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Evening Post, Volume XV, Issue 204, 31 August 1877, Page 2

At the meeting of the committee appointed by the licensed victuallers to consider the Local Option Bill, the whole of the amendments given in our issue of yesterday, with the exception of the clause relating to habitual drunkenness, were adopted . This was modified so as to render a publican liable to a fine of £5 for serving a person declared to be a habitual drunkard; the second conviction for serving the same man to be met with a fine of £10; and the third conviction to carry with it the forfeiture of the license, if the commissioners are satisfied that the offence was wilfully committed. In August, 1877, 95 births and 21 deaths were registered in Wellington, and 24 marriage certificates were issued. The Waka Maori libel case was continued to-day in the Supreme Court, the jury of eleven officiating in consequence of the unavoidable absence, through illness, of Mr. G. S. Sellars one of their number. On the case being opened in the morning Mr. Locke was re-called and his evidence was taken at great length regarding the native land transactions involved in the suit. Mr. J. N. Wilson, a solicitor in Napier, was next called, and afterwards Mr. John White, licensed native interpreter at Hawke's Bay, who was questioned as to the bearing and effect of the various land transactions he had assisted to complete. On being cross-examined by Mr. Macassey, in regard to the libellous letters in the Waka Maori newspaper, Mr. White deposed that he had not previously heard of the injustice complained of, and alleged in the letters in question. The witness was pressed on this point by Mr. Macassey, but without any difference in his general statement. His examination was proceeding as we went to press. Mr. George Thomas' sale of flour, bran, and potatoes, ex T. B. Taylor, advertised for this day, did not come off, in consequence of the samples not having been landed. The sale is therefore postponed until to-morrow, Saturday, at 12 o'clock sharp. The Fine Arts Exhibition and Art Union opened last evening in St. George's Hall, under the most unfavorable auspices, the weather outside being a perfect downpour, but there was nevertheless a very good attendance. The Variety entertainment provided under the management of Mr. Cary passed off most agreeably, and drew well merited applause, the programme being not only select, but thoroughly interesting as well. A capital programme has been arranged for this evening, and we trust, as the concert is really most deserving, to see a crowded house. Irrespective altogether of the performance, the pictures and objects of art in the room are well worthy inspection, and ought to induce a liberal attendance. Last evening, we understand, a large number of tickets were disposed of in the Art Union. Mr. Robert Miller is a candidate for a seat in the City Council for Cook Ward. It is to be feared that a serious accident has occurred at the Brothers Islets, where the new lighthouse is being erected. As the Reliance passed on Wednesday she noticed the signal flying " Send a surgeon." She reported this on arrival yesterday, and the Government arranged witli Dr. Bradford to go at once by the s.s'. Kennedy, which left about noon, arrangements also being made with the steamer to land him at the Brothers. The Stella will be calling there very shorly, and no doubt will bring back Dr. Bradford and his patient. The City Surveyor has been instructed to obtain a time-gun for Mount Victoria as soon as possible. At the land sale held yesterday, Mr. A. A. Barnett sold town acre No. 845 for the sum of £380; Mr. W. G. Jackson was the purchaser. A freehold section in Banks' Terrace, with a four-roomed house on it, was- bought in for £340. A correspondent asks us by what authority a timber jetty is being run out at the back of Custom House Quay, between the premises of Messrs. Tumbull Sc Co. and Messrs. Krull & Co.; also, whether the builder of this jetty will have any claim for compensation when the Te Aro reclamation is carried out, as it will take in the frontage from which the jetty is projected, and consequently will shut in the latter '( We can only say that we know of no valid authority which could be given for the erection of the structure. That portion of the harbor adjacent to the present foreshore has been Crown-granted partly to the Corporation, partly to the late Provincial Government, thus any jetty run out as above would be constructed at the builder's risk on property conveyed by Crown grant, and he would iiave no just claim for compensation if the jetty were shut in, or if he were compelled to remove it. Female Martyrs to kidney and urinary complaints are very numerous. The delicate organism of the gentler sex renders it far more susceptible to hurtful influences than the hardier male system. For the various ailments peculiar to women, as well as for the hysteria, pains in the back and loins, and nervous debility to which they give rise, Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps is a potent and pleasant remedy. — Advt.