SUPREME COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2715, 3 October 1887, Page 3

SUPREME COURT.

(United Press Association.) "Mjk. .. Wellington 7 ,.Octoberß. : W The Siipreme.Court opened to-day • There ar,e.tl}U'teqn charge's"-agains '.' :;4fteea pefsons,'' Many of the.charge! ';.. 'a'feioJ jarcYny and housebreaking, ani V i 'loi' 4 a petty character A x true "bill has been found "agains . Mary .Miller for larceny. •' ' HEAVY WEATHER. ■ '.:■-' (Press Association). i&'"'" Tim arv, October!.' jL .. Rain has been falling heavily ever ■J ' since 3 a.m. on Saturday, ami isstil . .falling'heavily in. addition to a gale, ', A frightful sea is rolling into the liar , bor, the heaviest for years. So far ho " damage has been dono to the harbor works. i STRANGE ACCIDENT. W (United Press Association). Auckland, October 1. • A serious accident occurred' at To Aroha yesterday. Messrs Scott, Reid, and Hill were a'twork ut the Colonist mine, and Scott was preparing pickaxes '■"• for-work, when he plunged orio into a • : 'tub of water. An explosion followed, Two ot tho men were injured; Reed seriously so, and hiscondition is critical. ' ; It is supposed that the water into which the piek was thrown contuiued Mtro-giycerine. '"'.■. ANXIOUS TIMES AT SAMOA. (United Press Association.) Auckland, October I. In a private letter received from • Samoa, it is staled that, the tow oof . Apia is ful! of armed men, and that the British citizens are anxiously on «look out for an English war vessel, British Consul at Apia stated that he could do nothing to prevent the Germans from .invading- British property, as his instructions were not to interfere at present, THE NEW .PARLIAMENT. . (United Press Association.) Wellington, October 3. The Commissioners to open Parlia- . ment will be Sir William Sfilzherborl. aud tho lions. Wuterhouse, Reynold.-', & and Buckley. Tho second academical tarni at the Maßterton Grammar School commences to-day. Tho.Masterton Masonic Lodge, K C, meet this evening in the Masonic Hall; Bannister Street. The next English and European Mail via San Francisco, will close at the Mastorton Post Office on Saturday next at ■ (JvjQa.m. Wkdi'rs aro imitcd lor felling fifty ' acres of bush at the ltymniaiigi district, Bpccificatioiiß of which can be seen at the Club Hotel. '"■'■'.. Wc regret to hear. that. Mr E.G. '.'Moore, comity.clerk, is still confined to his bed through ah illness which is likely to incapacitate him from attending to his ollicial duties for some time to come. Wo regret to have to record the death . of the wife of Mr George T. Farmer, of • this town, which took place ot an early hour this (Monday) morning at the residence of her father, Mr Donald McLachUpper Plain. The deceased lady been an invalid for Beycril years, and Monday last the contracted a cold .which in a great measure accelerated her ""'' death, Mrs Farmer leuves behind her two '■•' ''"'children-the youngest being about fivo years of age-and a largo circle of friends ': to mourn their loss. The funeral will ■ leave the Upper Plain on Wednesday noxt at 1 o'clock. , A triangular rifle match was fired at PfflW Gully, Wellington, on Saturday .lailroetwecn the D. Battery, City Rifles, and Carterton Rifles. There wero ten ■ men mnde, and the ranges wen; 200, 3CO and 500 yards, seven shots at each ranise, Wimbledon targets. It will be seen from the following scores that the contest was a very excitingonc, aud that the country team suffered a defeat of one point by the Rifles,, and fivo points by the Arlillory:— D. Battery, 042; City Rilles, 038; Carterton Rifles, 037. "I served tho summons on him my.Belf your Worship" said the plaintiff in a • case in tho R. M. Court this morning. " What have you got to aay about the case V queried hi 3 Worship of defondant, appearing in Court on another Charge. " Well, your Worship, if ho calls Jhat a summons, I reckon its about tho niOßtridiculoU3documentleve.rsai',',lc'an't make head or tail of it, and thero is no placo or date oa it," answered tho defendant, who took a piece ot paper from his pocket and banded it to the bail!)'. " Why, this is not a summons said the R. M„ this iB the plaint," you. (to pontiff) have givou'liim the wroiiguocumont." •At this announcement a loud smile passed ' around the Court, and the amateur bailifl Jo&»&.exccdingly uncomfortable, seeing thfuie had travelled about thirty miles to contest the case. ''Can't I claim my oxptriseßyour Worship, aftertravelliug all theway down on such a rotten document," a»ked the defendant, who evidently thought he ha 1 not a good case, and was determined not to lose anything for want ofasking." J hardly see how you can ■-ijlairfa;cipgnE.es.on-a.document.which you ..yourself admit has neither date nor place upon-, it." . remarked His Worship, : .'"peßiacjj ypii are here upon another, case and hot upon this one at all."; ~