Tho Public TfUfltoo tidtitp* thai titidor the Unclaimed Luid Act, 1894, » inrcA of land ootifiinlng; about G2 acros, bjitia; aeclion 31, P,»rivh of Partki, »n tho Aaclc land dinUicO, id vested in him. II) also call's up >n th j owrr r or ownen of a p»rcol of laud otnMuning 'iboutB poiolios, being acctiong 7*10, -url U3l. llokiulcs, f n esfcablieh their titlo to tho pn>por y. Tho last registered owner wa*! Lnuho O^m bray, who i^ boliovod to havo loft iho colony many yojirs ago. Mr Cam ron, tho New Zo.aaud produco oxporb in London, repot ta an unp r ovo mont in Now Zoahnd b^b^or, satjeios'H •ho uso of oblong blnpod boxes vh (Us tlacb from tho cubo-bhaped boxos in •\t-o\n Australii. _ Tho Wolltngton Tr^dof Council h.is da cilfd to rocotnmond tho Tcadus Con.ir onco 10 urgo tho Govormnont b» r.Jinovo the dutios on the ncneseivrk-n of life, and incroa'-o iho land t'ix.
NAPIER. February 17.
Tlio broioh of promiso ciii 1 , Eunly Fruunh v. F. VV. Robjuhns, Uutocl uu'i! latoihiaovoning. Sliot >y buforo 11 p.ia tho jury rotarncd vt i ■ h a ye diet for pluntiff foe LlOOO. Thoro «.« a g'ou domonßtra'Jon in Court in f^voc ot tho plaintiff ivhun tho vordict way dtdurod* ,

THE OPAKI ASSAULT CASE. A LIFE SENTENCE. (BY TELEGRAPH) Wellington, February 17.
