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\\- INTERESTING ECHO. LONDON. March 24. There was an echo m the Dublin Court of a Queensland Act <>t Parliament passed at the end of last century. when Wdliam Shiinmons was ordered to pay live hundred sterling arrears lor the support of his wile. The police stated Shimmons was married in Australia in 181)1) by an unI'roeLed eidrgyman who tunned a church of his own and perlormod weddings One bride so married was the daughter of the then Premier or (Queensland and linding the wedding illegal the Premier passed an act validatin'' such a marriage. Shimmons was recently arrested tor bigamy and pleaded the Australian marn;<ge was illegal The police experienced considerable difficulty and expense m proving it was legal, the Queensland Art being brought to light.

X.Z. APPLE EXPOIMft. GONDON. March 23. .Mr Amery. (Secretary for the C\>b>~o s) will urn'll on -Manli 23til. i'll hxliihition at the New Zealand Offices of the first season’s apples, which have already created a good impression at Co vent Garden, boxes realising exceptional prices, despite large American supplies of apples being in storage. There was good demand for fresh lruit, offering a fair prospect for Australian and New Zealand supplies. “When the Market prefers New ZeaInd boxes at double the price of old American boxes, it proves its willingness to pay for freshness.” said a market authority.

GREYMOUTH. Mar. • 25. —Arrived at 12.15 p.m. Ivanna and Ivamo from Wellington.