An important judgment affecting local bodies was given by the Chief Justice at Wellington on the 2nd inst. Mrs Spack man recently obtained L2OO damages fro.n the Wairarapa North County Council for the loss of her husband, who was killed by falling down an embankment on a road. The council appealed, and the Chief Jus tice sustained the appeal with costs, on the ground that there was no dntv cast on local bodies to fence dangerous places on roads. s ? " We (Dunedin Globe) are informed that ;i man answering to the description of Deem ing visited Central Otago in January, 1889. He represented himself as traveller for an English cloth manufacturing firm. He drove from town to town in a buggv and pair, taking orders. On each order-'he received a sub&fautial deposits, but*his patrons since heard of him, nor have the goods ordered or the return 6f deposits so trustingly paid over._ Our informant, who drove with the .man in question from Clyde to Alexandra, says he is sure he answers the description of the Windsor murderer.
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