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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Masterton residents have collected within a week or?r £BOO for the Pearson memorial fund for the blind.

His Honor Mr. Justice- Chapman sat in chambers at the Supreme Court at New Plymouth on Monday night to hear a case stated on an appeal by John Christoffel versus the Commissioner of Stamps. Mr. C. H. Croker appeared for the appellant and Mr. C. H. Weston for the respondent, and after legal argument His Honor reserved his decision.

“I never shirk my duty, but I cannot help congratulating myself that I have not the duty of determining what this farm is,” said Mr. Justice Chapman at the Supreme Court at New Plymouth yesterday when reviewing the divergent evidence of several witnesses in a land case. Some were emphatic that the best had been got out of the farm; others that the opposite was the case. It ’is rumoured that the WestportStockton Coal Company is withdrawing the horses from the mine, and operations are to be suspended until Christmas, says the Westport Times. It is also stated that the Westport Coal Company is likely to purchase the Stockton mine and that it will work the property from Millerton.

The Taranaki Provincial Prohibition Council made application to the Inglewood Borough Council for the use of the Town Hall for a Divine service to be held on Sunday, September 17, conducted by local ministers, assisted by outside ministers, who would have associated with them Mr. W. E. Johnson, “Pussyfoot,” who is an accredited preacher of the churches of America. The application was refused.

Some idea of land values near Auckland in the late ’fifties can be gained from the statement of Dr. J. Giles that he bought a farm of about 120 acres, with a water frontage on Manukau harbor and near the Makau Road, for £lOO. After harvesting the potatoes, maize and other garden crop thereon, he sold through Mr. Reader Wood at an advance of £4O, this being one of his few money-making transactions in 90 years.

The past three months of winter, June, July, and August, have taken heavy toll of Auckland's band of pioneer settlers, no fewer than 109 deaths of persons over the age of 75 having been recorded in the obituary notices of the daily press. Of this number, 63 were men. and 46 women, the great majority of the latter being widows. The greatest age attained was that of Mrs. Harriet Cossey, of Drury, who died on August 14, at the age of 102. There were five nonogenarians among the men, and the same number among the women, while 64 of the old folk were between SO and 90 years of age.

“One of the disastrous effects of the land boom is that successive sales of farm property have landed this province and pther parts of New Zealand into a condition that the men on the farms are men who have come on with insufficient means.” said Mr. Justice Chapman at the Supreme Court at New Plymouth yesterday when addressing the jury in an action arising out of the sale of a farm. “And what this country is very largely suffering from,” continued His Honor, “is that these men who have got in with insufficient means are unable to do justice to themselves, to the land, and to the reputation or the province.” The Red Magazine of July 7 contains the first instalment of the new serial story “The Vision of Desire” by Margaret Pedler, and will be much appreciated by readers. Tn the Red Magazine of July 21 “The Vision of Desire” is continued. The two issues contain many short stories by the best authors, all illustrated. The Red is an all fiction magazine, and these numbers are particularly entertaining. We thank the B.K. Book Depot for review copies. Tn the report of the meeting of the Taranaki County Council it was stated + he tender of O. G. Northcote at 7s 6d a yard was accepted for metalling the Kirihau Road. The price was 4s ttd. The borough poundkeeper will submit a horse to public auction to-day at 12 noon at the Robe Street pound, as the animal has not been claimed by its owner* _ .

Thousands of eels came down the Patea river at the time of the Omoana wash-out, and proved a. great harvest for the Maoris. For days the beach was literally covered with them for a long distance. Plans for re-constructing the terraces on the east and south sides of tne sports ground at Pukekura Park have been prepared. In reporting this to the Park Board last night, Mr. J. McLeod said it was proposed to eliminate the bottom terrace, which would enable the running track to be increased from 390 to 411 yards. Instead of 7ft, 6in. high terraces, a new series is to be constructed at a height of 4ft. Gin., thus doubling the accommodation. That New Zealanders are true sports and lovers of the chase was illustrated at the Huia, down near Manukau Heads, recently (says the Auckland Herald). A young man, son of one of the old pioneers. had met with an accident while bushfelling, and was hobbling about on crutches when the dogs got on the trail of a wild pig. Down went the crutches and off went the young man in hot chase. The dogs bailed up the pig, the hunter killed it, and then hopped back and resumed his crutches, a sore* but a happier man. “If we could only get the price of material down another 20 per cent.,” said a leading contractor to a Dominion reporter, “I believe there would be quite a busy time. The trouble is that the price of bricks, steel, and timber is holding up half a million’s worth of building.” Still., though there is no sign of a returning boom, there are those who are not lacking in confidence as to the future of Wellington and its trade, and there are quite a number of buildings of some pretence occupying the attention of contractors.

An illuminating homily on the value of advertising was delivered by the president of the Manawatu Trotting Club, Mr. L. H., Collinson, at the annual meeting of that body. Racing clubs, A. and P. associations, and sports bodies generally stood, he said, to get a very good return from newspaper advertising. The club should not be afraid to launch out and spend ano'ther £lOO in this connection, as it would pay handsomely. The extra expense would easily be recouped in the increased gate. The same thing applied to kindred associations.

In his monthly report to the Inglewood County Council yesterday, the inspector of health (Mr. F. Swindells> stated that two cases of infectious diseases were notified in the county during the quarter. This was at the rate of 4.34 per cent, of the total cases in the hospital district during the quarter. Taken on a population basis, the rate was 0.63 per 1000, which was an increase by that amount over the preceding quarter. The position, however, was very satisfactory. The previous quarter’s report showed a clean sheet.

Discussing the recent tour of inspection over the hydro-electric works, the chairman of the Inglewood County Council (Mr. A. Corkill) stated at yesterday’s meeting that the Taranaki people were to be commended for undertaking such a large scheme. The tour had provided a most enjoyable day, and the visitors were well treated. There was one name that had been little mentioned in connection with the tour—that of the president of the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce, who was really responsible for ■ the arrangement, and whose efforts to make the tour a success were untiring. He wished this matter to be mentioned before the council.

New beacons for the guidance of steamers have been erected by the New Plymouth harbor authorities." Two conspicuous wooden trapezoidal-shaped black and white diamond-chequer-paint-ed beacons have been provided, each of which is surmounted with an ovalshaped disc, and they have been erected on the southern shore of the harbor. Between the hours of sunset and sunrise the front beacon, which is situated on the beach, will exhibit at a height of 20ft. above M.H.W.S. a fixed red light visible over an are of 10.5 deg. The rear bacon, which is situated near the obelisk, will exhibit at a height of 50ft. above M.H.W.S. a fixed red light visible over a greater arc. Both lights should be visible for a distance of five miles. The beacons, when in transit 204.8 deg., lead into the harbor clear of the proposed breakwater extension. In the Supreme Court at New Plymouth yesterday, while addressing the jury in an action for alleged misrepresentation in the sale of a farm, Mr. Justice Chapman referred to other case’ of alleged fraudulent misrepresentation, making particular mention of charges arising out of misrepresentations in company prospectuses. This class of action was not often heard of in New Zealand, said His Honor, but was fairly common in England, and he went on to speak of the liability of persons who, more or Tess negligently, subscribed their names to the prospectuses. A notable case was one in which a very well known gentleman, who at one time was speaker of the General Assembly in New Zealand but was then resident in the Old Country, was cited for damages for fraudulent misrepresentation. In the course of the trial it came out that the misrepresentations -were very gross, but also that this gentleman had signed the prospectus without making himse l f fully aware of its contents. The jury held that there had been negligence, but no intent to defraud, no damages beipg awarded.

Ip summing up at the -Supreme Court at New Plymouth yesterday in an action for alleged misrepresentation in the sale of a farm, Mr. Justice Chapman referred to the action as belonging Io a peculiar class*. “I call it a peculiar class of action.” he said, “because until the last year or two we have not had for many years actions for fraudulent misrepresentation in the sale of land. T can go back to mv practice in New Zealand —possibly before some of the jury were born—and can recall land boom purchases and juries being empanelled to hear cases arising out of them. Tn those days it was not farm land, but town land. These cases mainly arise,” continued His Honor, “when great fluctuations in land values, due to the optimistic feeling that seizes upon the whole population, is followed by the inevitable consequences of running land up to too high a value. The fact cannot be ignored that there are innumerable advertisements now appearing under the hand of the registrar for sales on behalf of mortgagees. In this province the trouble mainly arose out of the unduly optimistic feeling regarding land values arising out of the high prices for dairy produce.” All wise men drink Camroc Dry Ginger Ale. Its purity and excellence please the most exa^ t: ng palate. It is prepared from an original Belfast formula, and contains no artificial ingredients. W- lesome and nourishing. You eaujzet It all Hotels and Store*

Had plaintiffs in the recent land purchase Cases in New Flymouth succeeded in obtaining the damages claimed for alleged misrepresentation, it is stated, on. reliable authority, that they would have beeu iollowed by at least 30 other similar cases from South Taranaki.

The first-“broadcasting” station in the Waikato is being erected on the roof of a theatre at Hamilton, and will be in operation in September. Fat lamb buyers are commencing to operate in the Levin district, and a sale just made at 25s per head gives a good indication of values. An extract from the Lands Report presented to Parliament states: — Kokatahi and Poerua are the only settlements at present in Westland; 'both have been in existence for a number of years. The settlers are engaged chiefly in dairying and in spite of the present depression in prices are generally in a satisfactory position. “It will be a sharp wrench from the good things of London to the dust, drought, snakes, heat, and stench of the bush,” said Kenneth Duffield, the revue composer, apropos' of his decision to take up sheep farming in South Australia. To this a correspondent, who lived in South Australia, retorts, in a letter to the London. Evening News: “It will be a pleasant change from the smoke, fog, and noise of London to the sunshine, flower-laden plains, clean healthy life and the company of real men and women.”

The fortune of four millions which Lord Northcliffe is estimated to have left, colossal as it is, was exceeded last year by the late Sir Ernest Cassell’s estate of six millions. In 1919 Lord Glentanner, head of the J. .and P. Coats cotton-thread firm, left £14,642)000, but apart from these has not been exceeded during the past seven years. In the six years from 1916 to 1921 inclusive 42 millionaires died in Britain, but of these only nine left two millions or over. In 1916 the Marquis of Clanricarde left two and a-half millions, most of it going to Viscount Lascelles, whom Princess Mary has married. A far bigger fortune than any of these is stated to be that of a living person, Sir John Leigh, one of the proprietors of the Pall Mall Gazette, who is alleged to . possess fourteen millions.

Litigation has 'been proceeding for some months between Mr. G. H. Lysnar and the Gisborne-Harbour Board in regard to certain proposals relating to a harbour at Gisborne, and has not yet reached finality, though the Appeal Court at Wellington only recently gave a decision against Mr. Lysnar. Notice has been served on the Board, on behalf of Mr. Lysnar, intimating his intention of instituting proceedings in the Supreme Court under the Copyright Act. The action, which constitutes an entirely fresh set of proceedings, is in connection with the Board’s alleged use of Mr. ■ Lysnar’s harbour plans. The matter was to be placed before the Board at a recent meeting.

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Taranaki Daily News, 6 September 1922, Page 4

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LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, 6 September 1922, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, 6 September 1922, Page 4

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