INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1645, 25 August 1887, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Nipibb. Aaguit 24, The s.i. Fairy hud great difficulty fa weathering the gale, but managed to make the port. ; : ■ The Caledonian Society hare fixed their ■ first gathering for the last week la January. •• Wellington, August 24. Thi Maori whalers at Brother*, pa Monday, oaaght a whale 92ft long. Itf estimated ralue Is £400. > ■, Blenheim, Afloat 24. •; Tba Supreme Court sitting* ware opened to-day by Mr Justice Rlohmond. Thetis were only threo casaa In the calender* v Mutin Elliott got twelve months let i ■teallog sheepskins, and William Tornboll itwo years and 25 lashe* for attempted tape on a farmer's daughter on the high road. The trial of T. H Warren, for rape on hli own dangbter, begine to-morrow. The./ grand jury found a true bill. . The elytt business is light.

Dukbdin, August 24, In the Supreme Court to-day, '•»' applioatlon was made for a nonsuit In tha case of Sutherland v Neill. The plaintiff had bean an attendant at the Seaoliffe Asylum, and be brought the action against "'"< Dr Neill for libel. A verdict was given for £5. The nonsuit was moved on the ;. groun I ihat the libel was not proved, end If it was th ■♦ it was privileged. Judgment was reserve. .",.■,'',''■ :■■-'; .'"'-' An appHcatiou Co strike a solicitor off the

rolls was reserved for the .next sitting of the Appeal Court, , It appeared that the solicitor took £10 to put a man through <he Bmkroptoy Court, but filed the petition by mistake at Dunedin Instead of at Oamaru. The bankrupt paid another £5 to hare tha petition filed et. Oamarti, which was done, but no fees were paid. After a lot of correspondence the bankrupt referred the matter to the Law Society, who are now taking these steps. The Land Board was engaged to-day In en euqulry into the validity of a declaration made by James Patterson, the purchaser of a perpetual lease section et Chat ton, A man named Bi!lantyne had - surrendered his section, as he foa«d the/, rent too high, and then tendered a sum for V it. Patterson also tendered, and It waV now objected that PattersoD, with bis brother, had a j int interest m a section containing 600 acres, and his application was invalid. After taking evidence! decision was adjourned.

At the inquest on James Marsden, who was killed by a klok In the stomach" from ft horse, a verdict of accidental death was returned. '.: