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Temuka Leader, Issue 1824, 4 December 1888, Page 4

It is understood that Mr &. Y‘ Shannon, late of Thomson and Shannon, Wellington, has been appointed an expert 'to advise tbs as to values, as "Inspector of soft goods'” It is added that Ins salary is £BOO per annum. Mrs. Jane Brown, aresidenirof Remuera,; Auckland, has reported to the Wellington police that at the racecourse on Friday she lost a roll of notes amounting to £330, which she bad in her dress pocket. Whether the money propped/from the Jocket or was stolen is hot known, •elective* are looking up the affair. At the touching; the death, of Willikna‘Sinclair/ the ibepherd who- was supposed to have drunk-himself to death at Lee Stream Hotel, Otago,.; med ioal evideace ishowed that he was from bwtt'disMso? Although given t - drink occasionally, 'beTwas generally steady' and sober, as shown by the fact of his havinf^ccumulated"£lsoo. The verdict was that death resulted from-heart disease, accelerated by. heavy drinking. - Five boye were charged at the Auckland Police Court on Friday with throwing ctonac to ' -the Wellesley street public school piaygronndi to the danger of pupiln there. Three of the lads were before the court on Wednesday on a charge of having stolen certain anioiee from the school buildings, and two of them were birched by order of the court. Of the five three ere pupils of the school, the other two having left on Thursday. The bench said they had no power to order a flogging, hut they discharged four of the boy* on condition that they were '■ c-ned by their paten s or teachers. *. The case against the ether ltd was dismissed.