INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS
Auckland, Jane IS. ThepetitlonofSydneyTaiwhangaagalnit Kater-e, the recently eleoted member (ot the Northern Maori: district, was withdrawn at the Supreme Court to day, M» Griffiths' counsel for the petitioner, point* ing out that no good oould come of It, u Parliament had been dissolved.
Wellington, July 15. In the 6anco Court Mr G. P. Skipper, solicitor, of MastertoD, was fined £50 and costs for practising his profession without a- certificate.
At a meeting of the Hospital an*. Charitable Aid Board, it was intimated that a poor rate would probably hare to be struck.
Grbymouth, July IX The manager of the Globe, at Reeftoo, has just reported having washed atone out of the winze with a lot of spctmens In it. It Is splendid ston* Tho winze la down 30ft.
Amongst the damages by the flood, Messrs McKepne.. Robinson, and Avlgdor, the . Midland railway contractors, liatt "' sustained losses which will take 6v» hundred pounds to repair. Last Friday's Ohristchuroh mail wm delivered to-day. The overland road ia described as being in a terrible stats from slips and washouts.
* _ _,_ « r>UN_.M_T, July 13. At the Supreme Court to-day, the trial of Baauchamp Thome for setting fire to » house in South Dunedin, for the purpose of defrauding the Union Insuranoe Company by obtaining insurance money on tho furniture, was concluded when tho prisoner was found guilty and tentnoo JS&'^A' The farn,t « r « was Insured fo* £75. Ths evidence showed that a conafderable portion had been removed, and some was identified as having been in tho possession of the prisoner's sister. Tha jar* added a rider to their verdict, that tho Insurance companies should appoint Inspectors to value all goods before iniurlfig. and that an Inventory be taken.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1609, 14 July 1887, Page 2
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284INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1609, 14 July 1887, Page 2
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