YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2053, 3 December 1907, Page 1

YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Press Association. AUCKLAND. The Talisman' Consolidated directors have, declared a dividend of one shilling per share, payable on December 21-st,. The total paid will then be £165,000. The Wiaihi Company paid a dividend of 3s 6d per share to-day, the total paid being £2,839,432. Joseph Henry Jones appeared before Judge Dennistou to be sentenced on a charge of having forged, a telegraph money-order. Prisoner said he stole the money to get'married. His Honor said lie could not grant probation except in' cases of previous good character. He deferred sentence for this evidence. '••Mr. Justice Dennistou granted decrees nisi fit Stanley Henry White v. Caroline White,desertion, and Mary Burns v. Thos. Burns, adul- • tery -‘ • CHRISTCHURCH. Fresh developments in the domestic service problem were investigated in the Court .to-day. Mrs. Georgina Maud sued Missel I ’. Bauden, domestic servant, ewlio did not “appear, -for -12 s -damages for breach of con- . tract. The claim..set-out" that ail, agreement was entered into- on August 28 'between plaintiff and defendant, whereby , the former Was to. enter the latter’s service as housemaid at 12s a week. Defendant failed to carry out the agreement, and plain-, tiff claimed one -week’s wages as damages. Evidence was given that defendant had . not. put in ' an appearance, and had taken service elsewhere. -She was spoken to over the telephone, and told either to fulfil her engagement or forfeit a week’s wages. Defendant- agreed to pay the amount sued' for. liis Worship said the case was.father oxtraordin■ary. If every mistress “slipped up” by' servants brought such cases the Court would have full hands.- He •fluid hiiii.self engaged two servants in ofie' week; both of whom failed to enter his' employ. He asked plain-tifU-sbcounsel, why the proceedings -Acne brought, and a reply was given .to givbfan example to domestic serViints.igejieiuilly ami show them they coutil nob'. Kith • impunity disregard engagements. . Tire money of the Miidgnient for plfrihtiff. would be lian(lVid over to Nurse Maud’s camp. •Hiih Wewsrnu. said ' the action was perfectly justifiable. People were put to great inconvenience through servants failing to keep engagements. and some cheek was necessary. Hu blamed the registry offices -for giving servants a list of five or six people wanting servant girls. They went found to those referred to selecting the position that suited them best. As * defendant did not appear, it was presumable there was no defence. ' Judgment would oe given for. the •amount, (with 13s costs. J) U iS’IIfJJIiN . 'pile City Licensing Bench at the quarter! v meeting commented on the increase in juvenile drunkenness espcciallv on Saturday nights. In cases where supplying drinks to juveniles were sheeted home the hotelkeeper would be severely dealt with.

HAW-ERA. ‘His Excellency the Governor, who has been spending a week fishing in this district, returns to Wellington to-morrow. Lady Phinket leaves for Auckland to-day. NAPIB[! . November was one of the driest months on record. The total rainfall was only half-an-inch. There is still no sign of a break, and farmers are becoming anxious. WELLINGTON. Nino of tlie bookies sentenced to impi'isomiiont recently . ait Christchurch, and who were first offenders, have had the remainder of their sentences remitted by the Governor. Mr. McGowan, Minister of Justice, has recommended His Excellency to remit half the sentences of the others who were sentenced at the same time. Following arc the largest estates of deceased persons finally certified to last month: —Auckland district: Alfred Price £40,779, Robert P. Gibbons £37,920, John Goldsworthy £B9BO, Thomas Radford £3798, Anne Babe £3701, Tlios. Cranwell £3601, John McLean £2791, Harriet Wade £1434, Cecil Lalison £ll-53, Catherine Bell £1217. Wellington district: Wan. R. E. Brown, £20,7-15, Charles Stuart Menteatih £11,077, Thomas Waters £11,090, George Fulliford £8390, Thus. Smith £7237, Alex. G. Gordon £0485, Robert Watson £5742, Joshua Goodfello.w £5392, Tlios. Wliilfeu £-hw Arthur Diamond £3713, Andrew Campbell £3411, Annie Rice £3347, Gottfieed Alts: dike £3322, Edwin AVakclin £2932, T-aaro Tuhua £S»n Geo. Springer £lOl7, Clias. JMartin £1584, Patrick Tlegarty £1550, David'Lindsay £1549, E. Lidell £1430. Canterbury district: Elizabeth Garrick £18,875, Clias. Faulknor £15,720, Tlios. Allen £7949, Marianne Allison £4993, Caroline Dearsley £2BBO, Alary Ann Smith £1730, Edwin Wroat £1209. Otago district : Tlios. Macanley £4159, Geo. Aitcliisou £3641, Jos. Garside £2467, Robert Alaogourd £4BIB, Robert AleCaw £1493, Won. Cumining £1424, Helen Sheppard £1136. Nelson district : Frances Rasley £1556, Charlotte Gipps £llO4. Now Plymouth : AVm. Goiver £22,845, Tlios. Good £2426, Mary Noonan £l9lß. -Westland : Tlios. Lo-wery £2257. Southland : Alalcolm Colquohn £1561, Jas. Sutherland £1502.

The following changes in the Customs Department have been decided on: —Air. R. Carter, collector at Christchurch, to be collector at Wellington, vice Air. D. Johnston, who is retiring; Air. A. Elliott, collector at.- Wanganui, to bo collector at Christchurch; Air. AY. F. Dickey, first clerk at Auckland, to be collector at AYanganui; Air. Sibbald, collector at Napier, to be collector at Dunedin, vice Mr. Chamberlain, retiring; Air. Nixon, collector, at Timaru, to be- collector at Napier; Air. C. Colebrook, landing surveyor at AYollington, to be collector at Timaru; Air. A. B. Reynolds, landing waiter at Auckland, to bo first clerk a,t that port; Air. AY. Rose, landing waiter, to he landing surveyor at this port; Alessrs. R. Walter and R. Patrick, long-room clerks, Wellington, to be landing waiters at this port; Air. J. P. Ridings, tide surveyor at Dunedin, tobe collector at Invercargill, vice Air. AlcDowell, who is retiring.