WELLINGTON.

Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1234, 3 July 1884, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

This day. While a lad named Richard Brooker, aged 17 was engaged m bush falling at Porirua on Monday a tree fell on him crushing his _ leg which necessitated amputation. Brooker w**S .removed to the hospital but died last night. Mr H, Mason addressed Hutt elec^ tors last night. Tbe Atkinson Go I*,1 *, vernment he considered was the best administrative body the colony had had. He received a vote of confiidence, In the Divorce Court the case of Craig v Craig was heard. The petition -"qf the husba.nd, who is a gaideher ; at the Hutt, was on. the ground of his wife's unfaithfulness. A decree ftisi was refusedIn the Supreme 'Court m Jbanco, this morning, the argument was heard m the casu of Harding v. Milton. This was a case, of consider* able interest to publican?, heing an appeal from the decisiori of the Resident Magistrate at Wellington, The question at issue was whether fha posting of a placard m the bar of a'public house, announcing that the liquor supplied was adulteratou with water, wais sufficient notice : uipder jbhe • Adulteration Act, which provides that a vendor sjiall be liable for a penalty if the bulk: be increased no I ess v> hs declared at the time of the s^'s thai ihe liquor is so adulterated, After argument leave to appeal was allowed.