N.Z. TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7353, 22 July 1902, Page 3

N.Z. TELEGRAMS.

(Per Press Association.) WnLLiNaTOS, Tuesday. In the Court of Appeal, Mr Eees continned his argument against tho validity of the title of a block of land known as Waingaronna Ho. 9, originally acquired from the natives by the late Bobert Cooper, bnt it is alleged that no approved plan was before the Native Land Court »\s required by the Aotj that pie sale was made before the issue ef thememorial of ownership; that no enquiry was made into the sale; that the tyea waa not signed by many "of' the owners, and many1 of them "npyet Received mo,ney alleged fo (je'fn paiq to ftem, t At tha auggostion of tho Agricultural Department, the Dairy Committee of tho Wellington Chamber of Commerce has decided to attend the annual meeting of the National Dairy Association to ascertain the views of that body on tha question of retaining all factory brands on bnttor exporttd. The Agricultural Department desires to be guided by the j deoisronof thePftiry Asiopiatiip,n.- ] 1 ■ ':"" •"SftBOBKB, Taodday. A man named Frederick JohnTerris, alias TranoU William Ferris, pleaded guilty at tho Police Court this morning to bharges of vagrancy and prctoncei". Bergt. Siddells stated prisoner had represented he had property jajued at £200Q left in' England, and on the strength of that statement obtained j£SO from a "land agent Here. He had obtained various qlher sums on similar pretences from lawyers and others in other parts of the colony. Ferris was sentenced to eight months' jmpri»on» Went, .■ ;' ■ . '■;■■ •-: . ■.'•::. v . . Wisoakui, Tuesday. :... An-.hospital patient, a ycrang Kirl from Waverley, auffonnu «om dipktfieria and who waited last night for two hours ponding an order for admittance, ,1b progressing satisfactorily. . ; l-V ;) TIM*EU. Tuetday.iji The Timairu borough Council last night decided on a loaa of fiIO.OOO for korbing; ohanneling and inverting.