INVERCARGILL ITEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 23 March 1907, Page 2

INVERCARGILL ITEMS.

Per l'ress Association. M.;: i'li | ?•;vidi-iiot! in (lie; "Magistrate's Court as tu damage liv sand drill ill the New lli'.rr district was rather remarkable. On:- witness saiil that an ordinary wire fence put round liis agricultural land a few ywrrs ago was now completely submerged, anil si:< I'nllyri|iiippi'd wantons could be Lakcn over tlic sili'. At another place tin' sand drilled away, and left tin' feme su->-ponili'd. An' I'liipiir.v is slices'.ed. dames Fahey was dealt \vi!h in tin' MuKistraU'V Court in an allilial case. Mr! McCarthy, S.M., said, wiili a seine | ol" responsibility. flmt defendant hail noin' into tin' bo\ and comuiilicd wilful deliberate, iiiid lorrupt jutjnrv". lie made an order that defendant was I li.' father of I lie child. and required liii.i I" pay 7# a win-k liil il atlain.'d lh' if.r of fonrli'i'ii vears. The costs and expcii.-vs which defendant had to pay amounted to ,C 7 7s tHI. and lie was made enter into his own recognisance uf Lli'i and two sureties of .CM l«s, (o comply wiili the order. Forty-two rinks have entered lor the liivercargill tournaineiil. Tlii- const:lilies a colonial record. The real name of the mail who dropped dead at the railway station is Win. I'anton .McClure. It is believed he lias relatives at Tiinaru. lie lias been known locally as Win. Curler.