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Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 136, 6 December 1904, Page 4

| For having assaulted and robbed George j Henry Hall, contractor, a young maa { named Thomaa Fanning, who came here by the Paparoa, was yesterday afternoon committed by the Magistrate to the Supreme Court for «entence. Evidence showed that on the evening of the 29th November Hall had a drink at the bar of the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel and then went outside. There accused I asked him how much he had got. j Informant produced i. penny. Accused I said, "Well, I am going to have all you ! have got," and put his arm round in- ! formant's neck and tried to choke him. Informant called for assistance and grappled with accused, but was overpowered, thrown on hra back, and about two shillings taken from his pocket. A man named Henry Wil.iam Todd, who witnessed the affair, said to accused, "Leave the old man alone," and then walked away. His motive for doing this, ' according to his own evidence, was that I he "did not want to be mixed up in the affair." Dr. A. M'Arthur, S.M., in committing accused — who had pleaded Guilty — for sentence, observed that this witness should have been placed in the dock also. His Honour the Chief Justice heard this morning the divorce case Lizzie Anderson v. John Hamer Robert Anderson, labourer, in which the wife petitioned for divorce on the ground of re- 1 spondent's desertion and adultery. Mr. Herdman appeared for petitioner. Rej spondent did not appear. The parties . were married in Caversham in April, 1898, and had one child, a boy, in Sep tember, (1900. Petitioner swore that about two years after marriage, respon- ' dent, who nad taken to drink, to pawning household articles, and to ill-using her, deserted her. She had since been earning a living for herelf and her child. Samuel Free, private enquiry agent, of Wellington, deposed that he was instructed in June last to watch respondent, and about the end of June saw respondent working on Wellington j wharf. In July respondent committed I adultery. When witness served the writ on respondent, the latter said it was a very good thing. Another witness' corroborated the private detective. Hib j Honour made a decree nisi returnable in j three months, petitioner to have custoay J of the child, respondent to pay costs on the lowest scale. The Zealandia Rifles paraded 42 strong | last night, under Lieut. Smith. Lieut. - Colonel Collins inspected the company and examined Government property on issue. The company was exercised in drill preparatory to firing 'for the Ranfurly Cup, which will be fired for next Saturday at Trentham. Captain Hobbs, who has transferred to the Hutt Valley Rifles, said farewell last night, and wished the Zealandias every success. On the motion of Lieut. Smith, Lieut. Corrigan, of tho City Rifles, was unanimously elected Captain. Owing to the approaching holidays and consequent absence of many players, the second round of the shield contest and I second and third class tennis competii tions will not be commenced until 21st ! January. The matter was decided at a j meeting of the Wellington Shield ConI test Committee last night. At the same meeting the Secretary was instructed to invite the country clubs to enter for the • shield contest. Mr. F. A. West was I elected a member of the committee. The attention of boys who may be desirous of becoming bassoon-players in I the Public School Cadet Band, as also . those who may wish to join the be- • ginners' class, is called to an advertise- ' ment in this issue. i Inventors in New Zealand and elsej where have experienced great delay in the i granting of letters patent in the Aus1 tralian Commonwealth. This delay is the subject of a statement of the Federal Commi&sioner of Patents recently laid on the table of the Federal House. Altogether, it is stated, 2022 applications had been received under the Act of 1903, and in the case of 51 of these complete specifications had been filed to supersede provisionals. Of the provisional specifications 417 had been accepted, but it had been impossible to finally deal with complete specifications owing to New South Wales' records not being available at the Federal Office, the examiner being thereby prevented from reporting as to whether any invention, the subject of an application, had been previously patented in that State. Messrs. Park and Basley have learned from their Melbourne associates that the Federal Patent Office is seeking to overcome tho delay by sending their Chief Examiner to Sydney to examine the New South Wales records on the spot. The relations between the Shops and Offices Act and the marriage rate were referred to by a deputation which waited on the Premier yesterday in reference to that much-abused measure. Mr. Godber was pointing out that engaged" couples often came in the evening to his shop to choose the wedding cake, and that if the shop had to be closed at 6 p.m. they would be deprived of that pleasure, as they could not come in the day time. In that way the marriage rate might be injuriously affected. "Do they pop the question in the shops?" asked Mr. Seddon. Mr Godber didn't know about that, but, he added, they might possibly meet their divinity^ when they came in for some evening refreshment. A young lady as-, sistant who was one of the speakers, was asked by the Premier if she had seen any indication of what was mentioned by Mr Godber — that the keeping of these shops open at night was conducive to matri mony. "That's not fair, Mr. Seddon," r«. plied the lady, "I don't worry much about that as long as I have a good billet. But," she added, with a merry twinkle, "I might have to think about it when the chops close at 6. That would mean a lot of us being dismissed, and then I might not get a husband." The sally was greeted with loud laughter. "You seem to steal for stealing sake," said Dr. A. M'Arthur, S.M., this morning to a youth named Wm. Marshall, who pleaded guilty to three separate charges of theft of sundry articles and clothing valued at £3 Is. Sub-Inspector O'Donovan stated that accused, according to his own statement, Avas seventeen years of age. His parents lived at Dannevirke. He left Dannevirke some time ago, came to Wellington, and worked on a milk run. Six weeks of that occupation satisfied him, and he turned his attention to a seafaring life. In due course he joined a Home steamer as a stoker, went to London, and returned to the colony by the Star of New Zealand. He left the vessel in Wellington, and then entered the employ of Mr. J. Hardy, Island Bay. The Sub-Inspector went on to say he was informed that accused was discharged by Mr. Hardy about two weeks ago. The latter complained to the police that sundry articles had been stolen from his shop. Accused was visited at his lodgings, his box searched, and the missing articles recovered ; also some clothing belonging to Charles Bubert, husband of the boardinghouse-keeper. Subsequently another charge of theft was investigated, ' and accused was found to have stolen an overcoat belonging to Robert Patiense. Worship remanded him until the 12th inst in order to give the police an opportunity of making further enquiries about him. For insobriety Thomas Dawson was fined 20s, in default seven days' imprisonment, and a first offender was convicted and discharged. Lodge Brooklyn meets to-morrow evening in the Anglican Church Schoolroom. Four hundred and eight washable petticoats in French camliric and mercerised aateen are being offered by Kirkcaldie and Stains (Ltd.) at extraordinarily low prices. See pa^e 7 for details.— 2idv*.