TELGERAPHIC

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 3 May 1880, Page 2

TELGERAPHIC

» [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] [pbb pbbss ASSOCIATION.] Chbistchttbch. April 29. Inactivity is tho chief commercial feature at the present time, while the tone of the grain market has not been im« [ proved by the latest cablegrams from Home. Settlers are slow to reoagniee the drop, and ra'her than accept con* tinue to ship. The Acclimatisation Society has decided to re-impose the head money on I hawkes, as they are becoming a nuisance. Wellington, April 29. ' A report received by the Government! states it has reason to fear that pleuro-. pneumonia is widely spreading in the' Waikato district. j At the It.M. Court William Devereaux, butcher, was committed for trial for setting fire to an empty house at the. Hutt. ' I i At the Nautical Court to-day as toi i the accident to the steamer Manawatu^ judgment was given that the accidentf was caused by the salting of the boiler through the negligence of the Engineer. \ Gisbobne.. j , Ree«, solicitor, has issued a writ for! £1000 against Mr Price, R.M., for} damages for indignity offered through his? illegal commitment to custody of bailiff.* A report of Price's customary metbod off conducting Court business has also been ; forwarded to the Minister of Justice. HeJ has roused a hornet's nest around him \ self, and Rees is unlikely to show him j any mercy. j