WELLINGTON NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXIII, Issue 3356, 21 May 1879, Page 2

WELLINGTON NEWS.

Wellington, May 20. The Court of Appeal reserved judgment in the case of Proudfoot v. Dunedin Harbor Board. The case of Henderson v. Napier Harbor Board was partly heard. The charge of alleged perjury against Mr Kinross, of Napier, was down for hearing at the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day. Mr Bees appeared for prosecution, and Messrs W. T. L. Travers and Martin Chapman for defendant. Mr I Mansford said the case had been brought into Court without his being consulted in any way, and he would not, therefore, allow it to take precedence of any of the ordinary business of the Court. The first day that he would have entirely dis engaged would be the 10th of June. Thecase had stood over since 1877, and a delay of a few weeks could not be of much consequence. Mr Rees said he had himself come and brought a large number of witnesses from Napier, and it would be

very expensive and inconvenient if the case were put ofi till 10th June. Hia Worship replied he would get two J.P.s to take the ordinary business on Tuesday next, and would take the Kinross case on that day, commencing at 9 o'clock in the morning. This was agreed to. Owing to the departure of the mail, Saturday as a holiday will not be observed at Post Offices at Timaru, Christchurch, Wellington, or Napier, but Monday will be observed a close holiday at these offices. At the Police Court to-day, W. Martin, alias Moore, waa committed for trial for stealing from the Post Office Hotel when he was barman in charge. The assault case Anderson v. Easby was adjourned tor a fortnight. A Royal Commission has been appointed, consisting of Commander Hewitt, R.N., Captain Rose, N.Z. Company, and Captain Cross, of Nelson, to make a thorough investigation into the circumstances under which the Taupo was wrecked offTauranga. The charge ef arson against Mrs Phillips, of Kaiwarra, was partly heard to-day. The prosecution is, that Mrs Phillips, who was supposed to be at the Hutt when the fire took place, came back to Kaiwarra by the mid-night train, arriving about 20 minutes before the fire broke out. It is further alleged that the " motive " lay in the fact that the building was mortgaged, and that six months' instalments were due, to the mortgagees. It waß threatened that if the instalments were not paid by a given date the property would be sold.