The .union of the English Presbyterian and the United Presbyterian Churches of England, was to be celebrated at Liverpool in May this year. It is reported that «« a gentleman in the north " intends to give tbe Bum of £25,000 for a church extension fund, pa his share of the celebration.
\ A poor (man travelling pn? thei Auckland railway , the other, day took a reiurn ' ticket j .but fin; ; 'the' f retiifn*tyip\' found' that he 'had lost the return half bf his ticket; ,; The. railway : authorities then prosecuted him for travelling without, a ticket; as he declined to pay . full fare over again.; It was proved j that the man had .bought the return ticket, but still a fine of 5s was imposed. | This would readily, have been, paid,sbutjj the Crown' Prosecutor^ who -appeared for the GoVerhment, demanded "a fee of three guineas in addition to the Court feels, and as the, deTendanT/WSG(;un]sble ! ' , ' toiipay the large sum. total, he was sOnl: jb» gaol for fourteen days. . .Thisiefa monstrous case, and should bo looked iuto by the. Goyerainerit. v •' ' ' ' - , : ' .:
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 137, 1 June 1876, Page 4
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