TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1467, 27 January 1887, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Shareholders L'abl ity. Auckland, Jauunry 27 In the Supreme C.»urt to day ths North New Zealand Woollen Company sued Jas. E. Cairns fer £110 6.i 31; oalh overdue. The defence was a denial that defendant was a shareholder of the Comp-tny, that he had been induced by misreprtsen'ation to take np 250 Bharea, but had sent m notice of withdrawal. He bad neither accepted the articles of Association nor paid call?. For the Company It was contended that the misrepresentations were not material, and tho letter of withdrawal had never been received. M-: Justice Ward decided m favor of defendant ; coats on the loweit eoolo. The Decision ia one of vital importance to the Company, as it is feared many other shareholders will repudiate their liability. Defences Wellington, January 27. The Inspection of '.he Permanent Artillery Forc<* will be held this afternoon, Over a hundred rcea have just arrived for drill at the forts. The A260-poundew are expected to arrive n xt mnnth. Those will be mounted on d s ppetring carriages, worked by hydraulic power, and everything is ready to mount them when i hey arrive. There will be seven or eljht of them m various batteries Charge Against a Constable. JUUNEDIN, J*i>uiry 27At the Cify Court, C.mstab'e Fleming was charged with as°aultlng Broad, a prom'nant men 1 er of the tempeave) party who declines that becansa after watching a w-.man leave the constable and enter the hotel after midnight, he remarked (hit publicans, police, and prosiitutej were |n lergm, >h< c mstable knocked him down and severely maltreated him. The complainant swears p sitively to the constable's identity but tae defence is that Fleming w.>> not near the spot.