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Southland Times, Issue 1952, 24 July 1874, Page 2

Libel. — At the Supreme Cou-t, Dunedin, the ca-je of Dawson v. Mackay, a claiaa of £1000 for a defamatory libel, allege I to have been inserted in the Bruce ferald of the llth November last, was heai\i on the 20th. The defendant admitted the libel, and paid £10 int) Court. The jury found for the defendant on all the issues, one of wliich was that no malice was meant, and as the libel was admitted they assessed the damages at £50.

Testimonials to G-oyeinhbnt Officers. — Tho Superintendent of Canterbury has directed the publication of the following regulation for the information of th ? officers under the Provincial Government : — " No address or testimonial Shall t)e accepteji Oy aay officer in respect of his official duties, without the sanction, in writinc, of the Provincial Secretary or Secretary for Public Works." Statistical. — A reference to the records of birchs, deaths, and marriages which have occurred in lnv=roargill during the ten years ending December 31, 1873, sh.-ws that tho number of deaths registered as h iving taken place during: that period were 633 ; of births, 166*4 ; and o!" marriages, 629. The number of births registered from 1859, the yen* iv which the records were first opened, to the ou 1 of LS73, is 1874 in all. Volunteer Ball Committee. — A full meeting of the Volunteer Bail Committee was held in the drill shed on tho evening of Wednesday, the 22nd inst. The sub-committees appointed to arrange for the supply of music and refreshments reported that Mr Hautrie West would supply the music, and Mr Daniel Kingsland the refreshments. Arrangements wero then made for issuing tickets. It was resolved that all concerned should exert themselves to make the ball as successfully attractive as it could po-tsibly be made, aftor which the committee adjourned till the sth prox. The Schoolmaster Abroad. — The Lyttelton Times says : — The following is a true copy of a notice recently posted on the shop door of a tradesman in High street : — " Notis to the Publick don howt fur a fu Ours to sui sum laud." Acclimatisation". — John M'Kellar, Esq., of Tapanui, has succeeded in rearing a herd of from 60 to 70 deer from an importation of seven animals five years ago. Planting-. — Tlie large gangs of men employed by the Provincial Government of Canterbury during the past two months in planting the Northern Railway reserves, have completed the Kaiapoi portion, and are now at work at Rangiora and Southbrook.