THE CASE REES V. BARKER.
IBY TELEBP.AFH. —OWN CORHKsrON'PK'-'T.] Giseoiok, Wednesday. Nkjts reached here this morning that the Court of Appeal has decided the now famous case of Rees and others v. Barker in Mr. Barker's favour. The intended trial at Napier will not now come off as expected. The defendant moves at once for a decree to sell the Whataupoko block, which was mortgaged to him, and which mortgage plaintiff repudiated, but unsuccessfully.
Mr. J. W. Lewis, second in command of the Warburton expedition from .South Australia to Western Australia, died at Cossack, about the middle of last month. Mr. E. E. Jones, the well-known bookmaker, who made a large sum over the Melbourne Cup, has given £100 to the Sydney charities. Mr. A. Bnckland'a next cattle fair is to be i'ld fct Kemnera on the IKb iniUnt. Some MO bead *■4 cattle will be offered fcr sale.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6259, 8 December 1881, Page 5
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