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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 18, Issue 1084, 2 August 1871, Page 2

Rather more than two years ago (re--lates the Launceston Examiner) two women were brought up at the police station here charged with robbing a man of a considerable sum of money. It was the old story. The man a decent-look-ing, apparently hardworking farm laborer, after years of toil, had scraped together what to him was a large sura, and had arrived in Launceston late at night en route for Victoria. Over-indulgence in drink, bad company which in sober moments he would in all probability have avoided, oblivion, and empty pockets in the morning. The poor fellow's distress and remorse were so painful that a gentleman, who happened to be in Court during the hearing of the case, unsolicited, supplied him with sufficient means to leave the colony, accepting his promise to repay it whenever he should be in the position to do so. Time passed, and the loan, on the part of the lender, was entirely forgotten, until yesterday, when it was pleasantly recalled to his memory by the receipt of a letter enclosing a cheque for the loan, with liberal interest, from the ci (Levant and now prosperous miserable of the Police Office. The Jewish Chronicle thinks that there will soon be formed in New South Wales a "Universal" Israelitish Alliance, for the purpose of drawing more closely the ties that bind the Jews of England to their brethren scattered throughout the world, and the first step towards carrying out that object must be to draw more closely the ties that bind the Jews of this country together. " Already," it adds, "in the organization of the Board of Deputies means are provided for hearing the voices of provincial congregations on all matters connected with the temporal, municipal, and political interests cif the community integrally, and of their PWQ local community in particular." A case is now on trial at the Supreme Court at Poughkeepsie, to decide what was the last will and testament of Ira Allen, of Quaker Hall, who committed suicide last month. Mr Alien was worth about SIO,OOO, which, having no children of his own, he bequeathed to an adopted daughter, and gave the will to her for safe keeping. Some time ago she ried a Mr Toffey, which hardly suited her foster-father, and he took the will from her, but made no alteration, On I the morning wfeen he mi* away with

himself by drowning, ha was seen to taka the will with him and fragments of it were afterwards found near his body, distinct enough to be identified as genuine. Mrs Toftey claims that, if ho destroyed the will without making another, he was insane and the document still holds. His other heirs hold that he was sane, and his whole action was prompted by grief at her conduct.