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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5907, 26 February 1881, Page 2

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(PER. UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. j^, Auckland, Friday." Edward Hant Jagger was charged at; the Police Court to-day with forgingV promissory note, uttered in the .case of - Purcell, a bankrupt. He was remanded. James Ernest Bell, the station'iriaster; at Otaupo, was charged at the Auckland. " Court to-day with embezzling £83^6*1',: Government money, and remanded*'' 5 •"•'3C :'[ • Mr Buchanan's dwelling bouse J di . Panmure has been burned down: fV'Si: The Albion has sailed south in charg|f of Captain Sadie, of 'the.Wait&ki;-^:!^^'. I : collision inquiry is not yet finish"ed»' % r 4=jfV :, There is a probability of thjß^nfiiy^&r arranging with the Government _'fesp%cf?^ ./. ing the Patetere, now that the laiter understand that the Patetdre Association' are willing to pay half of the 412,d0Q. , claimed by the Government* " /J<r»;j : i William Smythe, night nurse', at" the ' ''', hospital, was found dead in hisbedvthiSj morning. Heart disease is believed, td ; have been the cause. / \; :■■*-'• y~ . At the Grammar School enquiry to-f day the evidence of Dr Purchas and tiiss three sons was taken. There areiortjk ---.. witnesses yet to be examined. '■'- ■' J^[^ * . The Education Board and theCit^: School Committee are again in cbllisibn respecting the appointment* oi teadftefs? ; The committee demand to be coris'ulteii.iri 5 the matter. , " , T "v 1 : T:; . Cambridge; Frida^Cr^ . At the Native Land Court the PafetOTej; ; case has been adjourned from day. tp ; day^ to^afford time to examine the statement.! of disbursements by the Government^ qn ;: account of theblock. At tb-day'sisittitig>\ - Mr Mackay obtained a further r adjqurn-t ment of the case till Monday, guaranteeing that in the interim there would lie a complete examination and he would ask. .for no further adjournment. A great; v meeting ;of natives is convened; fbrto-' morrow morning in the ' constabulary : paddock to consider the accounts. Wellington, Friday. : -.\ At the Magistrate's Court to-day, Edward Tobin was committed :fprgfinSl; ; on a charge of robbery from the^persoitti;," , - HAWERA,'Fridayf: r * There was a good attendance" atfthe> land sale to-day. All the rural* land,/ except one section, was sold. ' The bidding . was not so spirited as at the previous " : ±- sales, but several of the sections went 'fab? i] '._ considerably over the upset price. There \ ; was not much demand for the Manaia town sections, but the suburban sections . were keenly competed for and fetched more than the\upset price. ** On ther.qpn-. trary, the suburban sections at Qjiuniike were not much sought after, as theatre supposed to be swamp. There was good* bidding for several Opunake 'town' sections, and some realised nearly £40 . each. "'- - . "";'""'?'?"/':'■ Wilkinson, late itecoiver of LandJtevenue, was brought lip at the. R.M..A Court to-day, on remand, charged with embezzling £16 13s. Mr Barley man, Crown Prosecutor, asked for a further-, remand until Tuesday, as the prisoner's - accounts were being investigated by .an officer from the Treasury, but he had not yet been able to go through them all.' The application was granted. New Plymouth, Friday. It is reported that Barry, the "gold ' prospector, has gone on to Long iSoiiLfc ;'-, with the view of crossing at the head*6f the Mokau river. The natives are; very: '[ enraged at his going on after they : had warned him back, and an armed party has gone up the Atokau river to stop Him. and bring him back by force. '.. " . Christohukoh, Friday; • A magisterial enquiry was, held to-day before the Resident Magistrate and Capt. C. J. M'Kay, into the loss of theibrig Clematis. The Court considered- that Capt. Bowden had committed an error : of judgment in going 100 close to the land and not providing himself with the most modern chart of the coast. His eertifi? cate was, however, returned to him, but"' he was ordered to pay the, cost of the : enquiry. The rock where the Clematis struck is exactly 906 feet from the mainland. : . "-•'" A threshing machine, the property of Mr W. Judson, of Woodend, was /burnt considerably on Thursday evenings The men had retired for the night and had seen all safe. At 11 o'clock they found a lot of straw burning: in;. the interior. The feeder of the machine, a Norwegian named Henry Jackson, has been arrested on suspicion of setting the straw on fire. The machine was considerably damaged, all the riddles, .being spoiled. It is insured in the South British for £200. ; * ; ""■" '•'' Dunbdin, Friday., Five declarations of insolvency were filed during the week. ; - ''..."-..-'" The bowling match between the Caledonian and Invercargill Clubs was won by the former by 25 points. No hope is entertained of the recovery of Mr Mayo, who was seriously injured in the collision with a train at the railway crossing the other night. Mr Lloyd is also still in a critical condition.