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[NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Dec. 4. Judgment was given in several cases in, the Court of Appeal this morning. In the case of Macandrew and others versus M'Lean' and another, the judgment Was; for the appellants. The question of a further appeal 'was not finally decided. The people in the City. -of Newcastle's boat might have been bcougbi to Wellington soon after being rescued but for au accident of a trivial kind. The John Knox signalled the ..Electra, bound in. ■ The signal halliards of the Electra were carried away. Delay arose, and the other thought a discourtesy was meant, and having a fair wind ahe sailed her course. The Crown Prosecutor has received instructions to proceed criminally against \ Bain,, late master of the City of Newcastle, who went to Melbourne per Rangitoto. Dunedin, Dec. 4. All the Chinamen on the Clutha Railway have been discharged, as not worth the wages given. The total escort for the fortnight is •11,2830?. ' A Mining Confevencs, consisting of delegates, is sitting at Lawrence, discussing the Gold Fields Act of -3866. [Christchurch, Dec. 4. The Council has been memorialised to erect a central railway. station.!. The Mayor's casting vote negatived a resolution that the future Mayors should receive annually L3OO. Mr Knight has moved in the Council that L 20,000 should be appropriated to the purpose of introducing families and single girls. , . Napier, Dec. 4. A drunVen seaman put to sea in the pilot boat last night, and has not been seen since. Miss Minnie Parker, who distinguished herself iv the Poverty Bay massacre, has been recommended to receive the New Zealand medal. , Mr Onnond's house, at Wallingford, has been burnt. Auckland, Dec. 4. At the inquest on the body of Dicldams, 1 a verdict of suicide when suffering from temporary insanity was returned. Dunedin, Dec. 4. The house of Dr Buchanan, occupied by Captain Baldwin, ha 3 b.eon burnt. All the valuable manuscripts ; and papers which it contained have been destroyed. The property was insured for Ll5O. •
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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1358, 5 December 1872, Page 2
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