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Rh there he made an announcement to the effect that he had got £2,000 out of the Christchurch people, and now intended to return to his old faith, which was that of a Roman Catholic.

Incidents such as the foregoing are not at all uncommon, and even old Colonists, who ought to have learnt wisdom, are continually being gulled by adventurers from all parts of the world, especially America.

The law, of course, is present in its full majesty in New Zealand, and exists, as in other countries, primarily for the benefit of