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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 95, 22 April 1879, Page 2

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f Vii EBB AGENCr.I Wellington, Monday night. An adjournment of tbe Supreme Court for two hours was asked for to-day in consequence of the absence of a material witness, but the Judge refused, and the Court adjourned for all day. To a counsei who applied for costs, the Resident Magistrate replied that lie would not allow counsel's costs unieß3 in cases over £5. Many of the cases of typhoid [fever about the city are supposed to be spread by infected milk. A complaint was made to day that the bailiff had been taken away from the charge of property by an officer of the Court without the permission of the person who caused the bailiff to be put there. The Magistrate said that if the person had sustaiued any damage from the action of the officer he could proceed against him, and he recommended him to pursue that course. Tuesday. It is stated that several of the Manners aud Cuba Street hotel-keepers have agreed to pay a small subsidy to the Dew lessees of the Imperial Opera House as au acknowledgment of the benefit which will accrue to the trade ot the locality from the continuous run of the performances which they guarantee. lt is stated here on what purports to be good authority that a fresh information will be laid against Messrs Kinross, Sutton, and Morgan for perjury in connection with the Maori affairs as referred to in recent telegrams. A visitor to the Wairarapa writing of the Wellington - Masterton line says : — " The Featherston line is simply a marvel, but will always remain a mouument to the extravagance and recklessness of the people who would pierce the Rimutaka at any cost." At the R.M Court this morning Thomas Bromley, a youth of seventeen, was charged with cruelty to animals in beatinga horse with along spike nail in the end of a stick. It was proved that he drove the nail up to the head in the horse's flesh. The Magistrate fined him 40s, expressing his regret that the law did Dot allow him to order the culprit ten lashes on his bare back. Sir George Grey will leave for Auckland in the Hinemoa to-morrow. He will probably be accompanied by Mr Sheehan. Nkw Plymouth, Tuesday. Te Whiti has ordered the settlers and constables to leave Opunake. Messrs Mackay and Blake's negotiations have not yet concluded successfully. Port Chalmers, Monday night. Arrived: Elmore Vernon, with 1150 tons of cargo, 86 days from New York. The ship Oregon is at the Heads from Newport with railway material. She drawa 22 feet, and will not come in this tide. Arrived: Westland, with 27 passengers and 165 immigrants, 80 days from Glasgow. There was one death ou the passage. On March 23, a steerage passenger named Wood jumped overboard. A boat was lowered in less than three minutes, but nothing could be seen of the unfortunate man. Blenheim, Tuesday. At the Police Court yesterday, Stevenson, an hotel-keeper at Renwicktown, was charged under a statute of George 11. with disposing of a pair of ponies and a carriage by lottery It was contended for the defence that the statute was not in force in New Zealand. Judgment was reserved for a week. Christchdrch, Tuesday. Montague Dodd, clerk to Messrs Joyce and Williaui3, solicitors, has beeu committed for trial for stealing £40, the property of the firm. ,_ „ Tauranga, Tuesday. Mr George Ellis, of Napier, who is at present on a visit here, offered Messrs Gouk and Henderson £600 to be permitted to stand in with them in the Taupo raising contract. This was refused, though Mr Ellis guaranteed to get the Taupo off for a quarter of their tender, and without any of the elaborate paraphernalia of schooners, &c., being brought from Auckland, ne says there i= no real difficulty whatever in the matter" and Messrs Gouk aud Henderson ought to make an uncommon good thing out of the contract. Auckland, Tuesday. The brigantine Meg Merrilies arrived this morning from the South Sea Islands with a cargo of copra. She reports the native troubles at Ropunna have subsided. When passing Arno Island the crew heard reports of guns proceeding from the shore, and hove the vessel to. The traders came off in boats, and stated that the natives were fighting rival parties, assisted by 100 natives from the adjoining islands. At the Police Court to-day a woman applied for a protection order against her husband and recouuted a heart-rending story. When she had finished the alleged husband in defence asserted that he was never married to the woman. As a search instituted by the Registrar showed no record of the marriage, the order was refused.