TELEGRAPHIC

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 18 March 1881, Page 2

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— ♦- , [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. I [PBOM OITB OWN COEEESPONDENT.] ' : iH^Mii/tbNJ March 16. At the District at Hamilton, M'Tavish brought an action against Joseph Ivess», for alleged wrongful diS» missal of tbe editorship of the Waikato Mail, for the sum of £100. Defendant cond acted his, own Case, and contended that the plaintiff had suspended publica* tion of the paper and reproduced old matter, which had appeared in previous issue of Mail. That plaintiff had insulted his customers, resulting in loss and damage to his business. Experts were called on both sides to prove the impropriety of such proceeding. Judge M'Donald gave a verdict for plaintiff for fifty.vjiqtinds-^remarkmg that defen* dant bad conducted his case .with great *kil!, and it was a pity he did riot ho^d brief for others. Defendant gave notice of appeal. Wellington, March 17. At the meeting of creditors in the esi tate of E, JV. Mills, ironmonger, &c, beld to&day, five hundred pounds and his household furniture was voted to the debtor, in acknowledgement of the straightforward manner he had dealt with bis creditors. The failure is the largest ever taken place in the Wellington province* Chbistchupch, March 16. Tbe grain freight has already proved itself too much for railway, and traffiVis | blocked in consequence. No less than 27,000 sacks are waiting for carriage last night, The Lyttelton Times makes a charge j against tbe Government, that it deliberately took measures Jo prevent appoint* ment of Mr Johnson io the Ministry becoming known to it, at the same time as other journals. James Reid, seven years of age, a son !of Pilot Reid, fell off tbe cliff on the Dampier Bay road near Lyttelton, this afternoon, dropping a distance of 50 feet.' There is little hope of his re» covery.