CHRISTCHURCH.
: : • '■"■>,■•:■ : -Wednesdays There has been no alteration in the demeanour of Mercer since he was informed when the sentence would be carried into effect.
It is rumoured that very serious defalcations have been discovered in the accounts of a. servant of the Church Property Trust Estate. '"'■ : At the Magistrate's' Court yesterday, the Horticultural Society sued r the Curator of Intestate Estates for £6 10s for special prizes promised by J. M. Smith, who died intestate. The Bench gave judgment for the defendant, on the ground that the Horticultural Society was not a corporate body, and thus had no legal standing in New Zealand.
This day. Frederick Pavift, late steward of the Chris tchurch property trust estate, was arrested last night on a charge of embezzlement. It is rumoured that his defalcations amount to between £5000 and £7000. ..
The salmon ova continues to go bad daily, only a few now left in the boxes. Few of the birds received per Tintern Abbey died; the remainder look: very healthy.
The Government have given formal notice to the contractors for the additions to the museum to suspend the work until after the Appropriation Ordinance has been passed,
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1977, 6 May 1875, Page 2
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