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m. > ■ Grahamstown, April 9. Thomas Manning, owner of a berdan and retorting furnace, was fined L2OO, with the alternative of three months’ imprisonment, for a breach of the Quartz-Crushing Regulations Inspection Act. The case was got up by the' .police. A detective employed the informer to oawy stone to the defendant. The latter neglected to make the requisite entry In his book : henco the prosecution. The Magistrate commented severely on the action toTthe police in entrapping a man into the commission of a crime, •The ‘ Advertiser’ gives the returns an 11,6260z, being an. increase of 3,2850z over last month., ’ m , ' , ■ Nafibr, April 9. . 4,he population of the Province is 9,236: town of Napier, 3,648. The increase, under all heaps, since last eenaus, is about 60 per cent. Forty-three nominations were sent by last toad. ’ • ■ • “lu*- • , Nelson, April 9, The weights for the Nelson Jockey Club Handicap.are published r-r-Yatterina, Bst ,81b ; Galumpy, 8st81b; Kakapo, Bst2lb; Parawhenua, Bst ;• Castaway, 7sfc 101b; Head Shot. 7st 101b; Castanet, 6st 71b. Christchurch, April 9. The Supreme Court calendar contains an average number of cases, and includes larceny, forgery,-perjury, bigamy, and . concealment of birth. . John Wilmshurgt, late surgeon of the Bhipjsles of the South, -was convicted of larceny A-during the voyage out. Sentence , -wasdeferred. opting at Kaiapoi is still going on, and no decision has been arrived at. Francis vValstab, bob of-a Melbourne auctioneer, was committed for trial in the Supreme CCurfc on • three charges of obtaining money under false-pretences. He was arrested, at Camara while <n route to Melbourne by the Albion. / . , V Auckland, April 10. Thb Uho, from New Caledonia, reports trade "kere to bs brisk. Flour is scarce, and fetches L 24105; ’ The timber market is overstocked. Ihennnes are progressing favorably. Aiurricane occurred at the Norfolk Islands, • damaging plantations,. blowing fences, buildings, and a church down. Over 300 pine trees, some of them, 25 to 30 feet in circumference, TO™.UP by the roots, and hurled like sticks before the storm. There is a tremendous sea.. The road from the landing-place at the Cascade was 'strewn with wreck, supposed to be of the Dishot and Mary Ann. The embank- ■ ment facing the sea was utterly destroyed.
, Wellington, April 10, It is proposed to invite Mr. Vogel to a public dinner in Wellington. The Mongol has been detained till eleven this morning. . The Mongol commission has not resumed its tobors. The evidence of the ship’s doctor is all taat is now.required. « 1& ii 011 °J Wellington Province is about 30,000, the returns being all in. The increase since 1871 is 24 per cent, on the last census return. ■
The West Coast lines have been down two • days, and are not expected to be up for two more. When the Alhambra, was off Hokitika, sims of an unusually heavy flood were seen. ' The river was swoollen and banked up by a high sea. Something similar was seen at Grevmouth. J
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Evening Star, Issue 3473, 10 April 1874, Page 3
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