DROWNED.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4990, 1 May 1884, Page 3

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HARD SWEAEING. DUNEDIN, Aprii 30. | A man named Edgar King has been | drowned through falling off the railway | bridge over the river Taiori at Otakia. He was walking along the line, having missed the train, and fell from the bridge, which is not one for traffic. He had intended sailing for Auckland last evening in the brig Camille, with his family. The brig was detained till this morning, when his wife and seven children took their departure, as he did not turn up. They will arrive in Auckland penniless. In a recent case at Waikaia, in which the local publican was charged Avith sup- ! plying beer on Sunday, the barman, named j Wilson, swore that the shilling tendered as payment for beer was never lifted but was still lying on the bar floor, having ; lain there untouched for six weeks. The E.M., Mr "Wood, gave the witness to understand in plain terms that he did not credit the statement, and fined the publican £3 and costs. At the Land Board to-day the licensees of three deferred-payment sections in the Tapanui district, "who had not complied with the personal residence provisions, had their licenses forfeited, and in several other cases a warning -was given that residence should be more continuous.