GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 24 October 1907, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Ie Per Press Association. r Wellington, Wednesday. e In the appeal case Fitohett and any v. the Corporation of Wellington, a in which a new point was raised thit n ,°.V"S t0 tlw provisions of the law for. I elding the fouling of land in a water shed devoted to the water supply of th* community, compensation could not be claimed on the basis of the value of a. ? r J )Ull ? 1 °S or purposes, the WW . d that section f 0 of , th « Municipal Corporations Act. lcspondents had no rights over claimknlr f ' und Coldd not " retrain tlw - atter fiom «smg Jtin4| either for dairy. ! fnr < ? r .' nu '<ling. Judgment was given 1 tw p aima, s ' J °°tf sto be fixed oy. j the Compensation Court. 1 Tt ■ Gfeymouth, Wednesday. • «„= 11" 13 ,iissat 'i9faction with the proffi. to , rc y (ir f l t ?' old railway timetable, which, it is alleged, caused much inconvenience during the Christchurch Lxhibition. A public meeting passed a resolution that the present runninc was ' much more suitable, and any alteration should be in the direction of extra trains. a «., Masterton, Wednesday, One of the effects of the recent heavy floods was to cause the Waingawa river to deviate from the intake for the borough water suppfr. It will probablv ~Li° Un i ncCea . 3 ' ir - v t0 execute further not kLwu f I)olnt . where tho are not liable to erosion. This will mean iwge expense and may necessitate furtner borrowing. W. D. Ayson was committed to the supreme Cour.t for sentence for misap* propnating money belonging to the Druid Lodge. Bail was allowed. It is understood that restitution will be made. Wellington, Wednesday. About six hundred tons of earth was loosened by last ni'glit's heavy rain and fell on the railway line about 350 yards north of Lower Hutt station at an early hyur this morning. Rails have been laid round the slip, and trains will make the detour until the mass of earth can be cleared away. Until the temporary line was lnid trains were ran up to eaeh side of tho slip and tho pasßongers transferred. The Napier express passengers were delayed about an hour. ! Duncdin, Wednesday. In the test ease of Anderson, a bookmaker charged with frequenting a Btreet for betting purposes, Mr. Graham, S.M., held that the evidence disclosed the fr«. quenting. He toed defendant £5, JJa« tioe of »pp«M srfts , i 'sV