new awards. Judameiit was reserved, in each cese. UNSEASONABLE WEATHER. Auckland, March 17. There- Tras 3 heavy north-easterly ftalo and rain last night. Tho rainfall^!.S7 relievo the anxiety felt- by farmers throughout tho province regardiiii; the milk supply awd hif&s wliick latterly had shown' a serious shortage, WONDERFUL ESCAPE. dishorne, Mg,rclrl7. Tho horses attached to tho Opeti-ki-Motu coach wore startled by a tawiifig tree falling on tho side of ih» road, and the coach was precipitated over a bank, a fall of 20ft. Tlio coach bus* takied damage hutr 110 one was injured.