Telegraphic.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3324, 2 October 1889, Page 2

Telegraphic.

Action for LikL

Napier, October 1,

The Supremo Court to-day was occupied with hearing the libel action against the proprietors of tho Waipawa Mail, brought by Dr von Mii'lmch, Some time ago thn doctor was tho defendant in the Resident Magistrate's court in a claim for wages, which ho won. A letter appeared in tho Mail commenting on the case, calling the doctor Shylock and other abusivo terms. Tho chief assertion on which the action was based, however, was that Dr Mirbach was not entitled to style himself a doctor of medicine, Ho proved that j lie held tho degrees of doctor of medicine, surgery, and midwifery, and a special jury gave him a verdict far £250, The Chief Justice certified for costs on the medium scale. COM TO LIFE, New Plymouth, Wednesday. The Inglewood correspondent of the Turanaki Herald writes •:—A party of surveyors in the Ngalitvaru country have conw across ut young woman who is recognised by a scar across her breast as being the white child of Lepperton, a settler, who was lost in the busli in January, 1874, and which at the time was supposed to bavo been stolen by the Maoris. The surveyors havo brought linr in, She is married to a Maori, and at present cannot speak k word of English, Rumor bath it that when stolen she was conveyed to the Hawke's Bay district in order to elude the search parties, Her two brothers Iwve gone to see if they can recognise their long lost sister in the woman alleged to be so like licr.

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Palmekston, Wednesday,

The local branch of the Parnell Defence League have received a letter from C, S. Parnell, cordially thanking them for tho contribution of L7O towards the funds of tho League.