SECOND EDITION.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4859, 8 March 1887, Page 3

SECOND EDITION.

The case of the Evening News v. Loudon was heard to-day. The defendant was the manager of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, and his defence to the action was that the advertising whs not ordered. The plaintiffs were non-suited with costs. MrLascollcsnppeared for plaintiffs and Mr Comford for the defondaut.

It may interest our Wanganui friends to know that a brother of Little, of Auckland, who has shot i«o well all through the N.Z. Rifle Association's meeting, is resident in Napier. We make this explanation as we know that we will shortly read in a Wanganui paper that he has a cousin resident in that town.

" Cyclops," in the Mataura Ensign, relates the following :—" Not long ago a peripatetic draper opened a shop at Wyndham, and to induce reluctant housewives to purchase his wares, displayed a large calico sign with the legend—' 12J per cent, discount, this day for cash.' Some of the sports removed this during tho night, and next morning the astonished town saw the invita - tion flaunting above the Bank of New Zealand. It nearly caused a run on the Bank." The Waipawa Hotel was bought in today, at the. sale by Messrs C. B. Hoadley and Co., by the mortgagee, Mr Gow, A meeting of creditors in the estate of John Cosgrove, of Woodville, lapsed to-day for want of a quarum. Mr G. Neale, master of the Refuge, desires us to acknowledge the receipt by him of £9 18s Od from Mr Hornsby, and of £9 13s from Mr E. Bourgeois, in aid of the Teehon Relief Fund. Other collectors having subscriptions in hand on behalf of this fund are requested to forward them to Mr Neale without delay. Mr Neale also desires to acknowledge with thauks the gift of a case of apples from Mr E. Harding.