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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 7, 9 January 1869, Page 2

The case of Isaac v. Kempthorne, which we referred to yesterday, was concluded at the Supreme Court, Dunedin, on the 23rd uit. The plaintiff sought to recover £5000 from the defendant, on a charge Of slander. The jury, after an hour's deliberation, returneda verdict for the plaintiff, damages £100, the foreman intimating that * his character was entirely unstained.' — Westport Times. The Anckland Weekly .News states: — : 'On Sunday the 20th December, early iv tin morning, Tararoa, an old chief of Ngathvhakaue hapu of this tribe, fell by accident into one of the boiling springs at Ohinemutu, in which the natives cook their food. His cries for help attracted the attention of Taupoa, a resident of the pa, who dragged him out without loss of time, but the injury he had received was of course fatal, and it was considered necessary to bury him immediately afterwards. Places of interment are not wanting in this volcanic region, for in all