INTERPROVINCIAL.

Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 369, 19 November 1898, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(BY TELEGBArH—PRESS ASSOCIATION). Wellington, Last Night. Mr J. R. Blair hus been re-elected Mayor of Wellington unopposed. Douglas Nickle, who pleaded guilty to stealing a quantity of goods from his employers at Wellington, was admitted to four years' probation. He is to pay costs (fifteen guineas). A terrific thunderstorm, accompanied with exceptionally vivid lightning and torrents'of rain, passed over the city at about five o'clock this afternoon.

As the outcome of the alleged selliug of bogus programmes at the recent Otaki races, a man, named Henry Solomons, waß arrested to-day on a charge of forging the name of the Secretary of the Otaki Racing Club to a programme which tfas purported to be the official programme tor the meeting. The accused was remanded till Wednesday. A case of colonial interest, as affecting relations between Racing Clubs and bookmakers, was argued in the Supreme Court in banco this afternoon before the Chief Justice. It was an appeal from the decision of Mr Kenny, S.M., who convicted George Champion, a bookmaker, and fined him £5 and costs, for having trespassed upon the Hutt Park racecourse on the 24th January last. The stewards of the Wellington Racing Club notified by advertisement on January 17th that no bookmakers would be admitted within the racecourse enclosure. Champion, however, went upon the course and was warned off by the authority of the stewards and subsequently prosecuted and fined. The defence to-day was that the Wellington Racing Club, who were the lessees of the course, had no statutory power to evict any member of the public from the course. Hia Honour reserved judgment. Dunedin, Last Night. An application was made before Mr Justice Pennefather, in Chambers, to have a day fixed for the filing of the report of the liquidator in re Walter Guthrie, as rendering the same available for use. His Houor said he considered the report should be showu to the parties concerned before it was made public. This had been done, and Mr Guthrie was preparing a reply. This' must be a limit, and His Honor ordered the report to be filed on Thursday, 24th inat.

John Show Smell, late of Perth and Coolgardie, and subsequently of Adelaide, Avas brought up, charged with that in August last he being indebted to W. H. Hussey, of Adelaide, in the sum of £49 7s 6d, he did quit the colony of South Australia with the intent to defraud. A remand for seven days was granted, bail being allowed in £IOO.

Rev. H. H. Driver has been appointed President of the Baptist Union.