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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2428, 29 December 1880, Page 3

Judges don’t swear in the profane .sense of the term as a rule, but they can anathematise when they like. During the civil sittings of the Supreme Court to-day, Mr Smith (the Dunedin barrister) found a difficulty in following the witnesses, and His Honor Judge Johnstone being nearer the witness-box, had to come to his relief. At last the counsel remarked apologetically. “ This is a very difficult Court to hear in your Honor.” 11 Yes,” was the ready reply “ the Courts in this colony are noted for their bad accoustic qualities, and of the .many bad Courts this is the worst.” Poor Nolan, one of the best jockics in 3STe»r Zealand, has gone the way of many a •darinaf? rider. His last appearance was at (the Auckland races yesterday in the Cup jßacc, He was riding Libeller, when lie collided with another horse. Libeller fell and King Quail fell on top of him, and Nolan was killed immediately. King Quail’s jockey appears to have escaped. .It is said that the proposed New York International Exhibition in 1883 will cost iteu usfdlion of dollars, which it is proposed yto raise by the issue Of stock of two kinds. (First, the principal intending exhibitors <will be asked to purchase pcrferential shares, and when they are taken up the general public will be invited to subscribe. A single firm (Goldsborough and Co) iin Melbourne last year received and discharged no less than 72,512 bales of wool. The net area of land alienated in New .'South Wales is about 30,000,000 acres : the itotal area of the colony is estimated at 1199,000,000 acres,