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<T — • (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. In the Supreme Court John Smith was sentenced to three years' hard labor for j assaulting Joseph Wilsou with a spade at Te Aroha. CHRISTCHURCH, this day. In the Supreme Court this morning Jane Long was granted a decree nisi from her husband on the ground of cruelty. lit the Magistrate's Court to-day James Edwards, who. sold meat afterwards condemned .as affected with tuberculosis', w,is charged with selling meat not slaughtered m accordance with the Slaughtering aud Inspection Act, and was fined £5 and costs. OAMARU, this day. A glorious rain, the best for months, set m last night, and is general throughout the 'district. It will do an immense amount of good to the crops, which were suffering severely from the prolonged drought. A wire received by the Mail says a. good rain has been experienced \iu Central Otago, and is the salvation of the country. DUNEDIN, this day. The sequel of the Roslyn tram accident of twelve months ago came before the Supreme Court this morning, when Alexaudreva Matthewson, a passenger, sued the Roslyn Tramway Company for £1500 damages. When the case was called on it was announced that- a settlement had been arrived at, the Company agreeing to judgment being entered up for £600 and costs.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9305, 19 November 1901, Page 3
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217INTERPEOVINCIAL. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9305, 19 November 1901, Page 3
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