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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 21 October 1907, Page 2

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Per Press Association. Taihape, Saturday. James Hewitt was fined 30s, with the alternative of a month's imprisonment, tor obtaining £3 by false pretences from Thomas Ilarwood, whom he was treating for a private complaint. James. \riHitt was lined £5, with the option of a month's imprisonment, for obtaining 18s by means of a cancelled banknote, taken'from the Turakina at Wellington. He was remanded on the. charge of stealing six notes. „ Hokitika, Saturday. , The Westland Law Society is object' ; ing to the new Judiciary Bill, abolishing ; District Courts, as specially inconvenient i to the West Coast, where there are only i two sittings of the Supreme Court per , year. The District Court has proved ; very useful in bankruptcy business and mining appeals. Cambridge, Saturday. A young man named John Tobin was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment for obtaining board and lodging for himself and a woman whom he represented to be his wife. The woman subsequently gave bi'tli to twins and was deserted by the man. The Magistrate said he would like to order a lashing. ' -4Auckland, Saturday. Wick's timber mill and machinery were destroyed by fire. The building was insured in the North British Company for £BSO, and the timber for £I3OO in the Australian Alliance. Waihi, Saturday, i The present month's yield from the 1 Waihi mine is £68,498. This is again a record yield. Up to date just on £0,000,000 worth of gold has been taken from the mine. Of this amount ■ £2,519,708 has been paid in dividends. ■ Developments in the deepest level con- • tinue to reveal a largo , amount of pay- ■ able ore. __________