TELEGRAMS

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2050, 10 April 1907, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

Press Association. . AUCKLAND, last night. During March the New Zealand Crown Mines crushed 1843 tons of ore for a yield of bullion valued at £4702. 'Hie total won from the mine to date is £676.137. A warrant has been issued for the-arrest of a hotelkeeper, late of Ohinemuri county, charged with having passed valueless cheques. It is believed lie will be arrested at Honolulu on the arrival of the ’Frisco mailboat. Henry Curnow, bank manager at VV hangarei, committed- suicide outside Iris sister’s residence, Hacket street, Ponsonby, at noon, by shooting himself. He arrived from Whangarei with his wife this morning.

NEW PLYMOUTH, last night In the Supreme Court Bred. C. Wilson appealed against an order given Ins wife by Mr Hutchison, S.M., under the provisions of the Married Persons Summary Separation Act, 1876. The appeal was by way of rehearing of the case, and Ins evidence regarding means. Appellant win examined regarding his statement of accounts when he tiled in bankruptcy- lomt time ago, which did not torrespoui v.:tn his subsequent statement. H's Hoe. r, in upholding the Magistrates order, said appellant had either perverted the truth ill tile present case or supplied an incorrect statement in bankruptcy. An appeal from the decision of the Justices at Inglewood, convicting and sentencing to six months a man named Angus, alias Johnston, alias Steward, oil a charge of theft, and orderin'’* him to come "before the Supreme Court to be dealt with as a habitual criminal was heard. After argument his Honor ’sustained the conviction, but quashed the habitual criminal order. WANGANUI, last night. The Rev. Jacobs, of Hawera, wiio is at present in Wellington en route to the Old Country, has been offered and accepted tli« vicarship of tine parish of Wanganui, rendered vacant.by the death of the Lev. Maclean. There is a strong feeling among tho parishioners here at the filling of the vacancv, as a petition signed by over 500 was presented to the nominators, asking for the appointment of the acting-vicar, the Rev. Mr Ward. Many more would have signed if time had permitted. lire nominators ignored the petition, and there is likely to be trouble. NAPIER, last niglit. A curious point has just been decided by Mr Justice Chapman as to the distribution of. a bankrupt’s assets where a second petition in bankruptcy has been filed before discharge on the first is granted. Judge Chapman decided that the creditors of the first bankruptcy were entitled to the assets under the sccund insolvency. In concluding his judgment his Honor says : “The result is, no doubt, hard on the later creditors, but that is no ground for depriving the first set of creditors of what the Bankruptcy Act clearly says is theirs.” In connection with the abolition ol franking privileges, the Education Board have asked the Department to make a refund at the end of the year of the amount npent in-postage. The Board apinovcd of a proposal to pay teachers wUuc through the post-office if cheaper and le.„ troublesome than the present system. DANNEVIRKE, last nightA man named Egan, aged 30, single, a resident of l’ahiatua, was killed by a fall-' of earth in a gravel pit near hut this morning. MASTERTON, last niglit. The men employed' by .the Railwayßeliartnient in Opakj ballast pit imbibed it Lane l ’!' that unless they are paid 9., a day they will knock off work after to-morrow Thirteen hands are involved. i t pay was reduced from ;9s to 8s a yuii i.„ , and since then all the original gang but four have gone elsewhere, WELLINGTON, last night. With reference to the telegram fiom Christchurch yesterday, the Acting-1 - mier savs: •The finance of the l.xn.ni Lon is- looking well, the being unite ill) to WV expectation. >ece..sarnj in so large an undertaking great cure m taken in general i superrvisum. "jn"or“wo small irregularities have been m xi,c Chairman of the. Hospital Trustees, replying to a criticism of the contributing'bodies to-day, made a leng th J. statement defending the administration of tho hospital, which he said comptuecl fav orably in uli respects with Australian and Home institutions. The cost per bed per annum was only £74, or a little more than four shillings per day per patient. BLENHEIM, last night. \ nasty waggon accident occurred on Sunday night at Birelniui, Wainiu Valley. On driving down a steep cutting a wagcon overturned. One man named Gash was pinned beneath the vehicle in the bed of the creek for an hour, and another name unknown, had his leg broken. Both were conveyed to the hospital, iheir con dition is serious. CHRISTCHURCH, last night. Jolm Pomeroy, keeper of an oyster saloon at the Exhibition, was cm.rged todav at the Police Court with selling liquor without a license. Pomeroy was understood to have had lockers in the saloon in which he kept stout for customer. On March 26th two constables, strangers to Pomeroy, went to the saloon and ordered oysters. They gave the pass word, ascertained previously, and obtained bottles of stout. The .premises were raided next day, and 107 bottlos found m unnumbered lockers. No lockers m the saloon were locked. The case is proceed--11 Hfomeroy was fined £ls for liquor selling at the Exhibition James Pomeroy proprietor of the sa.loon, WW fmed £5 'for being privy to the sale. TIMARU, last night. a fl r6 occurred between 7 and 8 this morning, by which a new resrdence belonging to k B, Guinness was destroyed by S fire. It is supposed to have been caused through a defective chimney The property was insured in the btate n.e 0t At the inquest on the body of Wm. Pogson to-day, a verdict of found drowned was returned. a note ■'addressed to' bis superior officer m the

Government Stock Department, giving directions as to forwarding a pocket-book to his wife, and concluding with the words, “Completely run down. Bruin gone. Good-bye.” DUNEDIN, lust night. The Town Clerk has been instructed to negotiate terms with the Surveyor-Gene-ral tor a standard survey of the alignment of the streets of the city of Dunedin, the cost to the Council not to exceed £BOO. Mr It. Breen has received word that the Otago Slaughtermen’s Union of Work, ers has been registered under the Conciliation and Arbitration Act. The citv tramway receipts continue to go up. The traffic returns for the fortnight ended March 30th bust, as compared with the. corresponding peiiod for last year, were as follows:—Receipts: 1907, £2171, mileage 41,414; receipts, 1906, £IBO9. mileage 43.422. The following otters for insurances for the City Council for the year ending March 01, 190 S, have been accepted: Guarantee policies, Standard Company; tire. National Company, subject to the same being divided amongst 21 other companies doing business in Dunedin : accident. New Zealand Company, subject to the same being equally divided amongst live other companies doing business in Dunedin. The Clydevale estate, Clutha, for the purchase of which the Government was negotiating some time ago, has been sold as a going concern to a Canterbury .syndicate. Tho price is believed to largely exceed the Government’s offer. The Uev. W. Todd, recently ordained Presbyterian minister and. called to Middlemareh, Central Otago, was last evening presented with a purse of sovereigns, a buggy and harness, by Knox Church congregation, and books and other gifts by Knox Church Sunday-school teachers aiul Christian Band. He was also presented with a number of volumes by the Kev. W. Saunders, on behalf of the Sun-day-school workers of Dunedin. Mr Todd was connected for 27 years with_ Knox Church, as superintendent of the’ Sunday-school and assistant to the minister. and in numerous other capacities as a church worker. The secretary of the Sydney Grammar School wrote stating it is intended to send a combined team from the schools to New Zealand, and asking if in the event of the team playing against Dunedin High School would the Otago Uniongive financial assistance. It was resolved to replv that on account of the difference of age' it would be useless to arrange a match such as that suggested, but In-the event of the visit being paid to the! city a match would probably be arranged with a mixed University team, the visitors to receive two-thirds of the net profits. A representative of tlie Admiralty was in Dunedin yesterday arranging for the supply of woollen goods for the use o. the Australasian squadron, and possibly the China souadron. John Scott, borough, drayman, was drowned at Kuwarau. He was emptying a dray load of ashes at the tip beau, when he slipped into the river.

ELECTRIC WORKS.

(Per Press Association.)

DUNEDIN, last night

A trial run of the Waipori hydro-elec-tric works was made last night, when everything passed otf satisfactorily. M 1 Edward Noyes, of Noyes Bros., invited the Mayor and corporation to bo present, and the Mayor switched on the power from Waipori Falls, 32 miles distant, to Dunedin, after which cars were operated from the falls. Subsequently several speeches were made, and the health of Noyes Bros.’ and Mr Goodman was drunk, and they were complimented on the efficiency and excellence of the work. In 14 days’*time the cars will be working and the power distributed throughout the city from this source. The present engineer, Mr Goodman, leaves for Adelaide 5 in six weeks’ time.

SUPREME COURT.

(Per Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, last night. The adjourned sitting of the Supreme Couit opened yesterday, Judge Cooper, presiding. In the bookmakers’ appeals against conviction by a Magistrate for bettiim on a racecourse in December last, the appeal of Flannagan was allowed on tlie facts. In the case against Champion, his Honor reserved his decision on an important point of law. The betting was admitted, Jrut the point raised by Mr Spence whether the borough by-lav s, under which the information was laid, were invalid so far as they applied to a racecourse on race days, was reserved, i lie reserve was vested in the Borough Council as trustees, but the New Plymouth He. creation Racecourse Reserves Act expressly stated that the Council were to have no power to make bv-laws and regulations under the Reserves Act, 1885, with regard lo the racecourse, the Legislature providing that this power be vested in the Jockey Club, who alone could make regulations regarding conditions of admitting the public to race meetings. Although the Club had not made regulations, it could not delegate its power to the Council. If the borough betting by-law could apply to the racecourse during races, so might the furious riding by-law be made to apply, which was absurd.- ill' Quilliam argued that the Council had conclus. ive control over the reserve. His Honor, in intimating lie would take time to consider the judgment, said the question was whether the reserve on race days was exclusively vested in the Jockey Culb, so that it could not be considered a public place, and the by-law did not apply on those days.

ARBITRATION 'COURT,

(Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, last; night. The Arbitration Court gave its decision in some cases under the painters’ award at Gisborne. In the case of the Gisborne Painters’ Union v. Frederick Hall and George Smith, the summons was dismissed, with costs £2. In another summons by the Gisborne Painters’ Union v. George Smith, the. respondent was fined £1 on each of five breaches proved, and an order was made that these sums be paid to- the Union. The Arbitration Court awarded £330 to Justa M. Hansen, widow of a wharf laborer employed by tlie Union Cominny, who died from paralysis caused )y a sling falling upon liim when discharging a vessel. Among the breaches of awards dealt with to-day was the ease of a nightwatcliman at Caslimore Bros.’ timber mil), whose claim for overtime totalled oayo hours, equivalent to £l5B 16s 9u. His hours averaged 100 weekly. Phe Louit fined the employers £lO for what the President said was a serious and dctibcr■ito breach. The worker had ids remedy m tlie civil court. The Arbitration Court imposed penalder, totalling £2O and costs on J. W. Ryan, who, in order to cover an attempt'd evasion'of the printers’ award, got up i fraudulent- indenture and kept a bogus .vages book.

PAINFUL ACCIDENT. INVERCARGILL, last night. Frederick Dewc, employed at Broad and Smalo’s furniture factory, was working at the planing machine this morning, when his left hand accidentally, camo in contact with the revolving knife, which crushed it. At tlie hospital the hand had to be amputated,

LAND FOR SETTLEMENT. DUNEDIN, last night. Applications were received to-day for 122,549 acres, portions of what is known as Blackstono Hill, Lamlcr and Homo Hill runs. The small grazing runs comprised ten first class and 8 second class, and varied from. 851 to 16,000 acres. There were over 1300 applications from 946 applicants. A ballot will take place at Nasoby on Thursday.

THE EXHIBITION.

CLOSING DOWN. CHRISTCHURCH, last night. The removal of the exhibits in the British court has been commenced, and tho models of His Majesty’s ships and exhibits in the military section are being packed for transport. About one hundred of- the Exhibition staff have received notice that their services will no longer be required after Monday next.

RICH DEPOSITS. NEW PLYMOUTH, last night. Several hundredweights of kaolin from recently discovered deposits near town are being shipped to England for practical tests at the 'Whitefield bleaching works and the Stoke potteries. Development works show the dejiosit to be very extensive and Dr. Macliaurin’s report states that its composition is equal to the host Chinese styreix or Cornish clay sand if found in quantity will prove of great value for pottery purposes. CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION. The Supreme Court was engaged all day hearing compensation claims aggregating over £-1000 against Minister for Public Works for land taken for the Ilewa Rewa riflo range The case is unfinished,

MINISTERIAL. WELLINGTON, last night. Mr. Hall Jones loaves Wolington for Christchurch on Friday evening, to attend the concluding 'covemonios in connection with tho Exhibition. He will adress his constituents at limavu towards the end of tho month.

FALL FROM A TRAM. WELLINGTON, last night. A tram conductor named Charles Debourno was knocked off a car this evening while the car was going fairly fast. Ho was injured in the head and is now in tho hospital. Tho extent of the injuries are not yet ascertained.

A FIRE. DUNEDIN, last night, A fire occurred in tho cellarage of Bremner and Moil - , jowollers, tonight. A large quantity of silverware, etc., packed ready for sending away, was completely destroyed. Tho cellarage was charred and gutted, and several hundred pounds and £7OO on fittings, commercial damage done. The stock was damaged by heat, sweat and smoke, Tho insurances are : National, £IOOO on stock, and £7OO on fittings; Commercial Union £925 on stock and £75 on fixtures; New Zealand £1925 on stock and £75 on fixtures; Phoenix, £SOO on stock and £2OOO on fixtures. There was also a small policy of £2O in the Now Zealand Plato Glass Company.

THE COURT’S WRITTEN JUDGMENT. AUCKLAND last night.

In a written judgment on the Gisborno slaughtermen case the Arbitration Court says: “If a number of

workers acting in concert refuse to work or cease from working, with the object of compelling their employers to accede to some demands tho workers have made with regard to wages or to conditions of labor, that in our judgment constitutes a strike, and it makes no difference that the cessation from work is partial only if tho other conditions are

present. The fact that the workers mako a pretence of working does not

prevent their action from amounting to a strike. It is quite true, as Mr. Finn has argued, that under the award tho men were not bound to kill any particular number of sheep per day, and that it would be lawful for any slaughterman to refuse to kill at all, or to reduce his output to any number he pleased, at the risk of course of being dismissed, but he must do so on his own account, and not in concert with others, and not with some ulterior purpose in view. If as in the present cases he reduces his output to a mere nominal rate, and does this at tho same time as all the other men engaged in the same industry with whom ho is evidently acting in concert, and with the obvious intention of forcing his employer to submit to certain demands, then he : s guilty of tho offence of taking part in a strike. Wo hold that all tho respondents have been guilty of taking part in a strike, and wo order each of them to pay to the Inspector of Awards the sum of £5, a fine for such offence.

SUICIDE OF BANK MANAGER. AUCKLAND, last night. Henry Curnow, manager of the Bank of New Zealand at Wliangaroi, committed suicido by shooting himself at Ponsonby at noon to-day. He arrived from Whangarei this morning, accompanied by his wife and went to stay at the residence of his wife’s sister, Mrs. Baker, in Hackett Street, Ponsonby. On arrival at Mrs. Baker’s house deceased mentioned that the trip from Wliangarei in the boat had greatly upset him, and said he had been walking up and down deck all night. He said he felt so unwell that he could not go to New Plymouth with the brother-in-law as he had intended, but would return to Whangarei by boat, leaving Auckland this evening. He remained in the house for two hours, and when ho left about ten o’clock he told his wife lie would go to the city to see the local manager of the bank. When he returned to the house about noon his wife was standing on the verandah. As he approached the house he took a pistol from his pocket, and in front of his wife levelled it up to his right temple and pulled the trigger. The bullet passed right through his head, and he fell, dying almost immediately.

Dr. Jones who was making a call close by was called in, but could only pronounce life extinct. Deceased ,who was 40 years of age, had been 20 years in the service of tho Bank, and had been at AVhangarei for the last three years. He had been somewhat strange in his manner lately ,and had suffered from ill health. The latter fact 's said to liavo worried him. No other reason is known for the act. He leaves a widow and a twelvc-year-old daughter. He has no other near relations in tho colony so far as is •known.

ANOTHER RAILWAY COLLISION.

(Per Press Association.) GORE, last night. The Dunedin express collided at TVaipaliiwitli a train from Invercargill, standing at Waipalii at noon. No very nenoui damage was done, but tlie mail van was smashed and tlie engine also damaged a little, but nut sufficiently to disable it. No one was hurt. Tlie express is said by the passengers to have over-run the .sig-' nul'nntl 'the brakes applied did not hold it sufficiently lo stop it before striking the standing train. Passengers were not greatly inconvenienced, and the mailman was not hurt.

AN EXPLANATION. INVERCARGILL, last night. In connection with the collision between a South going express and tho slow train from Invercargill at Waipohi, the local traffic manager states that the general practice is to signal the incoming express if the line is clear. As the two trains cross at the station, the slow train is timed to arrive at Waipohi 12 minutes before tlie express, and has usually concluded its business at the platform, and gone on to a side line before the express was signalled. Should a train fail to keep to the schedule time the statiommister has powor to deal with the traffic as he thinks best. Mannix, in charge of the mail van, says the first intimation he had of tlie collision was the terrific hump which sent him flying from one end of the van to the other. He escaped injury. The van jumped the lilies on one side and when the train stopped it was only a few feet away from a steep embankment, at the foot of which was the Waipohi stream. The mails were removed to a carriage intact.