Disirict Court.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXIII, Issue 7215, 20 May 1898, Page 3

Disirict Court.

(<Continued from fourth page ) On resuming, Mr Lee called Randolph Campbell, bootmaker, of Oamarn, who said he was in the right-of-way. M. Connelly and the two Flynns were also there. Constable Christie came round and asked what they were doing there. They replied that they had got one of the men a bed. There was a little bit of an affair between him and Christie. Then Christie took a step towards witness, and witness tried to get past, and Christie's hand caught witness on the chest and witness went against the wall, and then out of the right-of-way. He did not think Christie followed him. He saw Christie after he was out. Constable Cotter stood in front and witness hit at him. There were one or two blows, and then witness ran. He tried to strike Christie. He ran towards Cagney's. Constable Cotter followed him, and, as he had lost his shoe, he returned. Witness next spoke to Rule and Whyte, who were near the Theatre. There were two others with them —Messrs Symington and Creighton. They went to get witness' shoo. Witness then went down Coquet street. He next saw Constables Treahy'and Christie and Whyte and Rule at the High School corner. They were laughing then. He did not know if Christie knew he was there. Witness passed on. and be thought Constable Treahy followed him. Witness had not been before the Court upon anything arisiDg out of what occurred that night. He did not see any matches lighted. To Mr Hanlon : He could not say how long after Rule went to ..get the shoes I Whyte left. He did not see Christie strike Rule, knock him down, or arrest ' him. There was time for Whyte and

Creighton to have a conversation before the former left. Michael Connelly, clerk, Oamarn, said he was also present In the right-of-way and gave corroborative evidence. He added that as far as he eaw no blows were struck that niohfc. He ■ heard from the middle of the road that a man had been 38 arrested. His Honor ruled that this was not evidence. Witness continuing {said that at the time he saw three men about the width of it Thames street away from him, but could se not say if Christie were one of them, d To Mr Harvey :He did not see Cotter k until he chased Campbell. Treahy came on the scene afterwards, or just at that time. He saw a man against Cooney's store and heard another man speak to him off the pavement and say " I arrest you.' He did not think the speaker was Christie because he would not have had time. He did not see anyone arrested. If any noise had been made in arresting he would have heard it and seen the arrest, as he was in the street. At the time Constables IS Christie and Treahy were standing together between the Court and Theatre. To Mr Lee : The man at Cooney's reS plied to the Constable, "You have made a mistake." James Flynn was also called, but as he did not appear, Mr Lee closed his case without him. The details of the proposed expenditure by the Transvaal Government on diplot matic representation in Europe have just ii been received. The announcement had t already been received by cable that the ■, Volksraad passed a total vote for the pur- - pose of L 15,000, a reduction {of L 2500 on , the original grant asked for. The followy ing new appointments have been made : . Ambassador in Europe, L 400 0; Charge f d'Affairs, LISOO : private secretary and a attache, L 50 0; Chancellor, LSOO, with clerical assistance. e Memorial Cards n the new " Pansy > designs, beautiful colors, an 1 black and gold ; All now at) Ma. Office , Poets have sweetly sung, aye, many a time, The varying moods of the Australian clime, _ But these same moods, although the poet B thrills, f Threaten poor mortals with those sudden , chills 1 For which the remedy, as certain as it's * pure, 1 Is W. Woodß' Great Peppermint Cure. 7 With apologies to Wilßon Barrett:— 3 " Something is out of order with thee, X Marcus ! Is it the heart or a heavy cold ? a If the former send for the woman; if the - latter, send for Woods' Great Peppermint 3 Cure ! One of the greatest discoveries of 3 the age—not the woman, but the cure. It never fails, a woman may. This is a pearl of a fact cast before sensible people. Read, mark, learn, and inwardly profit thereby. Sold everywhere. Keep your eye on Clayton, Gardiner and Oo.'b adverti ernenti over fcbn leader. It chanes often.