DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 December 1920, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

'; BOY SCOUTS.: By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. A deputation representing 'the Boy Scouts had an interview with, the prime .Minister'and the Minister for Defence to-day iu order to ask for assistance in'strengthening the organ is Jdibn. The speakers stated that Boy Sctftfbs-num-bered in New Zealand 2000 officers and 25,000 boys. The Ministers undertook to give sympathetic consideration to the requests made by the deputation. AN AERIAL JOURNEY. Timaru, Last Night. The Aeria/1 Company's Dehaviland returned from Invercargill to-day. It was forced by a gale to land near Gore on Wednesday morning, and garage to the lee of a straw-stack. It went on to Invercargill yesterday morning, and spent the day in business. It left at 9.28 a.m., and landed at Mosgiel at 10.40,leftiat h.nd reached the aerodrome at 1.45—21irs 42mins flying time. A fine view was obtained of the Southland country as far as Dunedin, whence the weather gathered thick. ALLEGED NEGLECT OF ORCHARD, Nelson, Dec. 10. After a sitting extending over seven days the hearing of the action Joseph Samuel Thompson, bank manager, of Blenheim, v. Charles Edward Lowe, of Harakeke, orchard supervisor, a claim for damages for alleged neglect of plaintiff's orchard, has partially concluded. The jury found a verdict for plaintiff for £4oO. The question of law ns to whether the proper party had been sued is to be submitted to Mr. Justice Hosking at Wellington.

CLAIM FOR RACEHORSE. Hamilton, Dec. 10. In (ho Supreme .Court, Frank Morley sued John Hctit for possession of the racehorse Tama a Roa, which recently disappeared from Te -Aroha, and £3OO damages. Hetit counter-claimed for £2OO damages for wrongful detention. Morley claimed that he leased the horse to Hetit for two years, and was to receive half the winnings. Hetit claimed that the horse was' given him unconditionally by Morley. The judge commented strongly at one stage on' Morley's evidence. 'lie said it was a dishonest thing to claim possession when lie admitted under the pressure of cross-examination that he knew the whereabouts of the horse, having received information of the same at 4.20 on the morning of the disappearance. The judge also asked Morley how he could expect his evidence to be believed when he admitted telling this to people. The jury returned a verdict for Hetit in both cases. ■ Hetit received the horse and no damages were awarded.