INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 224, 12 November 1880, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

I Nkw Plymouth, Friday. In the Supreme Court the case of Michael McCarthy, cbaiged with perjury in the Resident Magistrate's Court at Patea, Came before the Court, when a verdict was returned of not guilty. Judge Richmond remarked that from the number of challenges in empaucl*ling the jury it was almost impossible in a small place to get au impartial oue. He was apprehensive that ifc would be necessary Io have a modification of the jury laws or justice would be seriously endangered*. The remedy, he said, was tbat when a charge waa brought against an old settler in a small district the case should not be tried in that district. John Eraser Bell pleaded guilty to falsify. ing tbe register of a child's birth, and was sentenced to three mouths' imprisonment. Dunudin, Eriday. William Drysdale, drysalfcer, dropped dov/n dead in George-street yesterday from heart disease. Messrs Fisb and Ross, Councillors, have been nominated for the City Mayoralty. Wellington, Friday. Ifc is understood that instructions have been sent to the acting Agent-General to reserve space at the approaching wool exhibition, to be beld at lhe Crys-al Palace, Sydenham, for New Zealand competitors, who will simply have to consign their exhibits to the Agency General, London, when tbey will be duly called for, the exhibitors paying only the freight to London. Sir William Fox is expected to arrive ih Wellington to-night to confer with Sir Dillon Bell aod the Government regarding tbe settling of matters connected with the native difficulty. It is stated tbat the Government have decided to reduce the railway charge for the conveyance of timber by three pence per 100 feet, such reduction, however, to apply only to timber carried for export. Auckland, Friday. Kauri gum baying risen £2 per ton, large quantities are corning in. It is rumored here that the withdrawal of the Government proclamation over the Patetere laDd is gazetted to-day. The Waste Lands Board propose recommending Parliament to impose an export duty upon kauri gum, and to issue licenses to ctig similar to miners' rights. -A fire broke out in Williams' bakery in Grey-street, last night, through hot ashes being left in an exposed place. The damage was slight, as the fire was quickly extinguished.