The Lake County Press. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. Arrowtown: January 19, 1888. TELEGRAPHIC.

Lake County Press, Volume V, Issue 277, 19 January 1888, Page 2

The Lake County Press. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.

Arrowtown: January 19, 1888. TELEGRAPHIC.

TU? trust th»»'rt given thee guard, iuid to thyself b ■ just.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) DUNEDTN, Wednesday Evening, 8. At the Police Court to-day Robert Arthur Gordon was fined 40s and costs on a charge of illtreating his adopted son. The evidence showed that the lad was an incorrigible voting rascal, but the Bench thought Gordon had used brutality in beating him. A peculiar divorce case was before the Court, to-day, Mrs Jolly petitioning for judicial separation from her husband'. The parties have been married for 39 years, and have a numerous family, but the husband, it was alleged, had treated her so badly that she was compelled to take proceedings. The .case was not concluded. The full hundred excursionists have booked for the second trip of the Tarawera to the Sounds. At the Land Board meeting W. 8. D. Trotter applhed to surrender run 323, Kingston, to enable him to obtain it at a lower rental th\n at present (£100). To be informed that the present rental of run 323 is £IOO Ranger Hughan [? Adair] reported on the complaint of Mr M'Dougall that the foreshore of Lake Wanaka wan being fenced in and built on by one Allen without authority. Allen to bd informed that he is occupying the land without legal authority, and is liable to be removed therefrom at any time.—The Queenstown ranger roported valuing the improvements on land at Pembroke

by Mf Thomas at JSI2O. Government to be informed to add in favor of Mr Thomas £2lO [1 .£l2o] to the unset price of the section. The French warship Fahert .arrived hero quite unexpectedly this morning* and came into port, where she remains for a few days. This Day, 0 a.m. There are It) .acceptors for the Dunedin Cup. Lochiel is the most notable of the absentees. The Auckland volunteers will send a team to shoot ae the Sydney cen teniai meeting. Tin; Government not disposed to purchase Martini-Henry rifles for the N.Z.R.A. meiting ; hut, if .£SOO is guaranteed, they will send to Sydney for them. The I O.G.T. Grand Lodge commenced its annual meeting- at Wellington yesterday. Jacob Johnson was killed bv a fall of earth in a quarry near Westport. The petition against the return of Mr Carroll, member for the eastern Maori disirict is being heard at Gisborno. One publican and storekeeper admitted supplying goods to Maoris which were charged to Carroll, but were not paid for; but agency was denied.