Miscellaneous.

Colonist, Volume XL, Issue 8958, 27 August 1897, Page 3

Miscellaneous.

WbUiliwton, Aagast 26. A jadgment wftß gi?*Mo» *ay in the Appeal Court in tba oase of tfar&tthy v. Keliahor, in wbiob the question of *' t«ad " pablio hocges is involved. In the fit at inaUnoe the Ohisf Jaetioa decided that a brewer as mortgagee oould not bargain fo* anything else than the payment of interest *nd tbftt he oould not compel the mortgagor to *ake tasr from the mortgages till th» Hfcortgaga was freed, as snob a oours* would b«f> a restraint of trade The Court upheld this! «c* and dismissed tha appeal with coats, Ihe Gblef Justice gara Judgment io-day in Armstwng v. Smith (Wairarap* County ODuncil). The plaintiff aoted as n^armog officer at the last lioonsing eleo^n, a* d sued the looal body for expense*. Part of tt"»« defenoe was that the plaintiff, by hia; own Wllf nl act, had rendored the elaotion "void, aod thrown away the coats. Hia Elonor held that the returning offioar had no r ecoutßff by statute against a local body, bui is aOovornment offioer, and should look to the Goternment; and further, ev*in if be had power to bub the Council, he could not recover' in this instance foi the reasan al eged by the defence. Chbistohdbch, Augoßt 2G. A slight shock of earthquake was experi lenced at about 5 o'clock last evening. The body of a woman found in the H rjeathcote estuary yesterday has been identifie d as that of Miss Jane Lawry, of Springston, aged 50 years. She had been in delicate ht lalth and had come to town for advice. No one knew how she got into the river. Westpobt, August 6.9 The wreck of the burquentine Yolande 1 tag been sold by auction for £7. The timb er cargo wa3 not offered. A nautical inquiry will be held. The Anglo-Continental Gold Syndicate hai I aken the option of an area known as tht» Britannia Quartz Lease, Strong Creek, The same Syndicate is developing Carson's Reward Line Mokihinui.