DISTRICT PARS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 135, 1 March 1909, Page 2

DISTRICT PARS.

A aittir-g <>f th'.- Maori Land Administration Board is to be held at Tel: Haiti to-morrow, when a fair amount I of business is scheduled for hearing. r r jAnotber nev.- atone crusher arrived gtTp ££#iii faaf $"£«& awj will brobBiii'v b*s pfrml PfJ *ffic "Ajya^ipp' fpad f w»x'i wp«k. <f bj> engines are id I drive the crushem ore Pot ypf. to hanjl, } having been detained ot tliti shipping port. They are expected to arrive i very shortly, and will be placed in commission without lo<?.i of time.

The application made on behalf of William Connolly, charged with the murder of Ernest John Burke at Westport, for a change of venue, has been granted and the trial will take place at Christchurch on May 10th.

Mr Buckland, Mayor of Cambridge, who resigned in consequence of the members of the Borough Council refusing to enter the "gates of Heaven," which had been opened for them by the formulating of a borrowing scheme in order to erect municipal buildings and library and carry out other improvements to the town, has been reelected to the mayoral chair. The Opposition talk of getting an injunction to prevent Mr Buckland sitting, contending that he is not eligible for re-election.

The new post offices for Auckland and Wellington are to be commenced shortly and will give work to a large number of labourers. The foundations of each office are to be put in by day labour at a cost of about £BOOO each.

A reproof to counsel for indulging in "rhetorical exaggeration" when putting questions to a witness was administered by Mr Justice Denniston at the Supreme at Christchurch. "You would never put the question to mc in that way," he said. "It is a very good rule to put your questions to a witness as you would put them to a judge. Test your questions by that simple rule —that is the best compliment you can pay to the jurv, who are judges of fact."

A telegram from Wellington states that the belief is entertained by more than one leading light in the legal profession that the Chief Justice, Sir Robert Stout, will not resume the duties of his high office on his return from abroad, and that the Hon. Dr Findlay, Attorney-General, or Mr H. D. Bell, Crown Prosecutor, will be his successor. Whether any reliance is to be placed on this rumour is doubtful, but if the health of Sir Robert Stout is not more satisfactory on his return to New Zealand than it is at present, it is quite likely he will resign from the Bench. Mr Bell, it is well known, has refused a Judgeship on more than one occasion.

It is expected that the Rev. Mr Bates will be installed as Government Meteorologist, in place of Captain Edwin, who is retiring from the public service in accordance wiht the superannuation regulations. Mr Bates.has been acting as assistant to Captain Edwin for some time past.

"In the running of the Newmarket handicap at Flemmington on Saturday last the New Zealand bred horse Sou I Mine distinguished himself by getting home fi»-st with the record weight of 9st 11 lbs in the saddle.

A meeting of the Waitomo County Council is to be held at Te Kuiti on Wednesday.

Mr F. Lawrence, who has been attached to the mechanical staff of the "Chronicle" for some time, left for the South by Monday morning's through express. On Friday night the members of the Young Men's Institute, on which body Mr Lawrence filled the Office of Secretary, presented him with a set of sieeve links and other tokens of esteem.

A cable from Sydney states there is little doubt that a large number of Chinese are smuggled into Australia, and that the System conducting the operations is making large profits. An agent of the ss'sttm is reported io have boasted that 2000 had been smuggled into Australia last year. As each Chinese pays the System about £125, the receipts would have amounted to a quarter of a million. The System purchases nationalisation papers at prices ranging from £6 to £ls, and these are sent to China for use; Twelvo young Chinese were arrested yesterday possessing nationalisation papers of old Chinese. The arrestees are to be deported.

At the Supreme Court, Auckland, on Thursday last, the appeal ca-:e of Mr A. Julian, of Te Kuiti, against a decision of the Native Land Court regarding compensation allowed for the taking of a portion of the Karuotewhenua block for a scenic reserve was argued. Mr Earl appeared or the appellant, and Mr Tole, K.C., for the Public Works Department. After hearing argument as to whether an appeal to the Native Appellate Court laws allowable, Hjs Worship, Mr Justice Edwards, reserved judgment. John G?llagher and William Pollard pleaded guilty in tho Gisbornc Police Court on Saturday to a charge of carrying on business as a brewer without a license, and selling liquor without a license at the railway camp at Waihuka. The Crown Prosecutor said j the Act only allowed for 3 per cent, of i alcohol in hop beer, but the drink j which defendant was manufacturing

and selling contained 63.9 per cent. Pollard had been convicted for the same offence at Raurimu. Gallagher ' was fined £lO or 30 days imprisonment for brewing, and £lO or 4 days' imprisonment or selling. Pollard was fined £2O or two months for brewing, iand £2O or seven days' for selling. Taranaki sheep-breeders have every reason to feel dissatisfied with this ! year's prices for stud ram-', reports j the News. Two tooth rams that three ' pr fopr years ago would readily aver- > ] age up to six guineas are to quit at ' ; anything pvpf one guinea this year. : : jjeveral we)l-known breeders in South- ■ ! ern Taran?ki, who have on hand more > j rams than* there is demand for, have j • expressed thciF intention of boiling l ' the animals down for tajlow. It is ! expected that by this method the animals will average about 16s. j "We are told," said the Hon J. A. ; Millar to an interviewer, that this is j a country of experiments. Quite so; and we are in a position to experiment

for we are not tied down by the vested interests which exist in older comi- ; tries, and can carry out experiment , which they could not. The result of | these experiments is that accredited ! representatives of Governments from a)l over the world come to New Zealand to study our" s6cfal legislation, am! many of these men who have rome i*j 1 consult me are so satisfied that they art; going back to express their satisfaction and invit'- th, ir Government to copy laws whir;h thij :.'/..::i:.' ic : : successfully carrying euH.'"'