NEW ZEALAND. [BY TELEGRAPH.-PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2103, 31 December 1885, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND. [BY TELEGRAPH.-PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

WELLINGTON. Tuesday. At the inquest on the body of young Dodd, diowncd yesterday, a verdict of accidental death was returned.

CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. The brotlieis Godfrey and Mr» Howard were brought up at the R.M. Coutt to-day, cliaige.l with conspiring to defiaud the Government Insurance Association of £1000. The police obtained a further remand till Saturday. Ne ewdeuce of importance was given.

Tiik number of plants used by tnaa does not exceed 3,000. (i \>~ injures leather. Russia and calf suffer most and Morocco least. An old country gentleman, returning home rather late, discovered a yokel with a lantetn under his kitchen window, who, when asked his business there, stated that he had only come a-courting. "Come a-w hat ?" said the irate gentleman. "Acourting I'se courting." " It's a lie ! What do yon want a lantern for ? I never used one when I was a young man." "No, sir," was the yokel's reply ; " I didn't think yer 'ad, judging by the missis." A Redoubtable Judok, — A"sc«ne" in a Court of Justice is not an uncommon incident in many parts of the United States, and seldom attracts much notice fiom the gencial public. A more than usually sensational affair of this description took place, however, not many dayi ago, at Santa Cruz, California, where it created deep interest. Judge Rountree was making out the commitment of a man named John Kennedy, when the prisoner attempted to "clear out of the Courtroom." He uaa immediately seized by a constable, and <i terril le struggle ensued. Kennedy who is a desperate character, and possessed of prodigious strength, was getting the better of the officer, when the judge, who had apparently ignored the disturbance, and without any undue hurry, had finished tho writing of the commitment, suddenly descended fiom the bench and divesting himself of his coat, said, in a stern voice, " Leave him to me." Judge Rountree is noted for hia remarkable muscular development, ami intense was the excitement of all present <t< ( ie " stood nn "to the prisoner in an at til 1.10 of digu.ty and determination. There was hard hitting on both sides ; but in less than three minutes Kennedy was in a frightful condition and utterly uuable to "'come up to time." The Judtje then re-ascended the btnch, and, with a few impressive observations, imposed an additional sentence of 30 days' impiKoiimeut ou Kennedy for con tempi of court,