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Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1787, 28 April 1874, Page 2

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[Anglo-australian press telegraph AGENCY.] ; Lyell, April 2f.; Patrick Ferry, attached to Mr Hall's railway survey party, ran, whilst drank, into the Buller river, on Saturday evening, and was drowned. The body has not yet been recovered. Auckland, April 27. : In the Supreme Court a case against Brogden and Sons', for wages Of workmen employed by a sub-contractor, was determined in favor of Brogdens. The Chief Justice held that a contractor is only liable for the debts of a sub- contractor. When all the money due has been paid to the sub-contractor the liability of contractor ceased. Workmen must look to their actual employer for wages. A rule nisi was granted calling on the proprietors of the Evening Star to show cause why a criminal information for libel should not be filed against them for certain remarks on Mr Fraser, the Resident Magistrate ac the Thames. Rule retnrnable en Monday. The Coronet, from Tahiti, reports ship Durham, 1400 tons, wrecked at the Island of Vairatea. The ; captain and crew made their way to Papeate, 700 miles, in an open boat, the thermometey during the voyage standing sometimes at , 120. The wreck 'and cargo were sold for \ LBOO. Lytteiton, April 27. Arrived — Wallard, 126 days irom London ', Rakaia, 86 days from Plymouth, with 504 souls immigrants — ten saloon and three second cabin. Deaths, six children ; births, eight. Both New Zealand Shipping Company. Timaru, April 27. There was sold on Saturday nineteen draught horses for L 232 7; one colt fetched 225' guineas. The town is crammed with grain, much of which is stacked in the open air. '■ Freight wanted badly. .t-.v: : . ;