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personal effects, £ 10; 15 tone Sent, 2qr. Alb tio, £ 2064 5 ft tone bark, 600; 2 bd learher, US Je 6d, 165,curb wool, £ 9420, Total value of cargo, E1L,741 2s 6d. Whe following ln return of Customs duties Sollected at the port of Launaoaten for the weak ending January %1 :--Spirita, 2493 10a 1d , tobacao, 44 tin: other goode, IMB 14a Buy total 22713 lds ti, Wharfage, E11 to Bd y lighthouse rates, £ 27 Os 81; pilotame, 250 ; harbourmaster’s £ 25 149 4d; total, IGE Om Bd, Bond renta and charges, £ 2020 1d; miscel lanecon, Is; total, EYL Qe lid. Grand total, £ 2996 La 4d, Mears, Dalgety and Co. enabled under date Malbourne on Monday .—At our wool ales to day we had an excellent attendano, and com petition, especially for esoands, was ae keen on at any toe during the senanve. We offered T70 bales, and sold 10 at rates often showing an advence outhers previously ruling, Greasy Merino old upto Od, crom-bred to fd, wanhed Marino 12/4, and scoured to Tjd. Mesers. H. Guldabrough and a, of Mel bourne, cabled on Jen. 25:—We have sold 3000 bales of wool this week at highly satisfactory prices, average greeny ranging up to fd, and feed segured in de ddd per lb. There bare bem go attendances of papers and brisk competi tion, pspecially for eccused Jota which are lightly batter. Each parent ran to the aid of her off spring sod met in battle on their own account, and in the evidence given yester day both agreed that they clawed one another's hair, sod according to the state mente of the prosecution, Mrs. Norman used language of the Billingsgate vocabue lary, referring in very disrespectful terms to the calor of the hair of her opponent's children, and to the legitimacy of their birth, while the complainant anviefied Kee walf, according to her own account, with a tight grip on the love of Mrs. Norman. The daughter of the latter, who appeared in court, a very respectable looking girl of about 17, was stated to have joined in, and the lad James Norman to have also aided in maintaining the family honor in various ways. Witnesses were brought in favor of plaintiff's evidence, and the defendants were found juilty, the bench commenting very strongly on the conduct of the portion, which Mr. Murray described as “ horrible. To meat bearers the case did not appear more than one of an ordinary neighbours’ quarrel, though certainly aggravated by very bad language. Mr. Davis asked the bench to adopt the usual course in cases of thin kind, and re serve judgment until the cruss summons case had been heard, but the request was not granted, and, to the surprise of moat present, and which was very strongly ex pressed outside the court, the elder Nor man wes sentenced to four months’ imprisonment without the option of a fine. Ada Norman, who does not appear to have done more than any daughter would do were her mother attacked, to one week's imprisonment; and the lad James re manded for two days to consider whether it would not be advisable to separate him from home influence for a short time. [eps cect hire de aeriatnar habriaes legal entlemen reaenting name el min am Mra. Brown and ab laters innt, As might be expected, the evidences was in most respecta diametrically opposite, but on the cause waa pot concludad when the court rose, it would be unjust to both sides to comment thereon. Before the court hadjourned, Mr. Davis appealed to the court jon babalf of Ida Norman, who, he poste owt, had never appeared in a court before, and was a most respectable girl, and that her father, who was in court, also evcupied a respectable position. In so earnest speech he petitioned the bench in view of e posible consequences of imprison ment to commute her sentence to a fine. Mr. Miller also joined in requesting that the sentence be altered, and)e said it was not the wish of his clients that imprisonment on either of the defendants should be imposed. Mr. Murray said it was with much pain the bench had felt it their duty to impose such sentences in this case, but they regarded their responsibilities as very grave indeed, and with the evidence then before them they could not do otherwise than they had. The evidence given by apparently disinter ested witnesses was shocking. Fresh evi dence had once come before the court, and he would himself be very pleased indeed if they could commute the sentence of Ada Norman to a fine. Mr. Ritchie concurred, and the sentence was altered to a fine of £ 1. In the case of Mrs. Norman the bench felt they could make no alteration, but at the request of the solicitors prisoner was a panted mission to have an infant child with her in the gaal. On Monday before the cameruations, the lat James Norman, who was on Friday last convicted of ansack in the Norman-Brown cases, was brought before the court. Mr. Murray and the bench had taken the caze into consideration, and had decided not to inflict further punish ment partly because it would fall not on the prisoner but on his father. Mr Murray then administered a severe repri mand and ordered the prisoner's dis charge. In the sport-heard assault case, Hannah Norman on, Sussageah Brown, being called on, Mr GG. T. Collins explained to the court that Mr. Davia, who had the conduct of the case for the plaintiff, was unably to be present, as he was engaged to a higher court, and as he (Mr. Collings) was unac quainted with the case, and therefore could not take it up on behalf of his tuer, be naked for an adjournment, vr. Murray asked how long he wished the adjournment— whether until his client came out of gaol? Mr. Collinge said he should be worry to make any such absurd P I,all that would mean four months, and he only wanted a reasonable adjournment to permit of the attendance of Mr. Davin. iy. Miller and he (for defendant) had no objection to an adjournment provided hie witnesses were paid for attendance. Mr. Colling and it was utterly made so talking about ex- Hees, as there was no money in the orman family. if hie a prisceion were refused his client would suffer simply owing to her poverty. He himself could not conduct the case, as he knew nothing about it. He further pointed out that the ele hurnelf was not in court to instruct reognsel, and should have been brought there from the gaol. Mr. Murray asked whether Mr. Collins wanted the plaintiff present? Mr. Collins replied no, as he could not go on with the case. He regretted it very much, but he would have to with draw from the court. He then retired, Mr. Murray said he regretted it very much also, as it placed the bench in a very pain ful position, as they could not with justice insist on witnesses attending at their own logs to convenience the opposite side, Mr. Miller said as far as he was concerned he would not charge any additional pro fessional fees if the case was adjourned, but he was instructed to claim the expenses of witnesses. On enquiry it was found that there was only one witness in attendance, and on the state of affairs being pointed out to her by the bench, she consented to waive her claim to expense, and the case was then adjourned until Friday (27th) at 230 pam. Tasmanian Government Railways Statement of trafic for week ex 1 |, af COED with co January ending January 31. . | aoe, ap57, Mia open 148. ile, open PB. | ‘sapalans 34 P. samen g'co Re 36 out un wy 4 Homes, or gM 2 O65 4 docks, rent, a7T 12 aL 20 (133 0 ar Loe 140 ia —= Total en | lois 4 1) ie Increase— Preven t 1729; tous, 72; re ompts, £ 11 17a 0d. Aggregate incresps over 1887, EAOZ 10s 3d, Tasmazdan Main Line Railway Gtetement of traffa for weak landing Jan. 20, Ls68, as compared with corresponding work last year — 1588, 1887. — an Pasengers saa B66 | 7 | 4s00| sb Parcels, fec. 603 Genes, tons| 644) 415 17 10) 825) 450 Liva [book | 43 4 0 795) 35 ' | one 71 12 10, i] iad Totals ...! _it se 7 8) 2 Mara 30 Insrense—Paseengere, £ 5) As i? live atook, E17 Ba 10d; monile, rents, etc., £ 2 On 2d. Decreases i n Fareela, atc., £ 5 41 : goods, E34 Ta Sd. Aggregate increases for the year, £ 2 1Oe Od.
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Launceston, Tasmania, AU
Sat, Jan 28, 1888
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