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INTKKPROYINCTAL. Wellington, April 17. Edward Peel, for stealing a quantity of nails from Gutnrie and Larnach's store, was sentenced to two years imprisonment. William Hait, for larceny from a dwelling was acquitted. This closed tbe criminal sessions. The Governor was formally sworn in at noon by Mr Justice Richmond. The Hon. Mr Sheehan arrived this morning from New Plymouth and the West Coast. He states that the Waimate difficulty is practically settled, and all trouble averted. The following additional regulation regardii g unclaimed letters will come into force on the Ist of next month Letters posted within the Colony having the names and addresses of the writers printed on the envelopes, if rot claimed within one month, are to be returned unopened to the writer, Letters posted within the Colony having the names and addresses of the writer printed on the envelopes together with a request that the leftrs may be returned if uuclaiiued, within a stated peiiod are to be returned unop< ned to the writeis in accordance with such request, provided however that no unclaimed letters shall be returned unless it shall have been in a post office at least ten days. The post revenue collected for three quarters ending Maich 31 last is published. The September quarter yielded £28,550; tbe December qua- ter, £28,951 ; and the March quarter, £34,719; total, £92,132. Ihe great bulk of this amount is derived from postage stamps and imperial postage receipts. John O'Connor waß brought up at 2 o'clock this afternoon for personating a detective and was discharged, the evidence not being considered sufficiently Btrong to convict him. Nelson, April 17. In the Supreme Court last night Samuel Evans, charged with peijnry. was acquitted. The civi' case of M'JSaniara v. the [Norwich Union Insurance Crmj any is now proceeding. In this case payment- of the claim of £600 was refund on th» g ounds that »be stock o'e^trojed in ihe jli.iitin 0 s btore, which was burned, was very laigtly over-insured. Christchtjbch, April 17, Isidore Schwartz wbb acquitted, the indictment being held to be bad.
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Bruce Herald, Volume XII, Issue 1105, 18 April 1879, Page 5
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