THE AUCKLAND AFFILIATION CASE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2755, 22 November 1887, Page 3

THE AUCKLAND AFFILIATION CASE.

•.r (Press Association.)' ! ... • Auckland, November 22. Ellen Frances Brown, charged with .. perjury in the: affiliation case against t ; .-George Pooloy, has beon committed for trial./' "■ j ALLEGED' SHEEP' STEALING.

' - : • • (Dnited Press Association). ;•/. •. .■'■• iNVEßCißoiLL,November2l. •:■,.: After a hearing extending over sev- ■, :■,;;. .':e'ral- days, the Bench of Justices at ::.-!. '■ -■•■ Wyndliam'sent John Meikie of Tutu- . •.: -■■- vau, and his son Arthur for trial at v., .• the .Supreme Court on a charge of ;-..-', -". ■• stealing 27-'slieej) from Isley station, •,..:,,.: :the property of the New Zealand •>:,'•. .Loan Investment Companr., It was j-..-.-: tfcated in the evidence-that a thousand jA -ifiheep wore missing; The elder ■•-$' Meikie alleged that'the charge was trumped up to prevent him from ,v. '.going ta Wellington to prosecute, as a ;•'■■ "■■.. complnint was laid with the Govern- !. ment agninst tho magistrate, police, counsel and others, in connection •.with some previous charges,

••'. ' A meeting of creditors in the estate '.- -^PRof Thomas B, Wrigley, bankrupt, was •:...' ' .hold atnoon t-j-day,. when a resolution , was passed recommending thac his. discharge bo granted at as early a date 33 possible, . Mosars. M. Caselbew & Co.'s cheap sal? of H. Owen & Co. 's stock was crowded '* ~ with purchasers on Saturday last and ; - ■ - again on Monday, there was a constant Btieira of bargain hunters. Persons having claims against the eB- "-■■ tatoof tho Into Edward Ley Vince of Eketahuna,' are notified by advertisement in another column, to forward proof of their claims to the executors before the I ;'•'.' Oth of December next. The programme of tho Masrerton-Opaki Jockey Club's Summer meeting appears ...;•■ in another column. We refer" home vgjjs owners and others to the date tf the .. • . nominations, which close for the principal events on Wednesday, November 30th. ' In 'the Masterton R.M. Court this ■"••••" morning, b-fore Mr S. von Stunner, •:■ '... .R.M., William Hull was charged on ;.-. ■„ . remand with attempting to commit ~. . • .:■.suicide at Pahiatua on the i4th mat,, '.rv.a f £y:pharc.pal aufiiicafcion.. Mr Beard," for '... ,"t!)e ; .defendant) stated that ho hid' «Jjeeh unable to obtain tho sureties the , Court required for his clients future good " '-• 'behaviour,and asked his Worship'tu dis* v."'"" charge tho defendant on his wife's .;, . - ;recoguisatice,- She had considerable pr0..•i..,-.l'Pßrtyiaaii,'TO-bBBt-Bble ..•i..,-. l 'Pßrtyiaaii,'TO-bBBt-Bble to look after ~. . hjm, , Defendant had been examined by y'. ' R'niedical man,, but no trace of insanity ',; •' had' been perceived in him,' and Mr ' : Board-held out hopes that he. had seen ■■■ '■ the folly ot his rash attempt, and would ■':■ ■ see -that- nothing of : the kind ; -\vould .:-:;!,'::.; -happen'again, Sergeant Price, tin-behalf ~.,.. ...of the .police, offered no ; objection to the ' .... ".application, and paid thattaddefendant "' c . appeared much pore for the ; ( -' la»tday,6r two 'Defendant.stated that '■■■■lyhi'mt Vdrytiorry for what. h«d'happened :Ift. and thought he uiusfc have, been out of ■:"W: his; mind 8t the time ho'made the at. j.. ;i ;tempt;. lu. answer to His Worship, he sincerely promised that, nothing of the kind should happen again, and if discharged- lie ■ would' make no further attempt on his life His Worship dis. charged the accused, on Mrß Hull * _• surety'for defendant's good •.;'•. V: mhavior for two months in the sum of

. '■; ■ .'.ln tho House, of Representatives ....:' yesterday (Monday) the Wanganui ' ~ Harbor Bill was read a third time and ...■passed,' Several local Bills were agreed to in committee and subsequently read a third time and passed, ■'• The following Bills were received by message from the Governor and read a first time: A Bill to amend the Governor's Salary and Allowances Act: a Bill to amend the Civil List in so far x as it. relates to salaries and allowances ''!. ..of Ministers of the Crown; and a Bill v.-,,.t0. amend the Parliamentary Hono- ■'... rarium and Privileges Act. These $L were. set.down for second, reading '•"next-Bitting'day."