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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3689, 17 December 1890, Page 2

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(Per Press Association,) , . Auckland, December 10, A caee arisiug out of a will: was lienrd at the Supreme Court to-day bafbro Mr Justice Conolly. Some time back Mr Joli'i lWiert : died, ' Iphig a, substantial fortune, ohiefly devoted 'to the' Wesleyan Church ' purposes.' To his nephews he left a ' sum to be equally divided, but in-the I case of. one''of the'nephews'the j executors disputed the legatee's olaim ' to the fililarrjount ofjhis share,'con*' terimng ■■ tMt , W W, JOTiously ■' reoejvei|-|ifirtQfjt. c,ase camo ' before tlieSvipreiue Court .today as.' that of AlWProbert VvThomas ' DndclU and others, exeoutors' and ' trustees ;of thewillof John Probert, ' deceaasd, for the amouut'of a legacy.' under tlio will. There was also a I counter claim for £B7O, the amount ' of : lUQii'oy advanced. Hesketli appeared for the plaintiff and | Mr' C.i Buttbj} f^'.ty'dpfsflijants,.' ! % ftuiaatiqn-pa really wliitljoi!:; the' sum 6f'.sß7Q was a gift or a loan. The I plaintiff was a nepliewiof -the late ' John Probert, and had received JGB7Oi ' whichheallegbdwas'/a^eill.' .Jhe i ooujiter claim wa ity''qrio|wi', Mi Mr %kctli:, contended;' that, •the. money, £870,; was a-gift, ■■ "and •had bera. given .^ ilr i e r .mai|o'vlnV : wj|j i

AoolAents wiF&t»Utles ; - . Wanoanui, December 16. The train from New Plymouth, on Mfival here at 5 o'clock last night, root with a slight mishap, owing to one of the carriages being derailed. The windows were smashed, but no passengers were hurt, although they were;oonßiderably soared;.;".• y : ■'■ '■ , :\i r: ■ ; Timabd, December; IG. -Td-day'B; holiday was inarred by a caaa.v of : drowning. ~< A; lad;.' named Ourtin, aged 15, a draper's messenger one oi a; party of. four r lads, was bribing in the Waßbdylie Creek. He was''unable to: swim, and got out of his depth,;"' The others,- being younger, were unable to save him, though one made a plucky attempt. .."; DrjJtEDiN, December 10. N ; ■A man named Eobert Cumming oommitted suicide at Warorina this morning. Ho was on. a visit to his father, and is.said to have : been ■• in financial difficulties,. - TliO" ascent of Mount Ooolc : ■ Ohribtohuboh, December 16,' Messrs', Mannering and Dixon aßcended within 140 ft of the top of. Mount Cook on Sunday, December 7. They, reached tho highest point at 5.50 p.m. A large part of the descent was made by candlelight, aud was over soft snow, Thedesoent occupied 28 hours. Heavy Claims ; Napieu, December 10. ; The case of Tanner v. tho Northern Investment Company,.in which the -plaintiff claims ,£41,000 for alleged wrongful sale of the famous Itiverslea estate by the defendants, who were mortgagees, is now before the Supreme Court, v lt is expected to last the week. Sir E, Stout and Mr Comford appear for the plaintiff* andMe£ir3H,D.BelUudP.S.Mo--1 Lean for the defendants, A SjrlousOhMga Refuted, . Auokund, December IG, The partionUrs of the complaint ■ made by the prrbationer Arnaboldi to Dr Macgregor, discussed. by the 1 Hospital yesterday, regarding the Hospital treatment, are that two patients, Joseph Berry and Duncan 1 MoKenzie,did not .receive sufficient attontiou. The former was admittid on September 28, bis hand having ' been shattered explosion. ' Miss Arnaboldi ttfted that ho waa ' allowed to bleed badly, ,and that the ' man died before morning, M'Kenzie, 1 a young man of 28, was brought from 1 Waipu on October 30, suffering from 1 a compound comminuted fracture of the left leg. Part of the leg had to ! he amputated, gangreno having set in, 1 and Misa Arnaboldi asserted th»t after the operation, the upper flap, '■ where tho amputation was effected, ' wasßtill gangrenous,. This statement * was flatly denied by the medical ' superintendent, Dr Collins, who also ! in his reply contradicted the assertion that bleeding was allowed to continue , badly from Berry's wound. Dr ■ Collins' reply, which is a vory long ■ ono, was supported by Dra Hooper ' and Philson, who wero concerned in 5 tho cases mentioned. As already stated, tho Board consured Miss 1 Arnaboldi, At tho same meeting the 1 matron of the Hospital reported than ! Miss Arnaboldi was leaving because ' it was acjainat her conscience to work • any longer under tho present system. ' During the discussion by tho Board ' some member took Kception to the ' fact that the complaint was received 1 and accepted by Dr MacGregor, as ' they considered that it should have been made to the Board.