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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8754, 16 April 1890, Page 2

The Acclimatisation Society will hold their annual meeting in the Courthouse tonight (Wednesday). The Bush Fire Relief Committee kive not yet received any eomunication from the Colonial Secretary up to this day (Wednesday) with reference to their request that the Government should subsidise the local subscriptions. The Committee will not take any action until they receive a reply. If tho answer be in the negative then the Committtee will distribute what is in hand, and wind the matter up. A case involving ownership of property at North Shore, New South Wales, approximately valued at £2,000,000. lately came before Mr Justice Foster. The plaintiff, Francis Stephen Nichols, claimed that the property in question, comprising 940 acres of land now pretty well covered with buildings, was in 1805 granted to Isaac Nichol by Governor Gidley King, and descended by the law of entail to Joseph Nichol, by whom it was conveyed to the plaintiff. The case was practically a test one, and referred to 40 acres only of the 940 acres transferred. Mr Salomons, for the defendants, the Anglo-Australi in Investment Finance and Loan Company, set up a documentary and possessory title to the land, and sought to prove that tho action was an attempted fraud of v gross nature. In support of this he succeeded in extracting from John Joseph Nichols an admission that the whule of the property was disposed of for a cheque for £250 ; that tho cheque was drawn, not by the plaintiff, but by a Mr Campbell ; that ho had forgotten on what bank tho cheque was drawn, had never troubled about cashing it, and did not know what had become of it. Mr Salomans applied for a non suit, on the ground that the plaintiff's predecessor in title, being out of possession, had only power to convey the right of entry, and that this was illegal under the statute 32 of Henry VIII. The case stands part heard. Football season. — John Avery has received a large stock of footballs, all sizes for the coming season. He has also added a nice line of silver-mounted pipes to his well assorted stock. He draws special attention to his shilling pipes, accordeons, concertinas, hollow-ground razors, pocket cutlery, &c, cut and plug tobaccos, cigars and cigarettes to suit all tastes. Agent for Old Judge cigarettes and Waterbury watches. — John Avery, wholesale and retail tobacconist, New Plymouth, — Adv. Oh I Corns! where are thy stings ? Oh Monarch of Pain 1 where is thy victory? — in the cure of corns, corns, corns. — Advt. M Hood has much pleasure in offering the ladies of New Plymouth some of the choicest autumn goods sho has yet shown. They were all personally Belectod during her late visit south from the first houses in tho trade, and uro the newest goods direct from London. Being exceptionally well bought, she can price them very low and guarantee all tho lines as wonderfully cheap and the value unsurpassed. The remainder of the stock is still being offered at the clearing out prices previously advertised, and the sale will continue till everything is disposed of, when the premises will be positively closed. — Advt Just to hand, a choice assortment of plush jacket, bordered dress goods, new millinery, flowers, ribbons, &c. Direct imported ox Tuinui und Kuikoura, u.t F, A, tfsml'fy C/llWUHide. Uoubo,«u»A,DVT <