CAMBRIDGE.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3559, 24 May 1880, Page 2

CAMBRIDGE.

Saturday. Yesterday the Court settled the names of Mr Sheehan's clients who were entitled to be put into the Crown grant for Man* gakaretu. This occupied the Court for about three hours. When the case was finally closed, Hans Tapsell applied to the Court on behalf of the beaten parties to exclude all lawyers and native agents from the Court. Mr Sheehau replied warmly. Afterwards Hans Tapsell came to Mr Sheehan, and expressed his regret at the part which he had taken in the matter, and said he would withdraw his statement in the morningl. Some wonder is expressed at the fact that Mr Grace, who was present at the application, said nothing. Mr Sheehan received to-day an important letter from Rewi, re the Maori prisoners, the contents of which he has wired to the Native Minister. To-morrow the Court will hear the Opeuwaru case, and the next will be the block. ,

At To Awamutu the railway is now practically ready for opening right into the station ground, and from what is said, Mr Fallon is completing his contract with great satisfaction to the Government and himself. Monday is looked forward to as a gala day here—our annual races always commanding great attention, as showing the best running of perhaps any in the district; the stakes not being sufficient to induce some one or two crack horses to come up and clear everything before them.

The general depression of the times would scarcely seem to have affected the sale of land in the Waikato. Mr John Short, of Orakau has this month sold to a new arrival in this province a farm of 320 acres, at Orakau, for £11 per acre! Cou-, sidering that between five and six years ago Mr Short gave 30s per acre for the same land, he may be congratulated on the result of his investment.