NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1494, 30 June 1905, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND.

(Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, last night., Since 'February- 21st, 1903, w.ion t-he dliiristchiurcii drill' shed was burned down, a 'good many, fires, more or less destoMCtive, 'have occurred on the same site among rooms belong ing to tho volunteers. An emifitry, wa» held to-day, bciore the Coroner and mry. A- vortdict was g.ven that the lines were wilful, hut there was no evidence as Ito the incendiaries. Evidence of volunteer witnesses showed the greatest sufferers were ithe volunteer companies. The insurance companies refused to take risks after the first fireWHANGAREI, last night. There is a dispute between the A. and ;P, Society, and the Racing Club over the terms of the lease ipi the Kensington Park, The latter wants tho exclusive right to use the racin"- track, but members of the Assortition refused to sign an agree,rnent, though willing to give a verbal promise, claiming that to sign, a deed word'd' virtually be handing over the Park to the Club. the latter refused to ■ accept those terms. Considerable feeling .was imported into tho cliaPfite.

.THAMES, last night. The last o£ the engines inamjnfa'c-' tured by. Price Bros, was despatched'ito To Aroha and back to-day. A large number o£ invitations werc isau an and a representative gathering was conveyed. The engines have been previously described. The contract .was completed well within the time estimated. The Government a rut examining ofllcials, are very, well pleased with .the quality. «£ the work turned out by,. Price's firm,, who, were highly, congratulated by, thpse present, on the siupoess which attended their business efforts. To,-day si function) was a great success, AUCKLAND, last_ night. ■

The Reg sbrar of the - Supreme Court at Auckland lias received. the jui'dgment of Mu .Justice Edwarda hi an. appeal by .Samuel. Challengier a'gainst the decision of Mr McCarthy, ij.M., whio convicted- appellant of a tjreach of one of the Waitomata Council’s bye-laws by driving a vehicle in tho country which had not been licensed by that authority,, was ii®on the construction of section 'IOG of the Municipal Corporations -Act,' iIOOO, that the Question was raised. Il'is I-Uonori said that ini Ins opinion a vehicle license taken u;ut ill a borough in which the .vehicle mostly iPiliod was good for that borough ami ail other, boroughs within five'miles therefrom,, but that it had no ofiect in any district which may be between such boroughs* ujie decision of the magistrate was therefor j in his opinion right, and the appeal must ho dismissed,, with'costs (£s'ss)». In conclusion, Mn Justice Jartwards remarked “I very much regret an appeal does not lie to the Court of Ar-j Peal from this decision. .Ot is most unsatisfactory that there should be apparently conflicting decisions of the Supremo Court in different districts u|pon a statute of ■general importance without the Pbssibilily of having the law definitely aid down so asi to. hind the whole colony.”-