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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1627, 5 February 1886, Page 2

"What a Wellington paper ' term* ' i "peculiar action was heard m the Besi* dent Magistrate's Court -there,on;Wednesday. It was a ciril suit, T. G» Macarthy v. J. Mariin, M.L.O. In this case, the plain tin: alleged that he had advanced at different times sums of money amounting to £165, to Mr Edward Shaw upon an understanding that the defen* Uant was to repay him one half of such money lent It appeared that Mr Shaw, being m want of money, assigned to Messrs Martin and Macarthy, one-third share m the prqiits of the firm. Brandon, Shaw and Brandon, of which he was at one time, a' member. In return for, tbie assignment, Mr Shawwastohave tnoneyf advanced to him by Mr Macarthy johe-h*alf of which was to be repaid by Mr Martin, Mr Shaw applied to him and Mr Martin fqr pepuniary assistance ; they decided that,; as Mr fcjhaw already owed them £1400, they wQiijd a.ak some security for further loans. They obtained the deed produced, and subseqently advances werf made by witness to the extent of £165, ■ After hearing the evidence, His Worship held that an obligation had been entered into by the defendant, and gave judgment for the amount claimed, 4s, with costs. . . . , . The only interesting item of Australian news telegraphed from Auckland frpm the files brought by the Maripbi-f ' is some later information about the Cct burg murder. The inquesst has been adjourned to the 26th instant. The eondi* tion of one of the daughters is very precarious, and she is not unlikely to die. 1% is now stated, that the three daughter* were drugged m some mysterious way. and; that the mother made up her mind that the youngest daughter should noji> share a similar fate. WThe man William Sherwin -who diejfr m the Wellington Hospital on Sunday " from the effects of the injuries he snat taiiied frqia falling off the train on the , 22nd ulk., was fearfully mutilated.; ' & Hassell, Resident Surgeon at the Hospj. al, stated that the shoulders and baok were bruised j hotb, collar bones worn broken j flip Head qf the left upper arm, was broken off ; and the base of * ifc# -: skull fractured; The injuries were mostly confined to the upper part of the body. The unfortunate man lingered ;. nine days, and was conscious nearly *U the time .before his death, The sawmill owners of New Soqtk . Wales intend ureinff- on the Government the absolute necessity for increasing the duty on foreign timber as at present they are working at a loss. The 400 mUl^ia the colony employ 10,000 men. - ; The section of the Wellington -Napier ' line from Masterton to Mauriceyille, a distance of sixteen miles, is •x» ; pected to be opened m March. A complaint is made of the increase of hares m the Rnngitikei district. ;The . , Marton paper says : — In gerdens adjoining bush country, the hares hare madt a raid on everything containing noilture. Beautiful flowers, which had; :". been reared with the tenderest care, have been remorselessly devoured. The orchards have suffered m like manner, the bark of thotrees'having been gnawed off all round. It is quite manifest that the period for protecting hares has ,. expired. The .*• open " season ahould extend throughout the whole year, and there should ;be no fee of £5, or any other sum, charged for selling ; dead hares. Imagine a man being charged £5 for the privilege of selling dead rabbits or sparrows. A gentleman who rode through from Palmerston to Bulls, and thance to Wanganni, informed us (Chronicle) that notwithstanding the dry season the crops* m the Awahuri Valley are m splendidcondition. Some 600 acres of oats and » wheat are estimated to yield on an"!"'average, 50 bushels of wheat and 60 of oats to the acre. Everyone seems busily ' engaged harvesting, but that notwithstanding, the number of hard up swagsmen about is quite unusual, not anything like so many having been aeea . for years before. At the hotel at the' juiic- " l tun of the Feilding and Bulls road, it it nothing unusual for 16 or 18 swagsmeu to arrive at night all requiring shakedowns.