DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 October 1924, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT, ALLEGED BREACHES OF TRUST. CHRISTCHURCH. October (i. Allegations of breaches of Trust in the administration of a. large Tstato were made in a civil action at tlm Supreme Court to-day before Mr dustin' Read. The ease concerned the estate of the late Edward Geop'e Wright, of Ashburton and the ] lain tilts were Florence Jcni.y .Morgan, wife of W. A. .Morgan. Alt. Somers, and El, r- (•!:•<• Barbara Morgan, and Harry Wright .Morgan, infant children of W. A. and F. .1. .Morgan. The defendants were llongles George Wright, of Winslew, Harriet .Myrtle Wright, of Ashburton. widow, and the Hon. W. \'osworthy. of Mesopotamia Station, farmer.

COURT OF APPEAL. WELLINGTON. October 3

lii tlu> Collins will cnsc, after Air Aljicrs 1 1 it 1 1 concluded his address, the Appeal Court said it. would consider the matter further before calling on respondents. I lie Court dismissed three appeals ol nrisoners, ilalnli Antonovich. I .ideett and liartarhee, against sentences. In l!e\ v. I.ainh, an application tn appeal against sentence was nrantied, the aroumcnl to th!;e place oil October i’ll. The Court heard a motion lor leave to appeal in forma pauperis, in which K. W. K. S'eipie was the applicant. -Mr Alpers, Christchurch, appeared in support ol the motion, which was for leave to appeal against ;i judgment of Air Justice Adams for defendant in an action bronchi by Setpie against tlie Christchurch City Council, rlaimino damages fur injuries suffered in an accident near one of the council's bridges. At the trial the jnrv found for plaintiff and awarded L'sitl) damages, blit. Air Justice Adams found for defendant, boldino dial it was plainl ill’s own blunder or error dial was die cause of the accident. Judgment was reserved. OI.KXTIMIX ItKIX.STATKD. ( 111! I.STCI I I'liCl I. October t. Sir (Icc.rgc Ciilfnrd. Mr C. I’. SUerret, K.C., and A. T. Donnelly, sat tliis morning ils Haring Conference Appeal Judges in the matter of an appeal under the rules of racing l.y A. Chisholm ttnd J. C. .MacDonald, owners of the inare (.' lent ruin, forthe removal of (lie dis(|UahTieati<ui in curved by tlie mare ill New Xcnlam by reason of the disiiunlilieadnii ini posed hv the Australian Joehey Cltih upon I'. I). Jones ,wlm had, at tin time of such disf|Ualilicatiou, a regis leretl joint interest in the running the mare. The judgment was as follows: “AVe hold that the judges are cm powered, under tin l rule, to ivmovi die disabilities under which Olentruii lies within Xew Zealand, ami l best disabilities are hereby removed. \\ t note Unit the disqualifying body Ini: specially removed the disf|iialilicatioi from tin* mure, so lar as it van do so thereby exonerating Chisholm am .MacDonald Item any participation h ollVmes alleged against !■'. D. Jones

BAIN IN NAPIER. HASTINGS. Dei. <>. Heavy rain fell on Saturday liiglil. vcslcrday and last night. I lie riveis are up. bin. there are no indications ol a Hood. The weather is Mill ihreatenmg. CONIMTTON STILL SERIOUS. Alt KLA NIL (Ml. M. Sinipkin, wlm is eoneerned in the Benin,'la tragedy. was operated on. bin his condition is still precarious. Sinipkin lias r,‘covered eniisciiuisncM,. Inn his eoiulitioii is critical. .MINISTER'S DEATH. AUCKLAND. D, i. <>. Obituary.—Rev. Sameivdle. a<"d So. for many year; (Ink of t.ie Am bland '‘i " i:■ • III: p; Mll (|| iAIT 11 Ml !'.’' 11 i '!l i; I'VI ( lIUBCII. Del. lb A bieach ol lull li on im- pari ol veriinieiil in einincoioii w:lb the ballot now 1... 1 iiig taken at the bailuax Woi'Kshops on me hours qiiesliju is a.- |, v the men at the Addington ‘workshops. They hold that term casuals are w rougfully being deprived ol their vote. Some of them have been employed over 2 years, and IDS men are cltccted. , . The plaintiff said that the dolendant Wnliam N'osworthy was married to Li I linn Kato. one of the testators’ daughters. and was under heavy linancial obligations to the delcmhuit. D. '*• Wiigbt. and lor many years. \\ ilium Nosv.i rthy and I). G. Wright had been jointly interested in pastoral pursuits in to-partnership and otherwise and the said D. G. Wright had exercised undue inlluence and uintrol over Willi-,,, Xosworthv in the administration. The defendant Harriet. Al. Wright, had always been under the inlluence of !>.

(!. Wright and neither chi' nor \\ illia.:i XosWorthy hail o.xeit-ised any ) ruin- ioilllol or supervision in the administration and in breaches ol tm-ir trust, had permitted I) .G. Wright to d.al v.itli tin* trust estate ns he thought lit. to his oA ii | .cciiniary adv.mtage. and to the projudii e •■' t, e estate. Xo proper hooks ol account lud been kept i.y the deleiciidants and they had neglected to file any accounts of their admin-isti ntion of the estate.

BENEFICIAL CAXTF.BIII'I’Y 1!A1 NS

Cl lIUSTGII Flit'H. (let. (i. The weather in Gaiiterhiiry, altei the stormy week-end. cleared this morning. The rain lias been of incalculable benefit to vegetation. IXQKFST OX MOTOB-CYOhIST. DAItGAVII.r.K. Oct. ii. •Tlic iiH|in*st on tlu* yomitc man. keslh* Adams, who died as the result of injuries received in a motor cycle accident on Friday night, discloses me fact that deceased was travelling at lullv 1(1 miles an hour when the cycle . kidded in a rut. throwing him on his head and inflicting terrible injuries. The Coroner in giving Ins verdic t aimed a rider that motor cvclisls travelled mo fast oil the roads in the district, anil tin* polite* wort* aslud to take* to al»ait* tlu* practice.

'||lK FAY'IF 15ITF. BOFGHT. nrxKDix. oct. n. (!. Barton has bought Arpcnt. a lasonrite for the McLean Stakes. STHAXDF.D SCIIOON'FB. (HSBOBXK. Oct. (>. The schooner. War Lord, stranded rec°ntly near Waiknkopu Harbour, has been abandoned to the underwriters. It is understood the underwriters de. lined to accept the abandonment.

GOLF CHAMPION*. GISBORNE. Oct. fi. I’overtv Bay Gnlf Championship, was won bv .f. M. Qndgshnn.