LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 18, 22 January 1903, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Interesting reading matter will be found on page four of this issue. Tenders are invited by the Road.) Departmect f r sanding pirts of the Mimi-M®k*u-road. The acceptance, by his Excel'enoy the Gjvernor, of the resignation of Mr Richard j Oock, of his appo'ntment as a trustee of the Ne* Plymouth Savings Bank, is gazetted,

Messrs Watt, Laing and Wright will to-day submit by auction eight excellent sections, forming part ef Mr.A. Drake's property at Kitzroy. As there are low reserves on the sectiens and they are in a rapidlv rising neighbourhood, there should be considerable competition. A free brake will Kave town at 2.15. Property owners will see en reference to' our advertising columns that Messrs Bewley and Griffiths intend to hold periodical sales of town and suburban properties. Entries for the first sale close on the 28th instant, lb will be manifest te all concerned that this new departure will be » very gieet convenience, and as the cost in the event of no s-la being effected is reduced to a minimum, tint;to is every inducement for owners to tike advantage of the favojr&ble •pportunitias offered by these sales M nls despatched from Melbourne on December 17th arrived in London on the 17th instant. St. Joseph's Bchool will re-open on Monday, 2Gth instant.—Advt.

The Auckland Education Board has decided te employ temporarily a competent instructress in kindergarten work for the purfoie of giving a coarse of lessons to the teachers and pjpil teachers in the Board's 'employ. Ii reply te a protest from the Hon G. Jones, of Oamaru, against the de'ay which has occurred in the payment of a certain trooper's arrears, and „the Depnrtxent's omission to promptly inquire as to the propriity of the trooper's demand, the Premier has forwarded the following memo: " Thsre has been so many overpayments tbat the paymaster must of necessity be citeful. I have had numerous cases in which, I regret to say, troopers hive Usen uaacrupaloas bath in statement and action We are only the agents for the Imperial Government, and it is a 1 the more necessary that c»re sheuld be exsreisjd. I have seat your telegram on to the Paymaster General for him to look into the matter and report to 1213 On receipt of a leply from him 1 will communicate with you again." Owing to an ought dropping out of the type, we made it appear that the Upolu only took 12JO boxes of butter, instead ef 12 000. lhis shows liow valuable an ought is, sometimes, and that it does not always stand for naught. | The bearing of the charge of a'leged mur If r .pgainit Walter Smith occapied the Oourt all day yesterday, and promises to occupy a goad deal of time to-day. The foot bridge over tbe railway, to give access to the beach from Brought tm-street, will Le nearly opposite the Hotel Commonwea'th, and will consist of three spins. It is of the same design as the one opposite the Terminus Hotel.

The plans of the Btratford Technical School, tevised to meet the wishes of the Department, have been approved' by the Chairman of the Education Boa'd, and forwarded to Wellington. The recently announced displacemnnt of the Governor of Teheran is officially contradicted.

The nautical inquiry into the loss of the Gair'.ooh, near Opuaake, en January Sth, opens off January 30th before Mr Haselden, S.M., with Cup'ainn L. (JUrkeand Fernandez as* ats^s-iots.

A thousand camels are being landed at Obbia, the British base of operations in Somaliland. 'lln Premier and family returned to Wellington on Wednesday from the South Islmd.

A master-mechanic named Ohris'iansan, who built the American 10 inch tun, lor defence, died from over werk the day before the gua was tested at Sandy Hook. J i A great banquet was tendered in New (York in honour of Mr John Hay, tha 'American Secretaiy ol State, All the Ambassadors were present, but the British A.mb;s-ador met with an enthusiastic re ceptioo far eelipsi g that aooordel to the foreign representatives. ' Tiranaki State Schools re-epen on Monday. I What the dairy indoaty means to Taranaki may be gathered from the fact that to-mor-row, within the radiU3 of a few miles of I Kit ham, the big sum of nearly fifteen thousand pounds will be paid out fer milk supplies. Take the ameunts paid throughoat the whole of the province, and what s nice little sum it must be.—'Argus.

Mr J.J. Pampbell.Chiirman of theKaupokenui Dairy Company, who has been on a I visit to tLe South Island, has retimed wi>h glowing accounts of the csrsal crops in Canterbury and Otago. It is the general opinion in the south that if tha weather kcep< floe for another few weeks, the harvest will be one of the richest known in the history of the colony. A reminder is given of the United Sunday School picnic at Bell Block to-day. The triin arrangements will be found in anothc column,

The Napier Borough Council has decided that Saturday shall be observed as the weekly half-holiday for the present year. The following speaks for itself: —" Makocuku, August 23rd, 1902. P. Bock and 00. Dear Sirs,—l am writing you a testimonial I wis suffering from Lumbago for some years. I tried a good many remedies before I tried your Rheumatic Powder. I took yours by directions, and was relieved after the third dose. X hare not felt any symptoms siSce. One tin cured me. Thanking you for the truly, L R. Whbb." Bock's Rheumatic Powder, puce 3- 6), Bock's Bilsam, prioe is 6d, Bosk's fowder for the Liver, Stomach and Blood, price Is, Bock's Herb Extract, an infallible cure for toothache, Is, and Bock's Neurnlgi* Drop', pries Is (id, may be obtained of all the leading stores and chemists. —Adyt Writing from Stratford, the Rw. J. A. Lockore writes as follows:—Messrs. Q'aphatn Bros.—Dear Sirs, —I have pleasure and con fidei.ce in recom nendiog yonr Patent Hor e Holder. On an average X am driving on four or five days a week, and for the last two months have osed it everyday when oat. the horse I drive is young, and has only been broken to harness four months since. In past ~r.»l visitation an 1 a> country services I liod the Holder invaluable. I would speciall; recommend it to men of my own profs-sion, as it is cleanly, a time-saver, and gives assurance of safety Without it I would not teust my horse for two minutes out of my sight; with it, the animal frequently is left alone for oVer an hour Yours faithfully, J. J. Lochobw, Wesleyan Parson ige, Stntford.—Aavt.

The best medicine known is Ban dub & Hons' Eucalypti Extbaot. And ita en-i nent powerful effects in coughs, colds, influenza, the roltof is instantaneous. Vr » serious cases, and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scaldings, bruises sprains, it is the safest remedy—no swelling —no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflammation of lungs, swelling eto., diarrhoea, dysentery, diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs. Sandbr k Sons' Eucalypti Extract is in use at hospitals and medical clinics all over tbe globe ; patronised by his Majesy the King of Italy; crowned with n> edals and diplomas at International Exhibit ion, Amsterdam. T uit in this ap prove and reiect all ethers.—Advt. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT. Influenza, Coughs and Golds. In diseases ot the' throat and chest, so prevalent in our changeable climate, nothing so speedily relieves, or so certainly cures, as these inestimable remedies. These disorders are too often neglected at their commencement or are injudiciously treated, resulting in either case in disastrous consequences to the patient. Hollowsy's rem' dies wi l restore, if recovery be possible; they allay the alarming symptoms and purify the blood. Nature consummates the cure, gradually restoring strength and vital fewer. By persevering in the use of Holloway'spreparations tone is conferred on the stomach and frame generally. Thousands of persons have testified that by the use of these remedies a) one tbey have been restored to Lealth after every other means hid failed.—Advt. A Wanganui Lady writes: —When in Auckland about 10 yearß ago, I applied to a Chemist for a g"od toothache remedy, he bandeJmo"B ck's Herb Extrict," I never ha t better value, it instmtly cured everyone i hat used it a T . d the paii never returned, we only recently empfie i the bott'e. No home where there is a fan.i y should be without it 'Bock's Herb Kxtract, Book's Rheumatic Powler, Bock's C ugh Balsam, and Book's Powder for th) Liver, stomach «nd Biool, and bi obtained of all the leading Stores and i hemists —Advt.

Butter Than a Plastbb.—A piece of fl>nn»l dampened with Ohamberlain's Pain Balm and bomd to the affected parts is uperior to any plaster. When troubled wih lame back, or pains in the side or chest, give it a trial and yon are oertain to be more than pleased with the prompt relief which it affords, It always enres and cur»S| uickly. Try it. New Plymouth 00-opera-tive Society sells it Prioe, Is 8d: big; size, 3s.—Advt,

POLICE COURT. | Wednesday, 21st January. Before , Mr R. L. Stanford, S,M. j | CHARGE CF MURDER. I I Walter Smi'h was brought up on a charge of murdering Thomas Ince, a 1; Moturoa, on Dec?mber 11th last. : Mr Kerr prosesuttd on behalf of the Crown, tbe prisoner being defended by Mr Weston, senior. Mr Kerr detailed the circumstances of the case, Ince's tent being burnt on the night in quet'ion, lace being so 1 bidly burnt that he died at the Hos- i pitnl hst week. Ha cilled : Oharks Turner, a ltbourer, who siid that on Decmber 11th he was living at Moturoa on the for.shore with a mate mined James Hayes. They worked sb casual libiur'rs on the ■vh*rf. Ince's tan 1 ; was 20 or 30 yards from theirs, On passing Ince's tent about 10.30 that night thoy siw no sign of fire or anyone ab.ut. Th-y were awakened about 12.15 to 12.30 a.m. hy he-ring a nois j , and on getting out of the tent they heard cries of "Fire! Fire! I'm burnt! I'm burn v ," The mm calling oat was Ince. The framework of Ince's tent was on fir- 1 , the rag pirt had all bejn consumed. He and his mate were the first to get to the sctne of the fire, and found Ince about 25 yards away from the tent running about*, jumping and throwing hitTarmg about. They examined Ince and found he was badly burned abou 1 ; the legs and also on ona hind. loci kept shouting oul loud y, evidently with pain, and his cries brought others on the scene. Remedies were brought to relieve lr.ee of paic, and eventually he was removed to the hospital. j By Mr Weston: Smith's hut was, probably half a mile away from loce'j tent. Be had looked in Itce's ten'', I and noticed a bunk a>d a box and some i boards on the flcpr. The door was a modern one. Ho did not know if Itic > 1 read in bad, drank, or araoVed, I

IOUU 1U UCilf UlttUH) OU4UICU. j Henry Robins :n, a lab jurer at Mo-1 turoa, said he was awakened by hearing l the groans of a man abjut 12.10 t>. 12.15 a.m. as far as he could guess. Ir.ci's ten% ia a direct line, was about 50 yards away. He wont outside and saw Ince's teat w*s on fire. The tent was all censumed except part of the framework. He s*w Inca netr the teni-, and siw that ths man was terribly burnt from the groins down. He got whisky from Captain Roberts fo»I nee, and flour and oil to put on the burns, When he went to the Freezing Wo ks for oil the cl ick therd was about 12.30. Ince was deaf, and was called " Dummy." Mr Weston cross-examined witness on the question of time. Heary Robinson, Captain Hood, and John Preatoey gave similar evidence to that given by them the previous day in relation to the oharge of arson against accused. Richard Simpson, wharf labourer at Moturoa, eta'ed he lived in Barret l ; - road, about 400 yards ft om the Moturoi Hotel. He was in the hot-sl on the night of Decemb?r 11th. Accused was there with others. They remained till the licensee closed the housi for *he night. Accused was not iu hn company, but in that of others. Did no hear Smith use any reference to Ince in the hotel. After the hotel was closed be ani Smith talked ou ! side. Smith said that " Dummy " (Ince) had been taking fish out of the nets, and th lfl they had gone in that day to take out a summons against Ince. Witness Slid, " Did he take fish from your nets V' and Smith replied " Yes." Witness said, " Did you tiko the summons ou' ? and Smith replied " No, as Messrs Govett an i Quilliam, the lawyers, w»re not in." Snith said he would fol'ow Dummy into town i hat day, and witness replied that hi could do his best. After further conversation about Smith's new boat, he left Sm'th, who crossed over the railway line and down the h'll ia the direction of the huts and tents on the foreshore. Smith made no threats against Ince. Did not rem°mW telling Constable Mcßae that he (witness) hsird witness say in the hotel " I wi.l do for that b Deafy yet." He came to my housi and asked me some questions, but I don't remember telliag him that I overheard Smith make a threat about Ince. Did not deny making the statement if the Constable said so. Heard Smith say in the hotel that he was going to fix " Dummy " up, or words to that effect. Lowe and Hursthousa were present when the remark was made, but could not remember the names of the others. Smith was then on the far side of the room with a lot of others. Could not remember more correctly what words were used. Remembered Captain Hood passing him and Smith on the roid. He got home about; 11.45 that night. He denied that, prisoner or his friends spoke to him about the case. Prior to that date he did not have any con-

vernation with Smith about Ince. T© Mr Wfs on: The roid Smith to' k when he left witness lad to Smith's hut. The Court adjourned at 12.45. On resuming at 1 o'clock, Mr Kerr called H. B. Leatham, who said he was a medical practitioner and su'geon to the New Plymouth Hospital. He attended I Ince at the hospital at 3 am. o-i December 12th and found him suffering very severely from burns on both lege and feet, extending up vards to th i groin, Ince died on January 16th. Saw Inci daily, sometimes three or four times a day, while he was in the hospital. Dr. Walker also attended Ince. j

Death was due to exhaustion, long suppuration, and continuous pun, directly Ksultiag from bums, which were of the third degree, the tissues of the skin being destroyed. Was presant at the post mortem examination made by Dr. MuOlolaod. Saw no signs of disease in any of the organs. lece was a nun of average physique, and had a goed deal of resis ing power. U. A.. McOlehnd said he was a medical practitioner, and conducted the post mortem examination of Ince's body. Qe corroborated last witness as ro the ra'ure of the burns and the s'ate of the body, adding that bo'h ear drums were destroyed. Ince must bare been a man of great vitality to have lived as long as he did after being burnt. j John Schmidt, fisherman, said he j saw accused at 10 p.m. on December 10th, and asked him if Inci bad been at his nits. Accused replied, " Ye-V and he had the fish in the stern sheets of his bo it, and I give him a good puich on the nose and made the blood run." On the following morning,' while fishing, saw accused shaking hiq fist, at Ince who was at the sunken rock. Inco was fishing by him-elf and so was accused. Icca lifted his anchor and went away to the saddleback. After coming ashore had a converse- j tion with accued, who told witness hi was going to town to see about whit Ince had done to his nets. The following Monday morning, after being

bailed out, accused came to witr ess in I his hut and after a conversation as to I witness giving evidence, accused asked him if he would shake hands, Wit- | cess replied that it was a serious thing . tod.>. Accused then said " Noboly. I saw me done it." When accus.d went away with ths constable he said " I his is red hot, Jack." Gua'.ave Meyer, fisherman, stid he lirtd with J. Bruugh in a hut near to accused's tent. Saw Smith go out to rei early on December 10th in his own boit to where another boat was. Subsequently went out to with Brough, aad mat accus d c ming in. A'cu«ed s .id " Deafy " was in tho oth-r boat,' and added that be had hit " Deafy ". on tha note, and the blo»d was all xiver the bo it. Next day Ince, accused, I winissand others went out in separate boa's. Accus.d called out " Deafy yu b I'll b— well drown you," and mide use of other coarsj words. Ince then moved his boat to «no h#r place. Oa getting ashore accused said he was g iag to' town ta s?e h's fithtr abou; lr.c,'<j interference with the nets About 10 minutes to 12 at night witness he ud som'one kicking the hut, and then accused called out to nitiess to get up, as it was tbree o'clock and time to go fithing. Witness got up, and finding it was only midnight cdlel out that ha Wis not going to get up yet. It was a fine moonlight night, and wicnesi siw accused distinctly through the aperetures in the door. Accused then s id he was going to see "D.afy," and givj him "what for," Witues< ad vis 3d him to go to bed. Siw aacusid go away towards o,iptiin Hood's place. Witness got up to see if accused had opened the dpor. Ince was known by the name of ," Deafy." Accused seemed as if he had 1 had a glass or twe by the way he Went ' on. Smith's hut was about ten to fjfj teen yards in front of witness'. Oould see it when in bad. W..s standing at 1 the door and saw accused go paeg Flinn's. Accused and Ince were on ! bid terms. Had lived with Ince on l r i LA. _ - .

| two occasion', once for about two weeks. ,! That was four or five months baclt, and ; two months later stayed a week with • him. Taelaat occasion was four or £ve week* beford the tent was burnt. Since then had visited him nearly ev*ry day. : Siw him between 3 and 4 o'clock on■ | the night before tie fire. lace was then a'.oue. I oca neither smokod nor drank, and was very particular abou fire, never reading in bed. Witaeas, whn stayiog with lace, had on one occasion tried to read in be.l, bus Ince would cot let him on aocount of thi dinger in case witness went to sleep and 1-ft the light burning. Itce had lately shifted his o -okiog arrangements to about eight pacts from the tent. The fire was contained ia a big can, with an open space in front. Ince always appeared to bj in goad health. To Mr Weston : When Smith oune to witnesi' hut at midnight he only stayed about 1£ miuutes. iirough was ,in bed in the sime hu f . Witness watched accused at far as the brHge - about 15 yards. Considered accused | was going to see his father n-ktive to ( I ice's interference wiih his nets. Would ew. ar Ince did not, as far as witness k iew.in eifere Wi'h thefiihermea's Did cot know wbethar Ince had at any time st uok aceu ed ( with an otr. Accused led witne s to believe that he was going to see his father relative to Inco's iaterf-renee. Ince hid a long broad piece of wo ad with mils ja it to ho'd a candle Inoe's bed j had four legs o ivered with Utbs cSadj ! out of fiui: box *, on which were bags , but whether th>y were e npty or not wjtness coull not say. The teat was | free from dr>ugh's and there was no current of air through it unless the | door was open. Inca kept himself warm just by his clothiog. flad known accusad for about four months. Had lived with h'm. Broigh aholived there. Witn s* bad to leave as accused fcaid thtt his father was coming to live in the tent. Had no boat of his own, but hired one. Had no nets. On leaving Smith's teat witness went to Ince's. ( Had words with accused over a statement by Mrs Smith that witness owed money for shopping with acous-d. Had not paid tbat claim, Had n6T threatened Mrs Smith nor a-saul:ed her. When he saw Ince on the previ ous evening nothing was. end as to whit had taken place between aocused and witness with regard to the boits. Could notsiy whether he saw Frank Smith on Friday or Saturd ly 1 ist. To Mr Kerr: Had no grudge or ill will agaiast accused, and never had. Had not promised to pay accused for lodging with him, and when witness spoke to accused on the matter he denied ever raising suoh a claim. Had paid his share and mire for the food eaten. Oace or twice witnses hid paid the rent for the bu*. The Court then aHj iurn«d till this morning.