Interprovincial News.

Hastings Standard, Issue 117, 10 September 1896, Page 4

Interprovincial News.

Mrs Brodessa, whose house in Wellington was destroyed by fire yesterday, and about whose safety some anxiety was felt, was on a visit to Nelson, and on hearing of the fire communicated with the police, stating that she was returning to Wellington next day. Several selectors of sections in the Marewhenua estate were before the Dunedin Land Board yesterday to show cause why their sections should not be forfeited for non-compliance with the regulations in not maintaining one-third of the area in grass. The Board decided there should at once be put down certain areas in grass, and it was intimated that the Government would insist on the conditions being strictly complied with. During the passage of the barque Dilpus Sand, which arrived at Dunedin from New York yesterday, a casualty occurred after she left Pernambuco, where she had put in to have repairs affected, damage having been caused by a gale. On August 6th, during a heavy gale, Carl Anderson, a stowaway from Pernambuco, was washed overboard. A lifebuoy was thrown, a watch kept, and the ship hauled, but the man appeared to sink at once. At the Russell S.M. Court yesterday, C. Cross, P. Cross, N. Johnston, and Hoko Hoko were brought before Messrs Stephenson and Haivis, J's.P., on a charge of cattle stealing and committed for trial, being being allowed in eight sureties of £IOO each. At the Supreme Court sitting in banco at Auckland yesterday morning, Justice Conolly delivered judgment in the case Anne Jane C'assel v. HuddartParker Company, in which plaintiff sued the defendant company for £SOO damages as compensation for loss of her husband, who died in the Auckland hospital in December last from injuries sustained by him while assisting in discharging the s.s. Anglian. The ease was heard at the civil sittings of the Court about two months ago before a special jury of four, who brought in a verdict for plaintiff for £258 damages. Mr Campbell recently moved to set aside the judgment for plaintiff and this motion by Mr Campbell was to set aside such judgment. In delivering judgment his Honor said in his opinion all that was done prior to the accident in connection with the slabs was rightly done. It seemed to him, especially in view of the evidence given by Captain Duder, that some outward force over which the officer in charge was not responsible must have operated to cause the slabs to fall. He was therefore of opinion that the evidence did not warrant the jury in finding the accident was caused by negligence of the defendant company's officer. Judgment for plaintiff would be set aside and judgment entered up for defendant with costs according to scale. Mr Napier, who appeared for plaintiff, said there would probably be an appeal.