TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2061, 23 April 1907, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

Press Association. WELLINGTON, yesterday. Mrs. Agnes Weston, of Westport, died suddenly after an illness o“ couple of days. Other dcatlu«l pounced this morning are those James William Blacklock, well-known in crcket circles, aged Cl, and •}■ O’Neill, proprietor of the Masonic hotel, formerly of Oamnru, age d •>>. In the Court of Appeal the ease - Lever Brothers v. Newtown and Sons was heard. The parties are soap manufacturers, and the question s whether respondents were properly rived registration of a tradema k with the words “lOsmg Sun mco ,motion with a particular brand ot soap. The Registrar had decided in respondents’ favor and on appeal ns decision was confirmed by the Justice. Mr. Young, for respondents, raised a preliminary point that there was no right of appeal from the Supreme Court to the Appeal Court allowed by the Patents Designs and Trademarks Act, 1889. An extraordinary scene occurred in a Petone church last evening- ‘ voung lady, a member of the congregation, entered the cliurcb before the service began and ascended the pulpit. She stood with bowed head for some minutes, and then commenced to address the congregation. Her explanation of her presence was that she had received a command from God the previous evening to go into the church and deliver a message to the people. She had not proceeded far when the clergyman entered, to ' find the pulpit occupied. The lady ' objected to be interrupted until she bad delivered her message. Ulti--1 mately the father of the young lady 1 prevailed upon her to leave.

SENSATIONAL POISONING. CHRISTCHURCH, last night.

A young man named Alfred James Gore Helleyer, who has been employed in a Christchurch warehouse for some time past, was arrested at Belfast yesterday morning upon a charge of murdering an illegitimate child of which he is alleged to be the father. The mother is a Dunedin girl who came up to Christchurch, where the child was born. The accused appeared before the Magistrate this morning, and was remanded till the 30tli.

Helleyer was suddenly taken ill this afternoon at the police cells at the Hereford Street depot, whither ho had been removed from the court. It was at once apparent to those in attendance that his condition was

grave in tlie extreme, and Dr Symes was hastily summoned. He found the prisoner suffering acutely,and in a very grave condition. The symx»toms pointed to poisoning, probably with prussic acid. The doctor ordered the patient’s removal to the hospital, and a stretcher and an express being hastily requisitioned, the patient was conveyed to the institution as speedily' as possible, arriving there a few minutes before 3 o’clock. A careful search of the cell was then made under the direction of Inspector Gillies. A few small fragments of some kind of whitish tabloid were found —cyanide of potassium is sometimes put up in this form. It is understood that similar tabloids had been noticed in the possession of the prisoner, and he had explained that he used them as a remedy for toothache from which he said lie had been suffering. Shortly before 8 o’clock to-night Helleyer died. An analysis of the stomach is to be made to ascertain the exact cause of death. Helleyer was a young man of about 25. He came to Christchurch from Dunedin, where his people live. The police are still searching for the body of the child alleged to have been murdered by Helleyer, hut so far without success.

i- : THE POWERFUL ISOLATED, e LYTTELTON, yesterday. If Drs. Finch and Upliam visited the s. suspected case on H.M.S. Powerful e this morning. Dr. Finch. states the if position is somewhat more satisfacc tory, though he cannot say the case s- is not plague. The patient Is better, '- and it is not considered necessary n to send him to the quarantine station s at present. He will be- kept isolated on board the vessel, which will re- - main in quarantine.. e WELLINGTON, last night, “All that we know is that the man on the flagship came from Sydney,” r said the Chief Health Officer (Dr. - Mason) this afternoon. “He was . passed by the Port Health Officer, ! and joined the Powerful on Thurs- , day. There was then no evidence of P any ailment. Apparently he devels oped some, symptoms which suggested t plague, and in consequence he was isolated. Precautions were immedit ately taken. The ship was disin--1 footed, and the man was taken to - the quarantine station at Quail Is--3 land. Though a very careful exams ination of all other persons on the - ship was made, no evidence sugges- ! tive of plague was found. There " will bo no interference -with the 7 movements of the flagship. I don’t think there is any need to appre--1 hend anything unusual at all. - Apparently the attack, whatever it > is . is very slight. The patient will be kept on Quail Island till he recovers > from his ailment.” i Dr. Mason left for the South this i evening to see the sufferer, s The Health Department has com--1 municated with the Union Steamship ; Co. and arranged for disinfection of ! the cabin occupied by the patient, The man showed no signs of illness • till he joined his own" ship. INSANITARY AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, last night. At a meeting of the Hospital Hoard to-day it was reported that five cases of scarlet fever and five cases of diphtheria had been ad- ■ mittod, and it was evident that the i children’s ward was - infected with i measles. It was stated that the ■ necessary steps had been taken for preventing the spread of the outbreaks. RUAPEHU IN ERUPTION. AUCKLAND, last night. The Taupo correspondent of the Star, telegraphing to-day, states ‘■-hat Ruapehu is not visible now through heavy clouds, which completely block the view; but it is evident that the lake in the crater has been in active eruption, covering all sides with a heavy coating of bluish grey mud and ash. A large avalanche of ice from the glaciers has boon tumbling down the mountain sides with great noise, and ice on “Skate” glacier is much broken, evidently through the shaking of the 1 mount during its period of eruption. ! There has been a great deal of acti- 1 vity lately in the spring round Tokaanui, and a new geyser is giving s splendid displays daily. ( AN INCOME TAX QUESTION. ] WELLINGTON, yesterday. ‘ The Court of Appeal was engaged ' to-day in hearing the case of Thos. f Bortlnvick and Sons v. the Commis- s sioner of Taxes, being an appeal from the decision of Mr. Bishop, 1 S.M., of Christchurch, and removed * by consent to the Court of Appeal. Appellants are large buyers of sheep, and have branch offices in the colony, though the head office is situated in c London. They were called upon by I tho Commissioner of Taxes to fur- v msh a return of income derived from * business during the year ended a March, 1003. No information is a given beyond the statement that *' during the period named appellants 3 expended the sum of £345,138 in the S purchase of live stock. Tho Commissioner treated appellants as non- a residents agents or traders, and ,t<

assosscd tlioir income for the year named at 5 per cent on £345,138. Appollants objected to being treated as non-residents, and further contended that no profits were derived from the business for the 12 months ended March, 1903. The Magistrate dismissed both objections, and the appeal is from this decision. During argument Mr. Harper, lor appellants, admitted that they were liable to pay income tax on the vn ue sheep frozen in New Zealand, less the cost of purchase, dolling, etc Ultimately, at the suggestion o the Court, the matter was allowed to stand over until next Court ot Appeal, appellants in the meantime to furnish a return to the Comm.ssioncr. FUNERAL of MR E. M. SMITH. NEW PLYMOUTH, last night. The late Mr E. M. Smith was buried to-day with full nulitaiy honors. The funeral was the largest ever seen in Taranaki, Government and business places being closed from One o’clock. People poured in from the country districts, and it is estimated that close on 10,000 witnessed the funeral, in which fuU musters from headquarters companies and cadets, and Garrison Banc, trade, in uniform, participated. Ti e pall bearers were the Hons Ha - Jones, Carroll, and Mclsab and Messrs Jennings, Major, and Symes, ■ the Taranaki representatives in the House. A large number of members - „f both Houses of the Legislature ' were present. All the local bodies 1 were fully represented, and the _cor--1 tecce took 2o minutes to pass a given ' pit. Some hundreds of telegrams > of condolence have been received from all parts of the colony, mclud- ' ing one from Sir J. G. M ard (London). A large carriage was utilised to convey dozens of beautiful wreaths. 3 anglo-jap cordiality. WELLINGTON, last night. I Vice-Admiral Tomioka, of the Jap 1 training squadron, cabled from Bnsbane to the Governor of New Zea--3 land as follows :-"C send you our 3 appreciation of the highly cor- ’ dial welcome received from you and ’ your countrymen during our stay. I ' hope our cordial reception and fnend--3 liness are a sign that peace be--1 between the Allied Nations will be , kept for ever.” Lord Plunket re--1 plied as follows : —“Heartily reciprob cate your wishes for a good underr standing between the Allied Nations. * jyjy Government and I appreciate 1 your visit, and are much pleased thair s your squadron enjoyed staying in ® New Zealand.” 1 WORK AND WAGES. V DEADLOCK IN SYDNEY. •- (Press Assn. —By Telegraph.-Copyright.) ;- SYDNEY, April 21. s There is practically no chance of - the coal lumpers’ difficulty being setn tied Both sides maintain a confi, e dent attitude. A few more men ha-„ \ signed the new agreement, wh-.cn, u amongst other things, provides ..for ;- seven davs’ written notice of terminas lion by the other side. There is by e no means any rush to fill the places is of the strikers. Many of those who t signed the previous day failed to turn : s up, consequently the coaling of the if China steamer Tsinan could not be d commmenced. Additional arrivals ,r early in the coming week will in-. IC tensifv the situation.* The Secretary of the Steam Colliers’ ,t Asociation states that if .it became 1C necesary labor would be obtained n from the other States. “ r STRIKE OF FURNACE HANDS. e HOBART, April 22. lj The Tasmania Smelting Come pany’s works at Zeelian have shut down during a strike of the furnace !cl hands. Notices have also been sent c " out that no more ore will be purchased until further notice. This led to a cessation of worw" at three mines, and the shortening .of hands at others, and unless a speedy settlelc ment is come to there is a probability of 1100 men being thrown out of emle ployment. c30 BOROUGH WORKERS’ WAGES. ’ Press Association. T DUNEDIN, yesterday. ( | Theßoslyn Council considered two B communications from Mr. P. Hally, Inspector of Awards, in respect to tlieir employes. The first stated that official complaint had reached him ~ from general laborers that wages were not paid either weekly or fortnightly, as provided by the award, to which the ouncil are a party. The second ’ stated that men employed on concrete 3 ~ work had not been paid Is per hour, ! as the ward stipulated. The conunu- ' nication requested the Council to pay “ this rate in future, as well as to pay ; s their men all arrears in this respect since the inseption of the award. l ~ Councillors were informed that the ° inspector ruled that every man employed on concrete work, even merely assisting a leading hand as a laborer, 0 must receive Is per hour. Cr. Matboson said lie'felt inclined to dispute e this ruling, for in other trades, such. e as bricklaying, labor was not reckont ed on h par with that of the trades-1 - men. Other councillors concurred, • and it was decided to take legal adt vice before complying with the in- - spector’s ruling. The Council have s been paying laborers engaged on concrete work llld an hour, instead of s Is. As regards frequency of pay day, iV was decided to comply with the - award. > : f SLAUGHTERMEN’S UNION FORMED. INV ER CARGILL, yesterday. A meeting of Southland slaughtermen was held on Saturday night. It was decided to register as a Union. One of the men complained that he was compelled to work with incompetent men, and accept an equal ! division of their earnings. He said* " l|e brought the matter before the Southland Frozen Meat Companv’s | manager, and that he was told if not ? satisfied he could leave, which he did. A resolution was pased drawing the attention of the managing director of the Company to the continuance of the practice which might have a serious result.