TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2059, 20 April 1907, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

Dross Association. THE HAUPIRI. NAPIER, yesterday. Anqthor attempt was made yesterday • afternoon to lloat tho s.s. Haupiri off, but it proved fruitless. Today a portion of tlio coal cargo is being lightered, and a further attempt, to refloat tho steamer will bo made to-night.

NELSON NEWS. NELSON, last night.

A serious accident has occurred at Prous’s mill at Mnngarakau, near Collingwood, a man named Ivasolbaum having his thigh badly crushed. The sufferer is boing brought to Nelson by steamer for treatment. The Nolbon Young Men’s Christian Association has been successfully opened with over a hundred members.

Tbe Motueka fruitgrowers are sending a trial shipment of several hundred cases of apples to tho London market.

S.S. MORAYSHIRE ASHORE. DUNEDIN, last night

This morning a conference of agents and stevedores on the wharf and empty berth made it evident that something had gone wrong with the Morayshire (85Q0) tons which was duo at Dunedin from Lyttelton to-day. Inquiry elicited that she attempted the channel this morning with tho tide considerably on tho ebb, and off ICilgour l’oint too'k the sand on tho side of tho channel nearest the halftide wall, and remained fast. This afternoon her bow was a rough lino of black posts (sic), and could not of course come off till the evening tide, which will be full about 8 o’clock. 10.30 p.m.—The Morayshire, which grounded this morning, got clear tonight, and proceeded to Port Chalmers. SELLING Tit OUT. DUNEDIN,’ last night. , Mr. Widdowson, S.M., gave judgment this morning in the case of the j Acclimatisation Society v Samuel K. j Gardiner, in which defendant was charged with selling trout on February Ist contrary to the provisions of tho Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884, and regulations made under it. Tho 1 facts of the case were proved ; blit j' defendant contended that the infor- j mation must be dismissed on three i grounds, the principal of which was J that the regulations made under subsection (which it was claimed had restricted power) were too wide, being absolute prohibition, and therefore ultra vires. The Magistrate held otherwise, and convicted defendant, fining him £5 and costs (£2). VARIABLE ""WEATHER. • WANGANUI, last night. Tho weather conditions were very mixed to-day. The morning and afternoon wore beautifully fine but there was an earthquake at 4.45 and a. thunderstorm, with vivid lightning and downpour of rain, at 6.45. Then the atmosphere suddenly cleared and the night was perfect. ATTEMPTED MURDER. CHRISTCHURCH, last night. James Smithers, one of the principles in the Moorhouse Avenue sensation on April 5, appeared at tho Magistrate’s Court this morning before Mr. V G. Day, S.M., in answer to a charge of having attempted to murder Nellie Jackson. The Chief Detective stated that Mrs. Jackson was still unfit to attend at the Court. The accused when charged said, “I don’t remember anything about it.” He was remanded for one week. THE ABSCONDING DIRECTOR OF AWARDS. CHRISTCHURCH, last night. It is liliely that the warrant issued against D- C. Mclntyre, ex-Director of Exhibits of the International Exhibition, will be withdrawn. The complainant in the case informed a reporter to-day that he had decided not to go on with the case. He has been led to this decision on account of the lack of encouragement received from men who had had transactions with the missing man. They promised that they would assist him financially, and in other directions; but now, he says, they decline to do anything ,and he has withdrawn from the proceedings. If there is strong evidence against Mclntyre of course tho police will take the'matter in hand on their own account. Un to the present time, however, the police enquiries have not been concluded. A detective is making investigations into the matter, and his report has not yet been received by the authorities.. xi the evidence is not sufficiently strong tho police also will decline, to take further action. From the aspect of the case at present it is likely that this_ course will be followed. ,

LATE RAILWAY ACCIDENT. CHRISTCHURCH, last night. A public enquiry into the recent railway accident near Bankside (when the late train for the South ran into a special troop train from Timaru) was opened in tho Provincial Council Chambers this morning before Mr. H. W. Bishop, &-M----(Chairman), and Messrs. A. L. Beattie (Chief Mechanical Engineer for Railways), and H. Buxton (Chief Traffic Manager), who acted as assessors. The Chairman explained that tho enquiry was being held at the request of the Minister for Railways to ascertain, if possible, the cause of the Bankside railway accident of March 29tli. He wished to state, so that there might be no misunderstanding regarding the quality of the enquiry, that it was to be absolutely a public one, and could be conducted on the lines of a marine enquiry. It would be conducted by himself with the assistance of Messrs. Beattie and Buxton, who would sit with him and advise lum as lie should ho advised in the case of marino enquiry bv nautical assessors. Permission was given to the men to he represented by counsel, and the enquiry las adjourned till May 13th to enable counsel to go fully into all matters bearing on the cases.

MILK ADULTERATION. AUCKLAND, last night. At the police court to-day the hearing of charges against Samuel Mood and Edmond Cliisman, dairymen, of mixing boric acid with milk supplied for human consumption, was resumed Both cases had been adjourned from last Friday to obtain the evidence of persons from whom defendants (who both denied using the acid) had obtained their milk. William Rlowitt, from whom Mood obtained Ids milk, stated that neither boric acid nor any other preservative had been used in connection with his milk. Ho had had boric acid on lus premises where it had been used by a veterinary surgeon, but lio denied putting it in milk. Alexander Turbott, who supplied Cliisman, made a similar denial, and said no preserve of any kind was ever on liis premises. A similar charge was laid against John Bayliss. The evidenco ill this case was that the certificate of analysis showed that a sample taken from defendant’s milk contained boric acid at the rate of 25 grains per gallon. Mr. Baunie, who appeared for the defence, said that defendant admitted using a preservative compound named “preservitas,” which explained the presence of 3.25 grains of boric acid per pint in the milk; but this was less than the lowest limit of I S grains per pint found in any siniilai case in which there had been a conviejiioii. consequently lie contended that in seling milk with this quantitji of acid in It, defendant had not

broken tho law. Mr. Dyer, S.M., said ho had to docido whether tho presence of boric acid in any quantity was injurious. M. J. A. Pond, colonial analysist, said bo considered that boric acid should not be given to children up to five or six years of ago in any proportion. Ho thought that tho proportion found in tho samplo ill question would bo injurious to anyone. Judgment in all three cases was reserved.

AN AMOROUS EVANGELIST. LENIENT SENTENCE. ’ Press Association. ASHBURTON, last night. During the past wools a good deal , of interest lias bon taken in a case nllocting an evangelist, who for fully six weeks has been conducting religious services in town, known as Hamilton-Garmong Mission. The oaso was heard at Court to-day, when O. E. Hamilton was charged boforo two Justices with having on March 22nd at tho house of a married woman, Louisa Nesbit, committed an unlawful assault. The assault consisted in defendant going to the house of complainant and without her consent placing his arm round her ! waist and kissing her. Defendant ; gave ah absolute denial to the accusa--1 tion, and called John Galt, Mayor of i Mataura, and the Ror. W. J. Hastio, . of Dunedin, to givo ovidonce as to his character. In giving judgment the Bench said the case was for an assault, and tho question of the moral character of plaintiff had nothing to do with the case. Mrs Nesbit gave her evidence in a straightforward way, and it was not shaken by cross-examination, and there is corroborative ovidonce that has not been shaken at all. Tho defence evidently attach weight to the point that there has been a conspiracy amongst tho four witnesses who gave j evidence for tho prosecution. Wo ! find evidence of no such conspiracy. i The sanctity of tho home must be J protected, and we are of opinion that | an assault took place, and fine de- ! fondant £5 and costs. Counsel for | defendant asked leave for a re-hear-ing and appeal owing to the prominent position occupied by defendant. DEATH OF MR. E. M. SMITH, M.H.R. Press Association. NEW PLYMOUTH, last night. Edward Metcalf Smith, M.H.R. for Taranaki, died at tho hospital tonight, the result of a railway accident this morning. He had been in ill-health for some time, but felt considerably bettor this morning, and was attending to some business. He boarded the eleven o’clock train at Eliot street for town, standing on the carriage platform, and as the train was rounding a curve he was seen by a letter carrier on the road to fall between the carriages, it is presumed during a fit of giddiness. Miraculously he fell between the rails, and the wheels did not pass over him, but he roceived a severe bruise and laceration of tho head and face, being dragged some distance by the undergear. The accident was not noticed by anyone on tho train. When picked up he was conscious, and his pain- , ful injuries were attended to on the spot. He was subsequently removed to the hospital in a dazed state. A protracted operation was performed to relieve the concussion, but without effect, Mr. Smith succumbing in the presence of his family, shortly before eight o’clock. Mr Smith represent- '] ed New Plymouth from 1891 till 1896, i and Taranaki electorate from 1900 to 1 the time of his death. Deceased was J 68 years of age. He was a Taranaki J pioneer, and one of the province’s '< most enterprising spirits with his * efforts to develop the ironsand indus- < try and petroleum, with which he had been prominently connected for over 40 years. Indeed, almost his whole life and fortune had been dedicated to tho former. With the removal of . “Little Em,” New Plymouth loses its