TOWN EDITION.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5351, 16 October 1888, Page 3

TOWN EDITION.

Messrs Kinross and Co. have received the -following telegram from JJaigeU .and Co. (limited), dated L<j:m<w loth October: —"Wool committee decided iiccoptance farthing bids, commeueiog November nerics. Sales closed firm, without furthor change. Total held over 1-1,000 bales, of which 9000 nro Australian. / jflnrkot firm, willi good demand."

The New" Zealand Loan and Mrivav.tUe Agency Co. liava received the followins' .'cable from their Lonuou otH-c, d;ited 1 ->111 inut ■—" Tiill'W—!''""• inferior beef ■taUow haa advanced Udjper .twt. siatc last import."

At tho R.M. Court this afternoon the R.M. siit to hoar further civil cases. Henry Ellison v. O. Gilligan, £12. Mr. Dick for plaintiff. Judgment for plaintiff with £1 Us, solicitor's fee .£1 Is, and witness's ex-peii-es tl. Sutherland and Glemlinuing v. Hori Matuamahiina niidTakorei. Mr. Dick for plaintiffs. The evidence showed that plaintiffs were lessees of a block of lund nt Mohaka. The natives liiid gone on to the Idook ; built a v.hnre thereon, where twelve to fifteen hundred lambs and ewes were depastured. The natives told plaintiffs that they were going on tho land, and plaintirfs told them that if they took possession or the land they would be euinmoned. The natives went on the land, and had no right to do that. The. damage dono was very great.; mid every day the natives stayed there the damage increased. The sum of £100 was claimed as damages. The natives Slid they went on tho hind by consent of the plaintiffs, and if the latter had told them n.it to gn, they would not have occupied the laiul. Tliey '..bought they weri! justified in going- there a< they had given plaintiffs notice of their iutt'iit'io-.i of doing so; they went on the bind with good intentions. After hearinir all the evidence the R M. told tho im'i C 8 that thfij- must leave the place. Xn special diiinayo had been proved, and judgment would bo given for plaintiff, nominal damages £1, witnesses' expenses .£2 10s, costs £3 13s, and solicitor's fee £1 Is.