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Manawatu Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 7466, 3 July 1902, Page 4

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[Per Press Association.] ! Masteeton. Wednesday. ! The District Court Sittings to-day, before Judge KoHle, wero a record for brevity, tho whole proceedings not occupying a quarter of an hour. In tho slander action, Manning v. Scorrar, the case was struck out with costs against the complainant. In the case of Sayles v Carr, damages £300 for the loss of an eye, the parties had arrived at ar> amicable arrangement. One discharge from bankruptcy was granted. Nearly half an inch of rain fell. If the rainfall continues, and with the largo quantity of snow on the Tararua ranges, further floods are anticipated. Hokitika, "Wednesday. The steamer Jane Douglas was launched eighty feet yesterday and an effort was made to haul her off the sand bank when the tide made. The hawsev was carried away twice, the last time just as success seemed assured. The vessel will probably remain ngrouud till the tides improve. No damage has been done to the hull. A contract was signed yesterday for a clock tower with a chiming clock as a, memorial to the "Westlanders in tho South African War and to commemorate the King's corjnation. The total cost will be ,£9OO. The contract was let to Parkinson, of Auckland, who will have the work completed in about eight months. Tno cost of the original war memorial was set down at £400, so that £500 has to be raised for the Coronution ! memorial. I • ■ Wasgasui, Tuesday. At the Police Court this morning a man named John Minnahau, alias John Grace, pleaded guilty to the theft of an eider-down quilt valued at £4, the property of Mrs Freeinon Jackson. It appears that yes ierday, about 11.30 a.m., accused called at Mrs Jackson's house at Castleclifl: and pleaded hunger. Mrs Jackson gave the man as much as he : could eat. and soon after he left she • missed an eider-down quilt. The police ! were communicated with, and the un- ' grateful offender was shortly after in j sa'e custody. Complaints have been : made about swaggers begging in the outskirts of the town, as a rule when the husbands were away, and only the other 1 day the police had ascertained, that '• clothes obtained by begging had been ! pawned. There were two previous con- , I victions against accused for theft, and he had only just completed a sentence, i Accused was sentenced to three months' j hard labour. Haweba, Wednesday. ] The Licensing Committee sat to-day, the member who was absent yesterday putting in an appearance. The application by. Mr G. Moic for a license at Eltham was refused on the main ground that the premises were not suitable, Mr Hawkins' application for a hotel at Eltham to make a vacancy for which, the license at Normanby was dropped, was granted, the committee being of the opinion that there was overwhelming evidence that more hotel accommodation was needed at the former place. Wellixgtos, Thursday. The consideration of the case, Neera v. the Bishop ot Wellington and others, was resumed at the Court of Appeal. Council for the plaintiff elaborated their contention that the letter from the natives to the Governor was not a cession of the land to the Crown, but merely limited authority to the Governor Co grant the land to a specified person for a specified purpose. The grant had exceeded this authority and was therefore void. They futher submitted that the Slatuto of Limitations did not run as the native title was not elienable except to tho Crown and no title could be required by an occupation adverse to theai. Messrs Laery and Co;, of Wellington, received a cablegram from their Sydney agents as follows : —Hope you can induce producers to send consignments of fat sheep. Market and prices phenomenal. In addition to the description of the boundaries of the Palmerston Electoral District, published, the ' Gazette states the township of Ashkursb ia excluded from the Palmerston district and added to Oroua, tho old Bangitikei electorate of which it formed part in 1890. The Eotomahana passed Port Robinson at 10 a.m., going1 south and towing a launch which looked like the Ellen Ballance 8 The captain signalled to re. port him to Lyttelton. Auckland, Wednesday. News from Honolulu states that not only has the volcano at Kilauea broken into eruption, but the summit of the crater of Manuna Loa Mokuawlowoo is also active. Within two daya the lava had risen 600 feet in the Halemaumau, which is an active pit at the bottom of Kilanea. The sides of this crater were crumbling into the pit, filling is up in places and boiling lava had burst through the floor of the crates.