DOMINION NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 46, 22 February 1913, Page 3

DOMINION NEWS.

WELLINGTON SESSIONS. (Per Press Association.) Wellington, February 21. At the Supreme Court to-day the case of Frederick ■ John Northcott versus Henry Hughes, Limited, a claim for {, £550 damages through alleged negliJ gence in making an application for patent rights on a milk-can, was concluded. A special jury found for the defendants on all issues, and judgfl ment was entered for the defendants Q with costs on the highest scale. The Court granted a change of venue to Auckland in the case of C. A. Edgarton (maunfacturing company) v. Mucky, Logan and Company, arising out of an alleged infringement of a trademark, CONFERENCE OF FIRE BOARDS. Christchurch, February 21. At a meeting of the Christchurch Fire Board final arrangements were made for a conference of delegates from the Fire Boards of the Dominion, which opens here on Tuesday morning. MIMIC WARFARE. Wellington, February 21. ' Major-General Godley inspected the I Garrison Artillery companies this ' morning, and witnessed a battle-prac-tice carried out at the forts as a finale of the annual training camp work. The idea was that two hostile cruisers were attacking Wellington harbor. Good work was done by the guns in the forts, and it was not long before the tow-line by which the Janie Seddon was trailing the target through the harbor entrance was cut. The General expressed himself well pleased with the manner in which all ranks carried out their duties simultaneously with the forts. In the battle practice the sth (Wellington) Regiment which had been in camp at Trentham for the last week, carried out ■ defensive operations against troops supposed to be approaching the Hutt Valley from Paekakariki, where a landing had been effected from the two cruisers already mentioned. Major-General Godley was present at the conclusion of these operations,which resulted in the enemy’s advance being checked.. General Godley afterwards addressed the men on the subject of manoeuvres, and expressed pleasure at the intelligent methods displayed by those taking part in the day’s operations. The training camps will conclude to-morrow. It is reported that a section of one company engaged in the operations in the Hutt Valley found the trekking rather rough, and that they refused to ford the fiver when ordered to do so. because they were . footsore and unwilling to tackle the sloiiy bed of the Hutt river., They were sent back to camp, and will face the music of an “orderly room” to-morrow.