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Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 55, 5 March 1904, Page 4

A civil action was heard by tho Magistrate this morning. The parties were YV. L. Jones and Harry Brown, carpenter. Plaintiff claimed £28 damages in consequence of the alleged negligence of de- ! fendant in connection with certain archiI tectural work, and an alleged failure in the supervision of a building erected at tho Lower Hutt. Mr. Hindin«tsh appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Weston for defendant. Dr. A. M'Arthur, S.M., gave judgment for Brown with £2 14s costs. The defendant gave evidence with the object of proving that there Mas no negligenco on his part ; that his plans had been approved by the local body and plaintiff, and that ho ceased to supervise the work on account of plaintiff alleging that he favouied the carpeutet*. The bankruptcy returns for the Wellington district (which includes Wanganui, Palmerslou North, Masterton, Blenheim, Nelson, Westport, Reefton, Greymouth, and Ilokitika) for last year show • a total of 77 bankruptcies, lite statements filed show assets, excluding amounts secured to creditors, of £16,010. The mms secured to creditors w«re £9393. The liabilities, excluding amounts secured to creditors, were £32,826. The debt* proved wero £26,978, while the assets realised by the Assignee totalled £8032. It is often statcdHluit Pelorus Jack, the fish that follows steamers between the French Pass and Pelorus Sound, is protected by a special Order-in -Council, but thi» is not so. The difficulty in this matter is that there is considerable doubt as to which species the fish belongs. The Tourist Department is now endeavouring to get a special Order-in-Council passed purely in the interests of "Pelorus Jack." The fish, has now a worldwide fame, and application*) have come from America and elsewhere asking foi copies of the Gazette containing the proclamation regarding the fish. The Americans appear to be specially interested in " Pelorus Jack." The hon. treasurer of the Nairn Memorial Fund (Mr. H. M. Gore) nsknowledges the following additional contributions: — A. D. Riley, £2 2s ; Dr. Collins, £1 Is ; J. \V. Joynt, £3 3s ; W. Crow, 10s; J.N., £2; Juo. Campbell, £2 2s. Per M'Gregor, Wright, and Co. : J,L.M., 10s 6d; Storer, Meek, and Co., £l Is; N. Fernandos, £1 Is ; John Orr, £1 Is ; M. S. Young, £1 Is ; M. C. Smith, 10s ; Jus. Home, £1 Is; F. Grady, 10s. Tho Horauta Maori Council, Auckland district, has pascd the following bylaws : "Any person found druuk in any Maori kaianga shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 5s for a first offence, and not exceeding £1 for every subsequent offence. Any person who introduces or takea intoxicating liquor into any Maori kaianga shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £5' for the first offence, and not exceeding £10 for any subsequent offence. Reporting to the Executive Committee of tho Wellington Branch of the Navy League yesterday afternoon, the Hon. Secretary (Mr. C. W. Palmer) stated that Mr. E. R. Dymock had accepted the- X'ositioil of Hotl. Auditor. A vote of thanks was pa«3ed to the Hon. Secretary for his special efforts in organising laat Monday's publio meeting in the Skating lUnk. It waa decided to communicate with the various Chambers of Commerce and Harbour Boards in tho colony in regard to tho resolution passed by the public meeting. Tho Executive of the League also decided to ascertain the- Premier's views before taking atofw in regard to the presentation of plate for the warship New Zealand. The Registrar-General's return of vital statistics for January shows that the number of births in, the four chief cities of tho colony, with their suburbs, during the month was as follows; — Auckland, 157 ; Wellington, 119 ; Christchurch, 126 ; Dunedin, 108. Tho deaths in January, with the proportion per thousand of population, were — Auckland, 50, 0.89 ; Wellington, 59, 1.10; Cbrifitchurch, 45, 0.87 ; Dunodin, 63, 1.11. The total number of births was 510, against 524 in December, ahd tho deaths numbered 217, an increase of 36 on tho previous month. Sixty-eight of tho deaths, or 31.34 per cent., were of children under the age of five, and of these 6* were- under one year of ago. JFourte«n deaths remlted from diarrhcßal diseases — 3 at Aucklftnd, 4 at Wellington, 6 at Christchurch, and 1 al Dunedin. Influenza- caused one death at Christchurcb. and one at Dnnedin, and scarlet foyer one death at Wellington. Cancer vras fatal in 18 cases, and ptfeisis in 12. There were 4 accidental deaths, and 2 cases of suicide. Referring to a paragraph, in "Rod 1 and Gun " in our issue of hwfc Saturday describing how a rabbit had takea to tho water under pressure of fear, ft correepondent, signing himaolf "Karori," writes as follows: — "It may be of interest to some of your 1 readers to knwr that rabbits may take to the water under othei circumstances. Lately, I had been, fishing a. little west of Sinclair Head, with som« success, and was engaged at low water, mark cleaning . the fish, when a rabbit coming down from the cliff ran past me and entered the sea and swain out, making apparently for the opposite coast, in the direction of Cape Campbell. There was a slight roll on, and poor bunny .could make little way, although }ie, o» she, a^ the case may be, showed no inclination to turu back. Within a hundred yards its head hung lower and lower, ahd at last gradually became submerged, and' bunny's race was run. Th« question arises : What was its motive? It vrtiti ' not frightened or pursued. Tbe only thing unusual about its appearance was that it was covered with burrs, but as that is common enough it does not v appear to be sufficient to account for it's being so rash." A Canterbury North farmhand named Charles Perdie gave information recently to the police which led to three men, named George Cowan, George Waters, and Hamilton Maxwell, being arrested nnd eventually charged at the Magistrate's Court yesterday with having conspired together afr Wellington, about the 24th February, to defraud Perdio of a sum ol money. Chief Detective M'Grath prosecuted and Mi". Jellicoe defended. Th« prosecution alleged that Perdie, who possevssed about £30, agreed at Chrietchurch to pay Cowan's fare to Wellington on the understanding that Cowan ,would get him employment. On the 23rd February, Cowan introduced informant to Waters, and Waters, allegiug that' ho was a contractor near New Plymouth, offered to take Perdio into his employ and pay his train faro from Palmerston northwards. Maxwell, it was stated, wot afterwards met by the trio and Bpokeu to by Wateis. At a subsequent meeting next day, when Waters and informant were abont to leave for the train, Maxwell said to Waters, " I cannot go up without money. I want a pound." Waters said ho had not time to write out a cheque, and, it is alleged, induced informant to lend him a pound qn tho nnd<>n»tandtng that it would be paid back. Previous to this, informant hnd' lent Waters two other pound notes. Maxwell, when arrested, denied having conversed with Waters, and said he knew nothing I about the conspiracy charge. Cowan adi mitted tliat he knew Waters, but made no statement. Evidence given alleged that Waters had no contract in the vicinity of New Plymouth. No evidence •was called for the defence. After Mr. Jellicoe had addressed tho Court on what he considered a " flimsy " case, in which there was nothing to sustain a conviction against Maxwell, his Worsh-irj committed each defendant to the Supreme Court for trial. Bail was granteH. A meeting of the Pioneer Lodge of the Order of Good Templars will be held o». Monday evening next.,