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Bay of Plenty Times, 20 March 1890, Page 2

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, Auckland, March 17. Market quotations :— Potatoes, £3 to £3 ss; maize, 3s 3d; oats. 1b 9d to 2s ; bacon and bams, 7d to 9d. Government intend to appeal against the decision of Justice Connolly with regard to the legality of the arrest of Te Keoti. , This appeal will be heard at the April sitting of the court of appeal at IJTellington. - Today, being 8t Patrick's Day, is observed as an almost total public holiday. Capt. John Anderson, a well-known master of an Auckland coasting Vessel, and latterly in charge of th& cutter Leo, died rather /suddenly at the Sailors' Home, Quay Street, about noon yesterday. "11, The Supreme Court civil sessions commenced to-day . Aucklaitd, March 18. In the sworn statement, before the Official Assignee, of D. F. E?^ns, auctioneer, the total ot his liabilities was shown to be £2657, and assets 4i3f; „:-;/ \ v \; : j "■ . : : A^ciwLirJbj"MaTchlo. J ' At the Supreme Court to-dayy 4n the petition for divorce, brought by Louisa Pearßon against her husband F. Or. Pearson, a decree nisi * v was" granted With costs agaizjat the respondent. - . :■'■• ;-... .^,,, 1¥ L |.J.^ . ..\ ATTCHiAirt), March ?0j The Supreme Court at. Fiji has given judgment in the appeal case of Corn* wall and Manretna f McArthur and others, the great Samoan land case, which involved so much litigation. The appeal was by Me Arthur %nd Co. ! against the finding of the Deputy Commissioner's Court of Samoa in the suit brought by Cornwall for damages arising out of their possession of certain lands in Samoa. The appeal was taken on the ground that the damages and on a number of technical grounds. The Chief < Justice delivered an exhaustive judgment, and found for the respondent Cornwall, and assessed the damages at £15,000, at the same time giving him an order for possession of the lands now held by the appellants, and costs. Manrema was declared to have no right of action, and the costs of both proceedings in the action and appeal were given against her, Corn*

ilcHtoecl to accept the reduced damaged, whereupon His Honor 1 bWered v anew trial on the ground that the were excessive. Both carry the case to the "t : " ♦ — ■ -" Pabbqa, March 19. A large meeting of the Obinemuri agricultural JeaseboWers-tpok place on Tuesday at MitoTieUs A pfijfeition to Government was drawn up praying that the freeholct ol the 4 geeshould b& gm^^t^mjm^ already paid "~ being many times the i akfr^f tbe4»od. Thi» » beiog ciroolateji. ftod -w ill be «ent immediately to Wellington. Napibb, March 19. j Dr. McLeod, who recently conlmenced practice at Napier, has been; arrested on the charge of bigamy. Nu evidence was tendered, *nd a remand was gfanted. The dotftor waa released on his own bail of a casn deposit of £160. '' ; . W£LLnfOTOif, MarclxlS, A warm and somewhat acrid controversy has grown out of the appointment of Mr W; C. Edwards to be a Judge of the Supreme Court. WELLwaTOH, March 18. Owing to the fact of some clothes being found om the beach at Island Bay, Clarence Falls is supposed to have been drowned or eaten by sharks. The - clothes bare been identified as his, and it was known that he was in the habit of bathing off the rocks. Sir Robert Stout says the appointment of Mr Edwards to the new judgesljip ii illegal, unconstitutional, and destructive of the indejpendence and dignity of the Supreme Court bench. v , . •* Intluenßa has appeared in Dunedin, and now is in Wellington. It is travellmg due north. A great number of caew have occurred in the city. There are several cases of sickness here which present all the appearance of the disorder, but the doctors as yet have made no pronouncement on the iubjecfc. To-day; tbe Minister lot Public Works is reported confined to his house through indisposition. Superintend ant Thompson has been laid^up some days. Both ar^ cases of infliienza. Luckie has also "been laid up for the last few days. \ .> .. Isr^KaAJßtaiiiiJ, March ijK;' | 7 jL^enaitipn w^b cause 4 tp*4.*J CtiWles ifreeman, an 'old intt feepjcled citizen, was'iound hanging dead in an outhouse attached^ to .J>ia dwelling; Deceaseid, although 71 years ol^gej "wSr reniar^ably rptot : actrVe. in hisT : :liabfts, ;pd ;kp^aT|>niiy \*Mj'*ftM niati^o cipmmit^iiici^r He a^iM^ jddnsiderable , properly ;in Duri&dift and r lirrercjirgill^ W^d ; at £7000, and had invested %''sooa dejil in mining stocks; iDCluding !N"6rth-| orne ßeef s and Company^ sharwwhi^h proved remunerative. He left a note: addressed to several business men stating that his: will in/;fav<>ur . of his widow would be found- in his safe, and asking them to take charge of his affairs, and forgive him for they knew his trouble. ; ■'■■■■ >__i_ — '—+-: — '—^-' • ; ) Dubtedin, March 19. ; The Colonial Bank has declared a dividend of 7 per cent.