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New Zealand Mail, Issue 662, 31 October 1884, Page 12

Alexander Forsythe Anderson, the Liverpool defaulter, was again brought before Mr H. S. Wardell, R.M., yesterday, aud remanded for seven days.

Julia O’Byrne, alias Mooney, an old offender, was brought up at the Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday, and pleading guilty, was sentenced to a fine of 20s, in default seven days’ imprisonment.. The Wellington torpedo boat was taken out for another trial yesterday morning, and was found to work in a highly satisfactory manner. She did the distance from Petone to the Railway Wharf in minutes. George Elvin, a seaman of the ship Zealandia, was sentenced to the three months’ hard labor for having 3tolen a pair of boots from Michael Tracey, and a pair of trousers from Jacob Eraukel. The goods were taken from the shops of the owners by the prisoner, who pleaded guilty to the charge. A pleasure skiff, built to the order of the Blenheim Rowing Club by Mr H. Berg, boatbuilder, Clyde-quay, was shipped to Blenheim, via Picton, by the s.s. Rotorua yesterday. The boat, which presents a very creditable appearance, is built of Singapore cedar, her dimensions being, length, 20ft ; beam, 4ft 6in; and depth, 19iu. She will carry eight persons, and will be propelled by three pairs of sculls.

Tenders for leases will be received at the CrowuLandsOfSce,Wellington, on Wednesday, Dec. 10,1884, and will be opened at the board meeting the next day. Applications for deferred payment will be received on Tuesday, December 16, 18S4, at the Laud Office, Wellington, aud the Institute, Masterton. If an auction is necessary it will be held on Thursday, December 18, 18S4, on which day the cash sections will also be sold at the Institute, Masterton.

We are informed that His Excellency the Governor has signified to Lieutenant-Colonel Pearce his conseuL to become patron of the Garrison Amateur Dramatic Club. The first performance of this new club will be given at the Theatre Royal on Friday, November 21, for the benefit of the Benevolent Institution, not, as was previously stated, in aid of the New Zealand Rifle Association, the latter not having agreed with the terms offered by the club.

The following business was'transacted at the Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday, the bench being occupied by Mr H. S. Wardell, R.M. : Judgment for plaintiffs. —Waddel, McLeod, and Weir v. W. Buchanan, £43 4s 9d (Mr Fitz Gerald appeared for plaintiffs) ; H. F. Logan v. id. Sutton, £3 Is 7d ; J. Watson v. J. Coleman, £2. Judgment for defendant. —J. E. G. Bowern v. R. H. Elliotte, £5 6s, the claim having been £57. Judgment summons.—J. Chew v, W. F. Oakes, £4 8s 4d, ordered to be paid within 14 days.

A meeting of the Board of College Governors was held at the Education Board Offices yesterday morning. Present —Hon. A. de B. Brandon (in the chair), Rev. Mr Paterson, Dr. Hector, Dr. Newman, Messrs Blair and Bunny. It was decided to get a die engraved for the medal for which the Chamber of Commerce had voted £lO, and to procure £ls worth of books. Mr Mackay attended the meeting, and brought several matters before the notice of the board. He submitted a report from Mr Toxward, architect, to the effect that drains were necessary to carry off the spring water on the college grounds, at a cost of £SO. After some discussion, it was resolved to leave the matter for the chairman and Dr. Hector to report on. Several accounts were passed for payment. On the motion of Mr Bunny, it was lved to alter the hour at which the board meets from 10 30 to 11 a m., in consequence of the meeting time of the Waste Lauds Board having been altered from 12 30 to 10 a.m. The board passed a vote of thanks lo the Hon. the Premier for his valuable assistance in getting the Wellington College Confirmation Act pasted.

The secretary reported that Mr Evans was detained in Christchurch by bi 3 examinations, aud that Mr Burnes would remain at the College until next year. The accounts in connection with the Girls’ High School were then discussed and passed, and the board went into committee.

The New York morning j .urnals of July 20 print telegrams from London to the effect that a novel scheme of assisted emigration has been started in Germany by a society composed wholly of noblemen. The society proposes to send indigent members of noble German families to Chili, where they will have all the advantage of a fertile soil and favorable climate, and a prospiot of exchanging their landless titles for the hands of the rich senoritas of the country. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday, Mr H. 8. Wardell, R.M., made reference to a statement about him which appeared in the Evening Post on Wednesday, and in which he was made to say that the action of Justices of the Peace in fining persons convicted of breaches of the Dog Regulations Act in the small sum of Is, was unfair to those who were fined a larger amount for the same offence on other occasions. Mr Wardell remarked that he had made no such statement at all, as he carefully avoided criticising the action of the Justices. He had merely said that, though there were probably sufficient reasons for the Justices to fix the penalty at that amount, it d’d not agree with his views, and he would therefore inflict a fine of the former amount, viz., 10s. A parliamentary paper has been issued at Home, giving returns of accidents made by the several railway companies in the United Kingdom during the six mouths’ ending 30th June last. From these it appears that accidents to trains, rolling stock, permanent way, &c,, caused the death of 20 persons and injury to 372, against 17 and 374 respectively in the corresponding period of 1 883 ; 248 persons were killed and 416 injured by accidents from causes other than accidents to trains, &c., 53 of the killed and 282 of the injured being passengers ; 226 servants or panies or contractors were reported as having been killed and 1101 injured by accidents from the travelling of trains or the movement of vehicles used exclusively upon railways. Altogether, the number of persons killed during the six months was 489, and injured 1889, against 553 killed and 2047 injured in the preceding year. With, however, the number of accidents which occurred on railway premises, but in which the movement of vehicles was Dot concerned, the total killed is 509, and injured 3637. Wells’ “ Rough on Corns.” —Ask for Wells’ “ Rough on Corns.” 7id. Quick relief, complete, permanent cure. Corns, warts , bunions. New Zealand Drug Company, General Agents. 3

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