There are only about 70 in all. It is only by doing so that equal justice can be done to all newspapers." It is stated to be the intention of the proprietors of the Timaru Herald to enter a libel action, against the Temuka Leader for ari article which recently appeared in that paper. The following account of the newest way of untying a legal knot we extract from the Wanganui Herald : — About the sharpest and best settlement of a legal suit that we have ever heard of occurred in the R.M. Court recently. A woman who has for some time been entrusted with the maintenance of an infant, hav ing of late failed to receive the stipxilated renraneration for the same, summoned the mother to force her to contribute to the expenses of the child, or to retake possession of it. At 11 o'clock the mother and the nurse with the baby were in attendance, the former being defended by counsel. The officers of the Court were awaiting the entrance of the R.M., and everything was in readiness for the trial, when the nurse, without a word of warning explanation, deposited the baby in its mother's arms, and left the Court. At this juncture the R.M. tpok his seat on the Bench, and the position of affairs was explained to him. There was no thing then to be done but dismiss the case. Had it been possible for the plain tiff, who was by this time doubtless at a considerable distance from the .Court, seeing that the constable in attendance said that she had "rushed off," to have witnessed the expression of dismay and disgust on the countenance of her op ponents, an additional satisfaction would have been lent to her triumph. The Grey River Argus thus complains. We regret to say that the financial posi tion of the county at the present time is, owing to the unprecedented hard treat-. nient of its banks, in a very critical state, and it will require the utmost efforts of the new Council to pull things straight again. 