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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1102, 20 July 1882, Page 2

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[PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Auckland, July 10, Parukutu, Sullivan*! murderer, is much alarmed at Winiata’g capture. Winiftta strenuously protests his innocence, stating that the blood seen on his clothes was that of a flat fish he had speared the night preceding the murder.

Te Aboha, July 18. A stabbing case has occurred here here. It arose out of a public house quarrel. The accused man Leydon, who was very loquacious, and disturbed the boarders, refusing to go away when the landlord told him there was no accommodation for him. A man named O’Keefe went in to the room where he was creating a disturbance, and attempted to take away some of his clothes with a view of removing him, when Leydon raised his arm, and O’Keefe seeing a knife in his hand with the blade pointing downwards, at once closed with his antagonist, and received severe stabs in the back and side whilst wrestling with him, and before stistance came to separate them. Leydon was brought before Mr Wilkinson, Mayor of Thames, this morning, and remanded for police investigation before the R.M. (there being only one Justice here) on charge of stabbing with intent to do grievous bodily harm.

Blenheim, July 19. An accident occurred at Ship Cove, Queen Charlotte Sound, by which man named Jas. Boon aged 54, lost his life in tho afternoon. Messrs Russell, Boon and two sons left Ship Cove in a boat for Long Island, they had not proceeded far when the boat was struck by a squall, filled, and turned over. All succeeded gaining the bottom of the boat, which immediately rolled over again. Young Boon seeing his brother was unable to swim, swam off and grasped him by tho collar of his jacket and swam back, only to be washed off, again this happened throe times, he never lost his grasp of his brother and succeeded in saving his life. Men on the schooner Wave of Life, lying in the Cove, saw the accident, but owing to the strong wind and high sea,did not roach the spot for fully half-an-hour by which time Jas. Boon, the father of the boys, became exhausted, and sunk. Deceased leaves nine orphans totally unprovided for,

Wellington, July 19. In tho Supremo Court in banco" to-day, judgment wa* given on Mr DeLautour’* anplioatiop for admission as solicitor of the Supreme Court. Mr DeLautour claimed to be entitled to admission as having fulfilled the conditions required by the Law Practitioners Act. It appears that the applicant ha. been articled to a solicitor lor five year., but after a lapse of 3 year, and ton months, he came up for examination, which he pasted. The queation woi whether ho had .erved the term required by the provisions of tho Act, Tho following judgment was delivered by the Hon, tho Chief Justice and Justice Richmond; — 'ln the present case wo assume from what took place in argument, that though tho affidavits aw not explicit on the matter, Mr DeLautour was a member of the House of Representatives throughout the time of his articles, except during any part of that time when I’ailinment was dissolved, ond that ho regularly attended at Parliament during the sessions held in 1878, 1879, 1880. and 1881. Mr Hoe.'s affidavit is to th. offset that Sfr DeLautour served under articles to him till the ond of September, 1881, that is a period of nbqut throe years aqd throe months, and that Mr DeLautour passed the whole of that term in active performance of the duty pt an articled clerk to Mr Bees; oxaep

during such times as Mr DeLautour was attending Parliament. As to those periods we understand Mr Roes to say that during the Sessions of 1878, and 1879, he, Mr Rees, was also a Member of Parliament, and had an office in Wellington, practised there as a solicitor, and that De Lautour acted as his clerk there during a large part of the session in 1880. Though Rees was not a member, he was transacting legal business at Wellington, and that DeLautour acted as hie clerk in that business, and that during the session of 1881, though Rees was not in Wellington practising personally there, DeLautour performed there certain valuable legal work under Rees's direction, and as his olerk. Assuming that it is satisfactorily established that Rees himself was substantially carrying on the practice of his profession and transacting legal business at Wellington during the sessions in the years 1878 to 1881 inclusive, the question was whether an articled clerk was, or could be, serving him bona fide, actually and continually as his clerk during these periods. We are clearly of opinion that Mr Rees by allow, ing his articled clerk to be a member of Parliament, and attend the sessions thereof, has permitted him to occupy a position entirely inconsistent with that of master and servant. As a member of the House ot Representatives alone he was bound to attend Parliament at any time, and at all times, when in session. It is notorious that when attending Parliament, the whole or greater part of the time of members is engrossed in the prosecution of duties which they have to perforin. Thus, wo think that the mere fact of being a member of the Legislature is inconsistent with the position of an articled clerk ; but, even if the question is dependent upon actual employment of his time, Rees's affidavit does not satisfy tho Court that DeLautour during the sessions of 1878 to 18SI inclusive so failed in his duty as a member of the House of Representatives as to enable him to say that during those sessions of Parliament he was bona fide actually employed as Rees's articled clerk." Tho application is, therefore, refused, Dunedin, July 19. Dodson and Coopers have called a meeting of Creditors, end assigned their Estate to Messrs Houghton and Stronach. Tho principal creditors are the National Bank to the amount of £17,000 or £lB,OOO. Other creditors have claims for about £4,000. The New Zealand ond Australian Land Company furnished the following particulars received by the Sues Mail, as to the sale of their cargo of frozen meat, per Dunedin. The vassal arrived in London docks on the 84th of May, and on the 2nd of June about half her cargo had been sold at an average of nearly Gid per lb. The sheep came out of the bags as bright as new killed mutton, and were declared by Mr Smithland, the salesman, to ba simply perfection, and worth 9d per lb, if not frozen. Lambs were greatly appreciated and fetched 7d to 7id per lb. Ths very heavy sheep which were shipped by Mr Shand, attracted great attention, but only realised 5d per lb. Ono sheep turned the scale at 1801 be, and Londoners could scarcely be brought to believe that such weights could bo attained without artificial feeding, One hundred sheep were sent every night to Glasgow and realised rather more than in London, About 6}d for mutton, and Sid for lambs. At tho same time, the Scotch butchers complained of the weights as being too heavy. The pigs wore considered quite as good as English pigs, and averaged Gid per lb,

CitßisTonuncH, July 19, Notwithstanding tho lasses incurred by bringing ships hero under charter to load grain which could not be got, the New Zealand Shipping Company are able to show a handsome profit of £35,623 16. 3d, They propose a ten per pent dividend, absorbing £13,500, and to carry the same amount to tho reserve fund. The balance of £10,623 16s 3d will bo carried forward. The insurance fund now amounts to £7754 7s 3d. Full provision has been made for losses on vessels and char- ' tor before striking the balance. The following clause occurs in the report i—“ Considers able agitation is existing for direct steam communication with the mother country, and seeing a necessity existing for additions to the fleet of the Company, your Directors are taking tho necessary steps’to place this Company tn o position to supply such portion of direct steam service as may be deemed needful to protect the valuable business of the Company, and to meet the reasonable requirements of its trade.”