TELEGRAMS.

Auckland Star, Volume XI, Issue 3242, 10 December 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

[FKOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.

|CAMBRIDGE, this day, LICENSE REFUSED.

At the Licensing Court at Te Awamutu yesterday the license for the public-house in Cambridge West was refused as being premature and not needed. GHAHAMSTGWN, this day.

The Whau is looking much improved. f*lt is expected that the Alburnia will shortly resume work on the Sons of Freedom level. The North Devon have lOOlbs of good picked stone in hand. ROBBERY FROM PACIFIC HOTEL

A charge of stealing one case of gin and a box of tea from the Pacific Hotel will be preferred against the prisoners Thomson aud Clifford alias Crossley, convicted on Monday of robbery from the till of the Pacific Hotel. It appears that the goods were missed after the conviction^ of the prisoners, and traced to possession oi prisoners who had disposed of them at another hotel iv Grahansstown. The case of gin Was restored by the police, but the tea had been mixed with other tea, and was not identified.

(PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

NELSON, tbis day,

TRAMWAY ACCIDENT,

Mr Achieson, Superintendent of Police, while getting off the tram car last night before it had quite stopped, fell, breaking his ieft arrii above the elbow. The fracture is a bad one, but his medical adviser says he will be able to resume duties shortly.

WELLINGTON, Thursday.

THE OtfUNAKE MURDER,

At the Supremo Court this afternoon, the case of Tuhl for tho Opunake murder, was called on. Mr Forwood; counsel for the defence, intimated that the trial would in all probability, not conclude by Saturday night, and in order to prevent the jury being locked up all Sunday, he would ask that the case be commenced on Monday. His Honour agreed, and Tuhi was removed. Mr Forwood mentioned that it was "the intention of Tuhi to plead not guilty. HOUSE STEALING. David Collins pleaded guilty to a chargo of horse stealing, and sentence was deferred. James Cummings was found guilty of forgery, and remanded for sentence. WELLINGTON, this day. SUPREME COURT. At tho Supreme Court, John Watson, charged with attempted suicide, was discharged ou his own recognisance of £10 and one Burety in £10, to keep the peace for twelve months; Adam Letch, for receiving stolen property, sentenced to one month ; Ellison, alias Thompson, on two charges of larceny, to two years and one year, senteuccs'to run concurrent; David Collins, foi horse-stealing, one year; John Cumming, forgery, three years; George W. Garrett, larceny, discharged. Colonel Leckie has been appointed Licensing Commissioner—vice Rebbell, resigned.

CHRISTCHUKCH, Thursday,

PEDESTRIAN ISM.

A running match for £50 a-side has been arranged between It, J. Hutton, of Auckland, and C. Halston, of Christchurch; distances, 100, 200, and 150 yards. The race will be run on January 22, 1881, on the Christchurch cricket ground, THE TRAMWAY DISPUTE. A dispute as to the right of the tramway to cross the cab-stand at the bottom of Manchester-street, was yesterday again the subject of a legal suit. The cabman who was arrested on August 28, for refusing to remove his cab from the portion of the stand across which the tram-rails were laid, sued Sergeant Pratt for £50 damages for false imprisonment. The evidence disclosed that the cab-stand was 9 feet too far south, and the fame distance too far '.vest, and that if placed in its true position as defined by the city by-law, the tram would have passed clear of it by 2 feet. His Honor gave judgment for the defendant, but refused costs against the plaintiff, who had been exercising bonii fide what he believed to be his right to occupy on the cab-stand. The course of the case was watched with great interest by a number of cabmen and others. This day. SPOKTS. The anniversary sports promises to be a great success. Numerous entries have been received for the handicap races, including men from Timaru, lnvcrcargill, Wellington, and Dunedin. A match for £40 a-side has been arranged between Hutton, of Auckland, and Hulston, of Christchurch, Distances : 100, 120, and 150 yards,

Three Leicester rams have arrived by the Baugitikei from London, for Mr Thelkeld, of Flaxton.

Andrew Duncan, an old resident in Christchurch, died of heart disease this morning. For some years he held the position ot Mayor and member of the Provincial Executive and subsequently Emigration Agent for Canterbury.

DUNEDIN, Thursday. THE FIRE.

At the inquest on the fire which destroyed Mr Proudfoot's trainsheds and caw, the jury returned an open verdict.