LATE NEW ZEALAND NEWS.
(Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. To-day's sharemarket sales : Sylvia, Is ; Ross, 13s 5d to 13s 6d. V^ANGAN UI, this day. The Supreme' Court sessions opened this morning. Sir Robert Stout, Chief Justice, congratulated the district on the almost total absence of crime. True bills were returned m four criminaJ cases. A young woman was fined 10s for making a false declaration, the judge remarking tliat such cases should be dealt with by a magistrate. Legislation to that end shoulel be introduced. WELLINGTON, this day. Victoria College met the Otago University at hockey to-day. The former won by 3 to 2. CHRISTCHURCH, this day. Patrick Ashman, a resident of Ashburton, who had been on remand on a charge of drunkenness ever since April, died m the hospital this morning. At the Supreme Court this morning, the' jury found a verdict of £3CO for plaintiff m the case, J. A. Newel! v. Lyttelton Times Company, an action for 'libel. Plaintiff is gaol surgeon at Lyttelton gaol, and the libel was contained m an article commenting on the gaol system.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XL, Issue 13169, 1 September 1913, Page 6
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182LATE NEW ZEALAND NEWS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XL, Issue 13169, 1 September 1913, Page 6
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