INTERPROVINCIAL.

Bruce Herald, Volume XI, Issue 1081, 24 January 1879, Page 6

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Auckland, January 23. The city yaluation?(.for Aucklancl Fo^r JB7J9 amount^ to £155,047; as compared with £140,513 for -1879. -Several properties are exempt, by the Acts of last session, or the increase wouldfhave. been, much larger. >-j&&Four tradesmen were, fined at -the KjHce Court this morning for having unstamped weights and measures 'id 5 •-■■their •" possession. Ui ''■'■'■'- :; i;: -" :;; ; i :;;V -' '""'■'■■■' ' '"■ The 'Herald' tb-day safys:^- 1 ' We are authorised by the Native M mis ter to state that^ths) telegram purporting to give the terh^ agreed tb ; by}i .Be.wi : arid the,, Government, is absolutely withqutiound'atipn, and. false.^i^n • every v possible respect. . .Re wi, has never asked. for, nor would the .(government accedetosiich terms, 1 ' : ; ; : i o i?;, ; Mr Sheehan is expected to visifc Wangarei to-morrow:; The fiettlers ,are Igetting lip a bancjuetp; "■'-■■■' ' '■" lV '.-''.' ;: \ TKeXkino coal mine is turning out splen-* did cbal{from Ah© new : working. r! 1. m;x y.hiui\:i. r--- Jantiary 22 ; Thoiniy • ! .WilliSni^bri:Biowh^\iof t ih'6 ! ''CoraValTok^Compiny^hasb^eiiiuily.^itomitted^ for an criminal assault on Mrs' Evansonoii^wife.of the landlord of the Scotia Hot^ii'BwijW^ailowed^.^^^. .- „,^ ..... , ; . : C&p^iin, r u MaikW has ( : <liscpvere^L r a - mew channel at Tauranga on the: route which he tooLt^e Wjanaka last trip. I,;, j ;e A gkf&s%e§m> gf ,coal- has L been discpyered^ m Whata-Whata, about a mile from the Waipa : river. It appears to be of excellent quality, The CatHyi^Bby^^cncJol, 1 wliich is" now being ertcted under ' the direction id, Father Hennfeberryi'ia making consiJerabltf progress. The building v of wood, 60f x 100., and i»ex-

pwted to atcommodnte 1200 childreiKi The work has been^ inhandJt^b jreeks, and is expected to be on|she4,.ih (abpu^^ur weeks hence. The ti>ik\ coat^incliiding fittings will be £1500, of which only £1000 has been ; raised. On the adjoining allotment ° the Sfc James's Presbyterianiphurch is having a splendid brick building erectad as a Sunday school. It will accommodate 700 or 800 scholars, "and; wiltcost something like £2j500. ? Sheehan : hW returned from, the Thames. He was interviewed bj Nativei who desire to accompany Mr Simpson, star-, veyor, to point out the best road frojm Cam bridge tp Ohinemutu./ A Becond deputation in now waiting on Mr Sheehan, , (They; wish to sell to the Government the celebrated springs at Botoiti, on Tauranga side. District Judge Gillies gave judgment today in an application for the discharge of Bennel charged with the inuvder of Captain Miller, at Bara^a?ia, 3 outßideithe Queen's dominions After reviewiog the facts previously telegraphed, his Honor said counsel for the fJrown appeared imperfectly instructed in respect to such an ImpPrtant case.. The proVisions of the Foreign pffenders ; Act applied only to offences committed within the Ausralasian colonies ; thereforethe Act did not apply in the present ■■case. ; The argument that the offence , was i committed within the jurisdiction bt the Colony of Fiji did not apply, aa the act was committed at Baritaria, outside the limits. He was compelled to come to the conclusion that both warrants, original and substituted, are equally bad; and that neither of them legally authorises the detention of the prisoner. He concluded thus:— "After a careful and anxious examnation" and review of all th« .Statutes' which, might give power or jurisdiction to this Court to try the charge against the prisoner I have failed to find any that confer that j urißdiction. Had I been able to find even "an apparent authority for assuming jurisdic- J tibnl sbould in the interests of public justice have assumed it, leaving the Court of Appeal | ultimately to determine the question ; but I cannot find even an apparent authority. I am theretbre compelled, through a Legislative defect^l^permit a manifest failure of Justice; the prisolen must be discharged; but I trust that the Government of the Colony will take such measures as will prevent the recurrence of such an event." / ; : A man named James Phillips has been arrested on .warrant, charged with fprging and uttering an order on Mr Phillips, painter. New Pxymooth, January 22. The purvey- General has countermanded his instructions to the Survey Department here to send surveyors to Mpkau. (The garrisons at: Opunaki and Waihi are being strengthened.. . ■■: : Wblhnotoh, Jan. 21. The 'Wesleyan Conference met this morning. In additipn to ministers, eighteen laym^>n were 'present, who were ;welcomed by the 1 President, who thought', eyery circuit shojaldWail itself of the privilege and elect representatives, and he trusted resolutions would be r pafcsed making it compulsory on circuits to elect representatives. The>young lad Bacon, who Btole a bundle of notes tb ? the amount of £265 from the Anchor time office," was brought up; before the Resident Magistrate this morning and committed for tirial at the next criminal session. Bail waa^ilaliowecL— the boy's father in £200, and twb sureties of £100 each. ;.■; Jtfr I>. vM. Luckie, the newly-appointed Gonamisßioner of Annuities, entered upon his^ new. duties yesterday. The laßt of the quarantined imroigrant 8 a t Soame's 'island are to be released to-day. ; The Hon. John Martin is cutting up thel owned by the Hon. G. M. Water touee, and will offer about ,4p,pop acres of it in small farms and sections by July next. The estate is very much overrun, with^rab? ;bits.'.',;.^ ' .'"' ' '..;.". 7-':'- '■•■':'"••■ ■'■■:■ One Earnest Wagner, a local architect, has been committed for trial on a charge of • obtaining^ money under false pretenses. There were two charges against him. > Superintendent James, takes' the place of Superintendent Atcheson, arrived; here to-day. The latter officer will not leave g^gllelson till the eiid of the month, *ifjpe New Zealand Rifle ABSociation'B arihilii'meeting'ia to open at Nelson on the 3rd March: The arrangements a,re complete for the supply: of targets, &c. ■> Detective Farrel ia to be removed tofAuckland. .. ■ ■• . •■ .' -.- .• .;■ " ". . . •'.!■" ,'■-' No charitable aid from Government sources has been diatribu ted in Wellington since the. lat in^t, Thisarises from the Benevolent Society refusing to take over the ' distribution from the hands of the policej l and the/latter haying been instructed by ;the Government to discontinue it, imuch distress is said toexisti in consequence. ;> < J '■ -;iv-c"r:r t •■■• :■■■■.'■ v,. H\^''. January 22. ' THe^Government are ■ contemplating " the establishment of educational^museum in cbnnectipn with the educaiipnal system of 'the Coio'nyV',.. ( /-"',. ,' j',, ,^, ,', ;;.. „' : /'" : p, !V ;-. ? r J Dr lias! repeivei a Utter from the, AzoreJlslan^ swkin g for all particulars, rergarding the dressing jof New Zealand flax; .the people therejfeeing incUned, tp_engage in its cultivation. „.',,. r>s i ■ -A man riamed/Hamilton, in the WairarapaV -who has been inquired for/ is said to be heir >to £400,0Q0per>annum.^ v " T 010?. -. -ijThe Governme:ntibaye.fo:rmaJJy decided to •issue-, one pass over the—rail way a of the Colony to each newspaper, with the condition that it is to bo used exclusively for reporting purposes, , 4 'with "the uriderstan^n'g' that it may be cancelled if the privileS^e ( aeusea.

] To-day being the anniverury -d»y, & observed as a general holiday. pCaptain Dearborn, of the City of Sydney, recently visited Russell, and has decided to take his steamer there when repaired aid take in 1000 tons of coal. Chbistchuboh, January 22 By the barque Simes, from London, there arrived a number of , combined threshing engines, also another locomotive for tbe^BaUw'ay Department , , ! The rateable value of Sydenham this yenr it £43,765, being an increate for. the last twelve months of £4946. , ' ; Mr Yarley held his farewell r meeting iri' Gbristchurch last night, He left thi9 morning by the express for Oamaru, and gees from there to Dunedin. __ ,; t : At Bangiora on Tuesday a case was heard lib Which the Bench held that, although in all ordinary cases claims against the Railway Department must be made against the Mini, ster of Public Works, yet where an emplojfe exceeds his powers in causing unnecessary /delay in , the delivery of packages he was personally HaWe for damages. OAMAatr* January 22. A dray accident occurred near Ngapara yesterday by which an old Hampden settler named Thomas, rfqwih lost his: life. Deceaßed was proceeding to the Tables with a load of coal, and when a mile beyond Ngapara the horses shied and capsized the dray, which fell on the deceased, killing him instautaneously. An ipquest will be held tp-day. i