WELLINGTON NEWS NOTES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8423, 26 November 1890, Page 4

WELLINGTON NEWS NOTES.

[by TELEGRAPH. —own corresponded] ; Wellington, Tuesday. |WELLINGTON" AGRICULTURAL SHOW. Thursday will be proclaimed a holiday by the Government. , It will be in effect th celebration of St. Andrew's Day, which is usually a holiday, and falls this year on Sunday not.

WIIITAKKR V. HUTCHISON". The Chief Justice this morning fixed the trial in this case for the 3rd of February next. Mr. Gully asked that in the order made by the Court, it should be distinctly stated that the trial was postponed at 18 defendant's request from 9th PeCembe to 3rd of February. The following is ' • substance of the affidavit read by ' r Gully:-" That in spite of the persistent endeavours made by the p'aintifftobring t is hearing of the case to trial the defends has repeatedly stated publicly, ana e't continues to state that the plaint!" ' delaying tho trial." Counsel 'affirmed t this statement by defendant whs a » lutely without foundation. He threw ' whole blame of hanging the case up on defendant, and he urged that there sho • be no delay. Mr. Hall, for the defend*", asked that the case should not me . • before February, and raised several tec cal objections, and also filed an » 11 ' by the defendant that owing to lie " . sities of the elections, he could not veniently go to trial in December.

A CAN A 111). Aflfgd A good deal of amusement ,vaS . r „j to to-day by the telegram from uc ' k , H the effect that Mr. .Howarth, a wel •' solicitor here, had caused a wj"• . to be issued against the Native i V) e . and the Under-Secretary of the >at *e partment for keeping back rents gX . to the native owners of Kotor.ia. .s, planation of it indicates that the » J somewhat ludicrous niisunderstan 1t" )8 appears the signature of 01110 ], a | Kotorua natives waj require o ' preinstrument which Mr. Howarth T lt ivos pared a? their solicitor. , 1 lu,!e n(ir i they expressed great fear that if they sil, would be arrested. Mr. II° W , , f i,nt tho clerk replied it was just V, cr etarY Native Minister and Ins U " e ' ollgt rue<l would bo arrested. The native eall ; |, a | this hypothetical impossibility J l , t e wii "now the Native Minister and Air. were in for it.'' , -

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