NEW ZEALAND. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, Tuesday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2112, 21 January 1886, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON , Tuesday.

Thk Supreme Court was occupied all day with the libel action of the Evening Yews paper v the Waitmva Independent Newspipjr and Printing Comnauy, the piopitetois of the Waipawa Mail The action was brought to recover £590 d una^ps for an artic c which appeared in the Mail, and which stated that the editor or mtunger ot the Evening News Ind presented "cooked" tmlanec-sheets to the directors of the contp-uiy. Mr Cooper, as a shareholder in the Evening News, deposed that he hid been un.iiilc to get any pt-rsen to tike tip new bhaie* in the company since the pul>licatrion of the article in the W.iipawa Mail. T. G Saw Kins, editor and manager, stated that the article, which was headed " Freethought Journal and General Scurrility Company," was undoubtedly meant for the Evening News, as was well knowu that he advocated Freethought ptinciplcs. His evidence generally was an emphatic denial of the statements contained in the article. The c impany h;i 1 sustained damage through the principal advertisers withdrawing their advertisements in consequence of the publication of the article. Mr. W. C. Smith, M H.R., Dr Yon Mirbach, and seveial shareholders in the Evening News Company were examined. No witnesscb mpic called for the defence, and after twenty minutes' deliberation, the jury returned with a verdict for the plaintiff, fos £130 and costs. The case of SawkniB v. the Waipawa Mail will be taken to- mot row.

INVERCARGILL. Tuesday. At a meeting of the Government Insurance Association policy holders tonight, the appointment of Mr Driver as ajient at Dunedin was hotly condemned, aud a resolution was carried unanimously as follows :—"That the policy holders present at this meeting view with alarm the proposed appointment of Mr Henry Driver, at a salary of £800 or a £1000 a year, to any position in the Government Insurance Association, and they beg to protest against the same in the most emphatic manner as most unwise, uncalled for, and likely to be a serious tax on the profits of the policyholdeis." A eop\ of the resolution was ordered to bn forwarded by telegraph to the elected members of the Government Insurance Board, Much greater interest was shown on this occasion than on the previous one, when a resolution condemning the action of local Boards was carried, several policy holders being unable to obtatn admission to the hall.

TIMARU. Monday. W. J. Newton, a farmer residing at Pleasant Point, attempted to commit suicide to day by shooting himself, and afterwards backing his throat with a bread knife. He is not dead, but is in a critical state.

DUNEDIN, Tuesday. The City Council held a special meeting tonight, to consider the question of water supply. It was reported that at present there was twenty-four days' supply in the reservoir, and it was reS)lved to take steps to take a supply from the Water of Leith, which will give 101.000 gallons per hour into present mains. Mr Larnach aldressed the Peninsula portion of his constituents at Portobello to-n'g'it, aud enlarged on his South Dunedin speech. He received a vote of confidence. The Rev. G. Gibb, pastor of the First Church in Dunedin, arrived to-day from Melbourne. The representative of an influential B}ndicate from Victoria is now making' it quiries with the view of purchasing for mining, the Island Block, Moa Flat.

Mr J. S. Biickland will sell at the Waikato Horso Bazaar, Cambridge, on Saturday, the 30th inst., under bill of sale, waggon .itid plough horses, harness., waggons, Good For Babies.—" We are pleased to say th«t our baby vvas permanently cured of a serious protracted irregularity of the bowels by the use of American Co's Hop Hitters by its mother which at the same time restored her to perfect btaitl? a»4 3trto^tb."-Tac P4h#*t?. §et.