DOMINION NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1744, 19 February 1920, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

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WELLINGTON, Fob. 19

An alleged gold mining fraud was the subject of a civil action in the Supreme Court. Angelina Bernard, married woman, sought to recover from William Browning, an engineer, £OOO on account of alleged fraudulent misrepresentation, whereby defendant had induced her to purchase for £SOO certain worthless mining script in a proposition in Westland known as “Bagley’s Reward Mining Company.” The jury’s verdict was that defendant had distinctly misrepresented the value of the shares, and awarded plaintifl £SOO damages with costs. CHRISTCHURCH, Fch. 19.

Tim body washed ashore at Cheviot has been identified as that ol seaman Howard, a victim of the Tainni disaster. The official influenza bulletin for Canterbury and Westland from noon on "Monday to noon to-day shows Od notifications". All are mild eases. CHRISTCHURCH. Feb. 18.

The Board of Trade fids conferred with representatives’ of the South Island flourniillera on matters connected with the Government subsidy and with the fixing of the price of flour, bran, and pollard consequent on the higher price to be given for wheat. The secretary of the Board states that so far only one complaint as to profiteering has been received in response to the Board's advertisement asking for evidence. The complaint received deals with wheat prices. An application by Mr W. Slaughter, Inspector of Factories, to have lived the capital value of a house was made before Mr S. E. McCarthy, S.M., to-day, under Part T. of the War Legislation Amendment Act, 1916, and its amendments. ’I he case was probably the first of its kind heard in the South Island. It was stated (hat the landlord had attempted to raise the rent from 16s to 255, whereas the Act only allows a maximum rent of 8 per << ut on "the 1914 value of I,he house as determined by the Magistrate. Judgment was reserved.