LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 90, 22 March 1916, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A London cablegram states that the price of wheat is nominal, cargoes not being on offer. The Collector of Customs has been advised by the Administrator at Apia that no goods will lie allowed to be imported there lor enemy fit ms oi persons.,—P.A. Advices have been received locally that owing to the shortage of shipping space for concerns shipping cheese, it would be advisable to arrange their finance a few months ahead. Government purchases, of course, take precedence. The Appeal Court at Wellington tu dav heard the case King v. A. J Adams and R. R. Carr, who were tried at Wellington on a charge of stealing .goods from the s.s. Corinthic. The 'Verdict returned was “guilty with no criminal intent, the act having been ebrnmitted while wider '-thi*'' ttifluenefi of temporary insanity.” There was nb m. der tiie inVentC oHr?nlL vB lTie J quos- - tipn was the meaning of the verdict, thbrn Tt’ \va V'afgued, it was a ver diet of acquittal; on the other side .the.. Sqlicitor-Lle.neral submitted ..Hun "the verdict Was imperfect and ambiguous, and there should be a new trial,. Decision was reserved.t-P.A.