NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8759, 22 April 1890, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

P"IM3 OF FLAX IN LONDONV

Wkllin'gtox, April 22.

A tolegram from tho Agent-General, dated 18th April, says :: — '• Hemp better tone. Fair and good, Auckland, £21 to £fo ; Lyttelton, £20 to £22 ; Wellington, £19 to £21. Trime sorts, £24 to £20. Manilla firmer, £34 to £oi> : sisal, about £25." LATE ROATING A r CIDRN'T. CunisTcnoncH, April 22. With reference to the drowning of Reginald Alexander, it appears that he, together with his brothers, William and Victor, were down the Waiinakariri river in a sailing boat, when a squall npset it, and Reginald, being very weak from influenza, was carried away by the current, although the brothers made a desperate attempt to save him. No trace of the body has been found. Deceased was 1 1 years of age. ACTION FOR IMPRISONMENT iOH DVWT. Timakit, April 22. Judge Ward has delivered his judgment in Bishop v. Ackroyd, in which the jury gave a verdict of £-10 damages for wrongful imprisonment for debt. It •was argued for defendant that imprisonment was the act of the Bench of Justices, and defendant was not l.ahle. The Judge held that the processes of the Court were all irregular, and affirmed the verdict of the jury, with costs. Leave was given for appeal. This was a case in which two justices issued first a summons, then a judgment summons with an order of commitment, all within a few hours.