TELEGRAMS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 44, 15 October 1912, Page 7

TELEGRAMS.

CRUELTY TO LIVERY HORSE. (Per Press Association.) Timaru, October 1-1. At Timaru a youth was sued to-day for the value of a horse which lie hired ) at a livery stables with a buggy for, [ as lie said, a reasonable journey. The horse was brought back exhausted, and died soon after reaching the stable. Evidence showed that the youth had driven eighty miles in about twelve hours, with three adults and four children in the buggy. The Magistrate decided that the defendant had driven too far, held him responsible, and ordered him to pay for the horse, assessed at £lO, and costs, THE CANADIAN CADETS. Invercargill, October 14. Captain McTaggart, advance manager for the Canadian Cadets, arrived at the Bluff to-day. Ho said that the boys had had a particularly good time wherever they had been, particularly in Western Australia. There was no evidence of the boys being disappointed at any place in Australia. They were treated right royally everywhere., They are in good health, and are looking forward to games of Rugby in New Zealand. Arrangements are being made for their entertainment in Invercargill on October 21 and 22. TINAKORI WIRELESS STATION. Wellington, October 14. The Governor to-day opened the new wireless station on the Tinakori Hills. He traced the development of the system, and laid stress upon its great future. He said that undoubtedly the chief subject of research would be in regard to the problem of controlling the direction of messages, by which they would be immune from outside interference. The new station was another link in the chain binding Australia closer to New Zealand, and both, Imperially speaking, to the Mother Land. The Postmaster-General, in giving a number of details, said that the station would be open continuously. It had a minimum range of 300 miles by day and 600 miles by night. It had already, however, communicated with Melbourne, Sydney, Hobart and Suva. THE WELLINGTON VETERANS. Wellington, October 14. A meeting of the Board of Governors of the Veterans’ Home was held to-day, Lord Islington presiding. ' The annual report' for the year ended Juno, 30 showed that the capital fund had increased from £9040 to £9440. The (receipts totalled ,£137. . which is not ■sufficient to cover expenses. There 'arc 42 veterans -in the ' 3iomev 5 ! His /Excellency the Governor, the Hon. E. jMitchelson Anti ■'Colonel'" Collins', help ( jre-e]c>9tycl trqapu'ryf arid secretary respgctivejyi. The.AhhntvMinist i ‘ter and Mr Alfred Kidd’ (Auckland) were elected to vacancies on the Board. 5 SLOVENLY'LAW DRAFTING. # Wellington October 14, ■i „ <)•■ ■ olrN A ■ i! rop. I'M-. f Cominept | .ujypi, f draftsmajiifilup wps, Inade in ■ an-ArbitrationiCourt decision delivered to-day. The case was one : (in which a wdifthClaimed epVppensation Jropi a hotel-peeper for permannt injuries to his band, caused by,-the bursting of a soda water bottle.' ' Believing' that bo bad recovered from the accident, plaintiff signed ,a discharge from further liability, but bis counsel contended that the agreement could not stand, as it had not been certified to by a Magistrate or inspector of factories, as required by section 10 of the Amending Act. The Court held that the plaintiff was bound by his agreement, unless be could prove permanent disablement, and the case was adjourned. The Judge referred to the difficult position a magistrate or m spec tor was placed in by the Amending Act. The words in section 10 seemed to have been taken from section 58 of the principal Act. “It is unfortunate,” he added, “that legislation on this subject, which ought to be particularly clear and intelligible, should have been reduced to such a state of confusion and absurdity, by careless and incompetent drafting. It is desirable that this should be remedied as soon as possible by the Legislature.”