LAND FOR SETTLEMENT. Nelson, April 20. During the last two days, five thousand acres of land at Tadmor, in the Midland Railway area, have been secured by forty one applicants. The land is about twenty miles from the railway, and the unbridged river hinders communication. At present there are some two thousand acres yet to be disposed of, CHARGE OF PERJURY. Christchurch, April 2t. The charge of perjury against R. W. Hood and his wife was heard at the Magis trate's Court yesterday morning. It is alleged against them that in the civil action Clara Clark v. Robert William Hood, they committed perjury by swearing that they paid plaintiff two cheques of -£8 and £z, whereas the cheques were paid to other people. The defence was reserved, and accused were committed for trial. Bail was allowed, accused in £3OO each, and two sureties of /150 each.
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