Telegraphic.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3202, 11 May 1889, Page 2

Telegraphic.

Breach ot the Bear Mes Acl

Heavy Fines-

.'Nelson, May 11, At the Magistrates Court sixteen charges of breaches of the Beer Duty Act wereheard against WallisandPage brewer's at Matukeka. The charges were all of false entry. The charges against Page were withdrawn, as it was shown that he had ceased to be partner, a»d no defence was offered by Wallis in five charges. Oonviotions were entered and fines of £SO each case inflicted, making a total of 3254185,' The plant and Block were Eeized. The other charges were withdrawn,

Fatalities.' Blenheim, May 10. A sudden death ocourred at Tua Marina last night, Peter Morris, a highly educated remittance man, died of asthma. His brother, in India, is a Lieutenant-Colonel of the 601b Rifles. _ A man named Michael Dowling died to day while undergoing an operation for cancer at the Hospital. He had chloroform against the advice of Dr Cleghorn, who operated. Mr Nairn, administered the chloroform, and before the operation was over, the patient suddenly ceased to breathe. , Masonic* Auokund, Saturday. _ The Devonport Masonio Lodge decided unanimously in favor of the Grand Lodge proposal. FIKES~

. Waipawa, Saturday. This morning at a quarter to four tho old Waipawa hotel was burnt down. The origin .of tho fire i$ unknown. The builders were at work on the premises up to five o'clock yesterday, also the painters, repairing and adding. The building was insured in the North British and Mercantile builders risk £650. There was no one in the house at the time of the fire. One of the outbuildjj ings insured for L 75 was saved.

Rise in Supars,

Auckland, Saturday. The Colonial Sugar Company; made another advauoe of ten shillings per ton on the price of all grades of sugars. The inorease in five weeks amounts to 80s per ton, Bumed. to Death-

Gisbobne, May 10; _ A Maori girl named Marin Munn, eight years of age, -was.-burned-to death at Waiapu oh Monday. Carelessness waa shown on the part of her parents, but no inquiry lias buenlield. Auckland Items. 1 • AuoKMND, May 10, The creditors of Graves Aicken, one of the well known' Elloreiie land syndicate, who filed petitions of insolvency some time ago,' have. : recommended his immediate di6ohargo from bankruptcy. : '•- " J. Wakefield, a lodger at the Imperial Hotel, leaped from a threestorey window of that building to the pavement, a distance of sixty feet this morning. Hir left arm was broken, but otherwise he was uninjured. At a meeting of the Directors of the New Zealand Stud Company, Major George was appointed chairmnu of the Board, and also Managing Director, The other vacant seat of the Board was filled by the appointment of Mr A.O, Horton..Mr Geo, Cutts, of. Canterbury, ias-been elected as manager at SylvioPark Stud Farm. In regard to the Taiiranga School Committee embroglio, the legal advice obtained by the Board of Education, states that a teacher of a public public, school may hold office as a member of * School Committee.

i' was sited yo-day-at tho fetot Jlagistmto's; Court for £2O: 13a hi for and wiia, ordered; to pay in three months., (DrGiles)- remarked, !'You aroone' of those who make laws for the whole Colony, and it does not look well for you not'to-pay your baker's bill,'!.'.' -.'

The' Flax Industry.

May 10; \ Ihe.Commissioner of Crown Lands has taken cognisance of a considerable amount of phoriraium tenax which has been/taken without authority from Crown lands. The rangers have received instructions to report any case !of the kind that scomes under tlioir notice,as it isa breach of covenant 1 to deal with any flax on lands- leased from Government without obtaining the necessary authority. In one case it ij reported-that a bargain had been made for flax on ground':not'{even leased. The Department iieaVdJpf it in time to prevent profit being made.' ': %

A Curious Case.

CHBisioiry'Boni-May.lO,

A curious ease Wisr-heart}; at; the Magistrate's Court, Amuri, 61 Tuesday, It appears it .has JjKeri, ; the oustom in the. Amuri:totridt feriiriowners to send a cheque 1 ; in April or Mayfotthototaramount of fees payable for the registration of tlieir dogs, but this year a new ranger has been appointed, who, full of zeal for, half,. :p! the fines recovered by summons against dilatory taxpayers which he is allowed by the Counoii to.retain, interviewed a local J P. and procured from that gentleman a number of blank forms of informations, duly signed, whioh were to bo filled up by the Banger himself. Armed with these he prcoeeded against 20 persons, who were determined to fight the cases, altogether ignorant of the modus operandi of the ranger. When the Court opened Mr T. W. Stringer was retained for the defendants and M,r ActomAdams for the prosecution. 'lt was arranged that a test case should be taken, to prove which the ranger was called, and, under the cross-examination of Mr Stringer, revealed his modus operandi. The Bench concurred in Mr Stringer's contention that the novel mode of drawing the information vitiated tho whole proceedings, and the expenses iucurred on account of mileage, &0., amount to oyer LSO, which will be paid by the County Council,

ILLICIT DISTILLATION. Heavy Fines. Gbbymouth, Saturday. The Magistrate delivered judgment in the illicit distillation cases. He said he had no doubt Tayler had been, making whiskey on bis premises, and bad made tba whiskey seized, iiit the evidence on tint point was defective. However, he found him guilty on two charges, first of having more than the lawful quantity of spirits in tbe. brewery for which he was fined L 25 or three months' imprisonment, and on tha second, for having a quantity of spirits in his possession on which duty bnd not been paid, holding that tbe onus of proof rested on defendant to show how hecamo by the spirits and whether the duty was paid, Fined on this charge LIOO Or three months' imprisonment. Taylor was taken to gaol;