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time he should ask it ; and then he played a tune on the piavo, and when the instrument was shut said it would be the last time he would play them a tune. In the morning he was found dead in his bed, with the laudanum bottle empty near him. A post-mortem examination showed that he died from laudanum poisoning. The policy of assurance contained a provision to the effect that it would be void if the assured died by his own hand. The company defended the action on two grounds —first that the assured had died by his own own band, or, iu other words, that he had committed suicide ; secondly, that at the time of the proposal for insurance he was a person of intemperate and irregular habits, whereas he had stated that he was of sober habits ; and there was a condition in the policy that if these answers were untrue the policy was void. The company alleged that the answers were untrue, aud that the assured gave the answers wilfully. For the plaintiff several witnesses were examined as to the latter point, who proved that Young, so fas as they knew him, was of temperate habits ; that he always attended to his business, and was never seen to take any intoxicating liquors during business hourt. And as to the allegation of suicide, it was contended that the facts were quite consistent with his having taken the laudanum accidentally, and not purposely. The jury found a verdict for the defendant on all the issues.

The pensions of Erench officers are smaller than in any other army in Europe. In fact, an officer cannot claim his retirement until he has served for thirty years, and then he receives only 1560 f., or about £6O a year. The maximum pension which a captain can attain to is but a few pounds more; and even a full colonel only gets 3120 f., or £125 a year. These suras are considerably less than half the full pay of the respective ranks. M. Gambetta has therefore introduced a Bill which proposes to enact that every officer who retires after completing thirty years’ service, shall receive a pension equal to two-thirds of the full pay of his rank, and that for every additional year that he serves, one-twentieth of the difference between this minimum pension and full pay shall be added to the retiring allowance. In order, however, that the State may not be burdened with providing this increase of pension, 5 per cent, of the officer’s pay is to be stopped every year, instead of the 2 per cent, which is now kept back. New discovery of gold, a discovery which promises to eclipse and outdo all previous discoveries, is that which has lately been made in the great restorer of sick people to sound health. “ GHoiXAiaT* Great Indian Cubes ” are beyond all questioning the most marvellous discovery : for health is more thou gold, and by the use of these meritorious n> edicines not only can health be maintained, but persons laid «side by sickness of many years’ duration aro restored to health, and snatched from the jaws of de-rth,—r[ A uvx. ]

Wanted "ANTED to Purchase Shares in the Wellington Building Society. Charles White,.Panama-street, 20th April, 1878. WANTED immediately, a Coachsmith. Apply to J. W. Logan, Wanganui. BRIOKMAKERS. —Wanted three firstclass hands. Apply to H. Ebner and Co., Silver Stream. W ANTED Known —Board and Lodgings. Beds and meals at all hoars, with music and reading-room. Seamen and others boarded, shipped, and their advance koxescashed. Hair-cutting, &e., rooms connected. P. A. Jones, Wellington Saloon, WiUis-streefr, To Let The imperial opera house, MANNERS-STREET. SHOPS TO LET. TENDERS are invited till NOON on MONDAY, the 29th INSTANT, for the lease of one or both of the new and handsome Shops attached to the Imperial Opera House. The tenancy to be for three years. Rent payable monthly in advance, and tenderer to state rent he will give for each shop. By order of the Board of Directors. T. KENNEDY MACDONALD, Secretary. Exchange Chambers, Wellington, 11th April, 1878. TO LET. —Six-roomed House to let in Cuba-street. Apply to Bethune and Hunter. _ OFFICES TO LET.—The offices now occupied by Mr. D. Ciimie, above the offices of the Wellington Trust, Loan, and Investment Company (Limited). Possession Ist March.

TO LET, during the Session, well-fur-nished Apartments on the Terrace. Splendid view of the harbor ; plunge and shower bath. Apply Z, office of this paper. Electoral Notices "ARO 81-MAKAR A HIGHWAY BOARD. ELECTION OF WARDEN. I hereby give notice than an Election will be held for the return of a AVarden for No. 5 Ward of the Karori-Makara Highway Board, in the plies of J. F. E. Wright, Esq., resigned; and that the Nomination of Candidates will take place at the Woolshed of Goathurst Farm, at noon on the Oth day of May, 1873, and that the poll {if necessary) will be taken on the 13th day of May, 1878, at the same place, between the hours of 9 o’clock a.m, and 0 o’clock p.m. Nomination Papers can be obtained on application to the Returning Officer. E. BRANDON, Returning Officer.

Properties for Sale FOB SALE, that valuable Section of Land situated in Willis-street, immediately opposite St. John’s Presbyterian Church, having a frontage of about 60ft. with a depth of about CGft. The above can be sold in two lots of each 30ft. frontage, or in one line, as purchasers may desire. Terms easy. Apply to CHAS. H. ELLABY, Land and Estate Agent, Wellington.

JpiiOPJEETIES FOR SALE. 1700 acres rlcJa pastoral and agricultural land, fenced and .subdivided, with good house, woolahed, -yard?, and paddocks, near Wairoa, with 1500 sheep, mixed ages .-and sexes. 9100 acres very rich Land, partially improved, about 12 miles from Gisborne, for sale or lease, with 6000 Sheep, few Cattle, and all working improvements. 1200 acres richest alluvial Land, Karamu Plains, fenced and subdivided. 25.000 acres Leasehold, good title, low rent, and 112 acres Freehold, near Gisborne, with 20.000 Sheep, and all necessary working improvements ; the run divided into nine paddocks, all well watered and grassed. 11.000 acres Freehold, partially sown, all fenced and subdivided, good and substantial improvements, good road, within 30 miles of Napier, with 11.000 Sheep, a few Cattle, and Horses. 600 acres Lease, with right of purchase, within 12 miles of Napier, fenced and subdivided, comfortable house, shed, &c., with 800 Sheep, a few Cattle, &c. 8800 acres Leasehold, title good, rent moderate, excellent land, near Tologa Bay, with 3000 Sheep, improvements, good house, shod, and yards. 1600 acres Leasehold, Poverty Bay. 340 acres Freehold, Mahia Peninsula. 400 acres, Patea District. 750 acres, fenced and improved, Mougonui. 4030 acres Freehold, good improvements, near Masterton. 2000 acres rich agricultural Freehold, Thames Valley. 10.000 acres Freehold, pastoral land, with few improvements, Thames Valley. 609 acres, in sections, at Woodville. 40 acres Freehold, highly improved, at Havelock. 3900 acres Freehold, good agricultural and pastoral land, near Wairoa, considerable improvement, with 800 Sheep and 100 head Cattle. 900 acres Freehold near Wairoa. 4600 acres Freehold near Wairoa, part improved, good house and woolshed, yards, &0., with 3500 Sheep, a few Cattle and Horses. M. K. MILLER, Stock and Station Agent, Napier; and MURRAY, COMMON, & CO., Lambton-quay, Wellington,