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Otago Witness, Issue 2255, 20 May 1897, Page 25

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ILvy 17. — The weather of the past week has beer Cold and windy, and the mountains have put on a Trintery garb. Sharp frost 3 are the rule after sunset. Illness.— lt it with regret I learn of Mr William Jsuoieson's illness in the Auckland Hospital, where he 'has been confined for some weeks past witt typhoid fever. The youug man is a son of Mr W. Jamieson, of Earnscleugh Flat, and had only left home recently with the praiseworthy intention oi carving his own way in the world. Mrs Jamieson, mother of the young man, has proceeded to Auck land to tend her son in his illness. Departure.— Mr James M'Arthur, of Strath Clyde estate, has left home with the intention ol passing away the winter months in the Rotorua district. Mr M'Arfchur bpent the past winter ir that sanitary locality, and with such beneficial re

: I suits to his health that he resolved to seek similar s j advantages this winter. It is to be hoped he may : '< obtain the desired improvement in health and L , spirits. L | Quoting Scripture in Court.—" At the local i | S.M. Court," says the Cromwell Argus, " a mems ber of the legal fraternity who was defending a I i case remarked, ' The Lord is on our side,' the : remark having reference to his client's intimate l connection with church affairs. ' Not so,' replied the person to whom the remark was adL dressed ; ' the Lord has forsaken you.' The ver- ; diet went against the lawyer's client, at which ho - J who quoted Scripture in leply to tae lawyer's j Scriptural quotation chuckled." It is freely : ! stated that the foregoing verbiage took place f ' during the hearing of the case Alexander Ironi sides v. Richard Olds, in which the plaintiff as i Registrar of Brands proceeded against defendant for a breach of the branding provi?ions in the ) Stock Act. The caae is of particular importance [ to owners of stock. It appears the defendant ? j obliterated the Mount Pisa earmark and substi- ' , tuted his own brand or nr»rk in lieu thereof upoa l ' a stated number of lambs. The defendant art- ' mitted the offence, and stated he had found the lambs in his own paddock and thought the station had marked them in error. Ho further : claimed that the lambs were his. The Bench i held that when defendant found the lambs they had the Pisa earmark, and this was prima facie eviclencß that they were the Pisa lamb 3. There t was nothing before the court to set aside that i evidence, and defendant was therefore found guilty, and fined the minimum penalty of £5 for ; each lamb and co3ts. jk£ Accident to Mr W. Stronacii. — I can scarcely add one particular to the many already given iv your columns respecting this most distressing accident. Latest information respecting Mr \ Stronach's condition is not of a nature 1 likely to be gratifying to his many friends. ' However, he is a man phjsically capable ' , of enduring much suffering, so it is hoped he may rally and pull through all right. 1 , Valueless Cheques.— A young man of good 1 address, who was bent h ion enjoying the r Easter holidays in a uiur of the gold- ■ fields, has succeeded in leaving behind him a ' few valueless cheques as mementoes of his 1 sojourn amongst the people of the interior. The 1 young fellow hails from Dunedin, and, if I am ' rightly informed, he is in that city at -present, : where it ii to be hoped he will find time to appre- ' ciale his freedom, which he was so foolish as to [ place in jeopardy by attaching his signature to I valueless cheques.