COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.
NAPIEB. Last night. At the Supreme Court thia evening the action J. Vigor Brown agairist the Trustees in the estate of the late W. Fletcher was brought to a conclusion. Tha jury brought in a verdict in respect of two of the bills amounting to about £3OO, entirely in Mr Brown’s favor, but with respect to the other bills, amounting to nearly £9OO, the jury found that an alteration had been made, and that although Fletcher's negligence had enabled such alterations to be made, if the plaintiff Brown had exercised due care he would have discovered the alterations.
AUCKLAND.
Last night. The Auckland Presbytery have been advised that Professor Drummond cannot visit New Zealand. The Ponaonby Lodge of Freemasons have decided to join the New Zealand Grand Lodge. The Taranaki footballers arrived to-day, and play Auckland on Saturday. Tbs harbormaster has been instructed to regulate the carriage of deck loads by steamers to and from this port. Great preparations are being made by the local labor organisations for the 28th October, which will be celebrated on an extensive scale. The Arawata brings news from Fiji that leprosy is spreading among the natives there. Mrs McLeod, widow of the late Constable Neil McLeod, gets £3OO from Government, which also charges itself with the funeral expenses. The Auckland Acclimatisation Society are going to import 5,000 brown trout from Otago for the breeding establishment at Takapuna. Tha steamer Manapouri did not arrive from Sydney till to-day, and does not leave for Gisborne till Friday. The schooner Gisborne left last night on her usual East Coast cruise. The Auckland poultry, pigeons, and canary exhibits won the majority of the prizes at the Wanganui Show, when they met the prize birds from the Wellington Show. Stephen Clarke, an Auckland boy, has been killed in Sydney through a mill accident. SOUTHERN NEWS. Last night. A cable message has been received that the Frisco Mail Subsidy Bill has not passed the Congress yet, but is expected to pass immediately. It is understood a movement has been set on foot to form an Union of capitalists and employers of labor in Christchurch. The Directors of the Roslyn (Dunedin) Cable Tramway Company report a credit balance for. thqyear of £1,814. It is understood that an opportunity will be given on Friday next in the House for a discussion of the motion on the discontinuance of the primage duty. The Titnaru property known as the 11 Corner,'’ andjoonsidered the best business site in Timaru, belonging to the estate of the late D. Clarkson, has been sold to Messrs Hatlenstein, of Dunedin, for £5,000. The enquiry into the alleged dummyism has practically been concluded, Mr Duncan having abandoned the charges made respecting dummyism in Canterbury, which he admits were founded on incorrect reports. The warm rains of Saturday and Sunday brought snow down from the ranges at Blenheim. The rivers overflowed the banks, and tbe town was partially flooded. Business was suspended, but the water is all away now. There was no damage of any consequence.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 490, 7 August 1890, Page 2
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507COLONIAL TELEGRAMS. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 490, 7 August 1890, Page 2
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