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West Coast Times, Issue 10338, 30 July 1896, Page 3

Mr J. E. Fitzgerald, ControllerGeneral, is s&riously indisposed and hig condTtion is causing great anxlely'to his friends.

The Wellington Cricket Association have agreed to the terms suggested by the New. Zealand Cricket Council for a match Australia v. Wellington. The localidelegates were instructed to vote in favor of the -match Australia v. Npw Zealand being played here. j Chmstchubcii, July 29J At Lytteltou, to-day, Francis Forward was charged with having un-customed jewellery in his possession, and James Bang, electrician, on board the Kimutak,a, was charged with ira^prtipgf the same good 1 * witJi'interA to evade tHe Customs duty- Defendants were each fined £1( 0 and costs." The"fines were subsequent y red ."ced fo £25. "The action brought by Thomas. Eophani, licensee of pokers Hotel, against 'f.V. Taylor, a leading Prohibitionist,- clajmiu * £1000 damages for alleged slander, coi - eluded [this, evening when the jury rt - turned a verdict for plaintiff for £5( . Costs on the usual scale were allpwec . Leave was reserved to thy tiereiiclunt t> mpve'gfsncrally.

Auckland, July 2S.

At the Supreme Court to-day, in Banco tho case argued wa3 an appeal i'yoni tin i Coniinisdlbiier of iii tho estate o: Hoii:"P^ L. D l ig'nan, t M.L.C. It seem: the late Mr Disjnan at his death on th< twentieth" of '(Jctober 1894, held 100( shares in the Bank of New Zealand ir which was a liability fpr euljs of £10,000 l"hV first "call was made on 20th Novembei 1894, nearly six week's after the death and the issue was whether the liability or 20th October 1894 'for that call was a debt due by deceased. Mr Tole appeared for the Commissioner of Stamps and Dr. Laishley for appellant. Argument lasted the whole forenoon andj judgment was reserved. !

See Fourth Page. , NOTICES. ! ) HOKIT^IKA. PQULTjIY, PIGEpN .gnd CANARY "^EXHIBJ^IOX «md P, HQTp,GRA]?HJp COMPETITION. TTELI) by the Hokitika Horticultural .U|L and Ppnltry Society. DRILL SHED and TOWN HALL, ! THURSDAY, JULY*" gotfr. B To be ojjened by His Worship the Mayor at 3 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon MONSTER EXHIBITION ! MONSTER EXHIBITION ! Section A.— POULTRY Section B.— PIGEQNS. Section C.— CANARIES. section £.— Phonography. Section E.— MISCELLANEOUS. 40 -S PEC I A L PRIZE S— 4o. | O i\)~ I ENTRIES ( O_4 U : THE* bari.iTEST' " J ON IiECORD. REFRESHMENT tiTALL. Hokijtika Orchestral Society Each Evening at the Town Hall at 8 o'clock. ADMISSION TO EXHIBITION — ONE SHILLING. \V. RICHIXGS ) Joint Hon. D. J. EVANS S Secretaries. B L I C 'll A L L, R I M U. » FRIDAY, "^ULY 31. A GRAND EN'rERTAINMENT in aid or Tin; RIMU LITERARY INSTITUTE. The Rev. Mr Wood will give a Humorous Lecture in jfche tirst part, ' after ! which / the'~ltanieri Dramatic Club -will play that Laughauio F#rcc— "PAUL PRY" MAJIRTED AND ' ' " SETTLED."" " j

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G. & D. DAVIDSON, j BEING NOW yi possep/von of tho BUSINESS carried on by our late father, beg to notify to the public of Hokitika and surrounding districts that we are prepared to execute Orders for Castings in Iron or Brass, Turning and General Blacksmithing. Grave Enclosures, Truck Wheels, Grates for Stoves or Ranges made on the Premises. All Olassos nE Repairing done. G. & D. DAVIDSON, BKALKY STKEKT, UOKITIKA.