DOMINION NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2759, 7 February 1910, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

SUPREME COURT SENTENCE.

TPer Press Association.! AUCKLAND, Feb. 5. At the Supremo Court, Rees Nicholson was sentenced to three years’ hard labor for arson at Taumarunui. He had been intimate with a married; Maori woman, and meeting her with another man, he openly threatened to burn down her house, and subsequently carried out hi« threat.

INDECENT POST •, At the Police Court. Charles William Buttle was charged with selling indecent postcards. The defence was that the cards in question suggested nothing offensive. Mr. Cutter/ reserved his decision. WAIHI GOLDMINING COMPANY. During the broken period ended January 22nd the Waihj Coldmining Company treated 24,227 tons of ore for a return of bullion valued at £54,264.

H.M.S. PEGASUS. NAPIER, Feb. 6. H.M.S. Pegasus arrived on Saturday afternoon from Gisborne, and leaves at 9 o'cloc'k on Monday morning for 'Wellington. THE NAPIER BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The Mayor of Napier has referred to the borough solicitors a question with regard to the position of certain Councillors who have supplied goods to the Council.

"WHEAT CROP POOR IN WANGANUI. WANGANUI, Feb. 5. Wheat crops in this district have been affected by wet weather in a similar way to the southern crops, and are not expected to turn out as well as usual. Oats are reported to be suffering from attacks of caterpillars, and though birds are doing great slaughter among the pests, they do not seem to be able to hold them entirely in cheek. On the other hand the weather has been extremely favorable to th e dairy industrv. grass showing nrolific growth. The weather is favorable now for harvesting.

RAILWAY REVENUE. WELLINGTON, Feb 5. The Hon. J. A. Millar, in a statement to a press representative, said the railway revenue for the four weeks ended January Bth was decidedlv satisfactory-. The revenue showed an increase of £22,000 compared with the corresponding period of last year, while the revenue for the year to date indicates that the railways are £IBO,000 nett better off than last year at this period. The revenue has increased by £273,000, and to earn that large increase they had only to increase expenditure by £85.000. The Minister intends to hold a conference on Monday with the district managers to discuss the question of train services generally _

A FORTUNATE YOUNG LADY. Mr. Justice Cooper gave judgment to-dav in an originating summons under the Declaratory Judgments Act in re the trustees of the Levin estate r. Mena Beatrice Levin. The action was taken to decide whether the defendant was entitled to receive accumulations under the estate, totalling £39,000, on attaining her majority. The judge decided that she was. The defendant, who is daughter of the late Mr. W. H. Levin, who died a very wealthy man, was advised that she was not entitled to receive the accumulations, but that those had to be added to her capital interest in the estate. The question of costs was reserved.

CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER DISMISSED. WELLINGTON, Feb. 6. At the Supreme Court on Saturday, Joseph Williams, charged with the attempted murder of his son-in-law, Francis Joseph Martin, on December Ist, was found not guilty.

NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH FOR TIMARU. TIMARU, Feb. 6. The foundation stone of the new Sacred Heart Church was laid this afternoon by the Right Rev. Bishop Grimes, of the diocese of Canterbury. There was a very large attendance of members of the church and the public. After the procession, which includeda great number of clergy and members of the Hibernian Sociefy, His Lordship laid the stone with all due ceremony. Addresses followed bv the Rev. Father Tubman (vicar of the parish), Bishop Grimes, and others. A special collection realised a large sum. The church will cost £20,000 when finished, and will be built of concrete with Oamaru stone facings and ornaments.

OVERWEIGHT GRAIN SACKS. OAMARU, Fob. 6. At a meeting of th e Chamber of Commerce, it was decided to communicate with other Chambers to secure the substitution by the Railway Department of a fixed rate for penalties on overweight grain sacks instead of four times the ordinary freight as at present

A NAVAL DESERTER. DUNEDIN, Feb. o. Thomas Dicks, who deserted from H.M.S. Encounter on August 16th, was remanded to appear in Auckland on the 14th inst. THE NORTH ISLAND BAND CONTEST. The Kaikorai Band will not take part in the North Island Brass; Band contest to be hold at 'Wanganui, some of the most competent members of the band finding themselves unable tol make the trip.