SUPREME COURT.

Timaru Herald, Volume LX, Issue 2356, 30 March 1897, Page 3

SUPREME COURT.

,(BY T^tBaBAPB.i ■ ' AdCkLJtND;' Mai-cli 29. Judgment was delivered by Mr Justice Connplly m the Suprefne Court m Banco, this morning, m the important mining case, Ait ken vi Swindley and'others, referring to the right of . the iWsrden to grant special claims to mine on a block of private land at CoromandeU' Mr Jus-; tice Connolly referred to the fact that the arguments adduced., ut the appeal were entirelydifferent from thoße .upon which the Warden gave his dedisioh previously. His Honour allowed the appeal, with costs 40 guineas. < HOKiTIKA,' Slarch 29. At the, Supreme Court this, morning the case Geoghaegn v. Greymouth and Port Elizabeth Railway and Coal Company was continued. The evidence of John Mpßely, a miner, was given, to the effect that the mine managers and deputies were all careful and experienced men, and had the full confidence of the miners. He attri buted the disaster to a fall m the old workings forcing gas m on thelighta. The next witness called was Liridop, mine manager .at Westport. His examination will probably last all day, the evidence given being expert evidence as to the probable effect of fire damp and coal dust explosions.