MAGISTRATE'S COURT.
CHRISTCHURCH. Wednesday, Oct. 26. (Before C. C. Bowen, Esq., R.M.) Drunkenness. —John Travis, on his first charge < f having been drank and incapable, was dismissed with a caution. Wife Desertion.— Robert Tindall, twice remanded for this offence, satisfied the Bench that he had paid the Government account, and made suitable provision for his children, and was accordingly discharged from custody. Assault.—James Fergus was charged with having assaulted his wife, but the particulars

not being of ft serious nature, and complain ant being unwilling to press the case, he was discharged with the caution that if be again offended, he would be moat severely dealt with. crra cases. A. Mathews’ estate v. C. Lennox, judgment for £23 16s lid; T. I. Joynt v. Burton and Carter, judgment for defendant, with costs; Deacon and Vincent v. E. A. Hargreaves, judgment for £25 ; George Osborn v. J. E. Graham, judgment for £66 10s.
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"Wellington, Oct, 26, 7.32 p.m. Last night a boy named Tandy fell from the wharf and was drowned.
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