AUCKLAND.
July 20. At the civil sittings of the Supreme Court Jane Crawford, servant, sued Charles E. Johnston, her employer, for defamation of character; damages £100. The jury found the defamatory statements false, but not uttered maliciously, and gave a verdict for defendant. The new North Shore Ferry Company was awarded the prize of £20, given by Mr Bailey of the North Shore for the best design of a ferry steamer built on the American principle ; speed, 11 knots; trip to North Shore in six minutes. A man named Thos. Gibbon had Iris hand smashed in working a railway cranfe. Harry Whitaker Duval, from Wellington, has been remanded, on a charge of false pretences, till the 28th.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXIII, Issue 9456, 21 July 1881, Page 2
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117AUCKLAND. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXIII, Issue 9456, 21 July 1881, Page 2
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