LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 122, 27 May 1881, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

I united press association. I Dtjnedin, 26th May. The Resident Magistrate gave jadgment to-day in the case of fish v. the members of St. Leonard School Committee, for assault. He characterised the affair as a little episode most creditable to all parties concerned, particularly as it took place in the interest of education, and afforded suoh a fine example to the youth whose interests the committee were supposed to be considering at the time. Damages were given against two defendants for .£25 and costs. There was a scare in the suburbs, owing to a report that smallpox had broken out in the Chinese gardens, but the rumor is unfounded.* ' . Mr. Barroft, M.H.R. for Caversbam, has been addressing his constituents at various places, receiving votes of confidence. Oamaru papers state that Mrs. Dunn and four children were believed to have gone by the Tararua, but it is now found they went to Sydney by the Rotorna. The total number of passengers is thus reduced to 146. This Day. The Cromwell Company's four-weekly crushing yielded 549 ounces from 455 tons. Christchttrch, 26th May. The following resolution was passed at the Chamber of Commerce meeting to-day : — " That the Government be Btrongly urged to introdnce a Sill next session, assimilating the procedure in the Supreme Court to that in the District Court in cases to an amount of -£2000, or otherwise to increase jurisdiction of the District Court to the above amount." Aman named. Browne got two months' imprisonment to-day for ill-treating a horse, on the Queen's Birthday, so severely that it died, Witnesses showed that he had been seen beating it unmercifully — wrenching at its mouth, and otherwise illusing it. The horse dropped dead on the way from Sumner. A man namod Richirdson attempted to poison himself at Lyttelton this morning by taking strychnine. He was found screaming in an empty house, and the stomach pump had to be used vigorously before he was got out of danger. Richardson was before the R.M. on Saturday, and remanded for medical treatment. His reason is said to be affected through a girl rejecting his addresses. Judgment was given against Pollard, of the Juvenile Pinafore Troupe, to-day, for £'i and costs, for services rendered by children in the chorus pf the Pinafore Troupe, for which he had refused to pay. A Christchurch firm, in connection with an Australian one, intend to take up the manufacture of reaper and binder twine on an extensive scale, and have ordered the necessary plant. They propose to use New Zealand or Irish flax and Manilla hemp. Mr. J. T. Fisher, M.H.R., addressed the electors of Heathcote to-night, and received a vote of thanks and confidence. Auckland, 26th May. A rise has taken place in the value of building materials, especially in bricks, owing to the extensive building going on. At a preliminary meeting for the erection of a coffee palace in Auckland which has been held it was agreed to form a company in £1 shares. The corner sight opposite the Waitemata Hotel on the reclaimed land was seleoted for the building. Steps to float the company are to be taken at once. The schooner Policeman which, as mentioned yesterday, has foundered, was insured in the New Zealand Oflice for .£5OO. Napier, 26th May. Jndge Kenny te-day intimated that the Union Company had refused to pay costs, as ordered by the Court' of Inquiry in the Boojum and Sir Donald collision case. He also stated that there was a question as to whether the court had power to make an order against the Union Company, who were not officially' before the court ; but he would like to hear arguments from counsel engaged. Finally, Tuesday was fixed for argument, Mr. Lascelles, who appeared for the company at the inquiry, intimating that he would not appear, as his presence would be admitting that the Union Company was concerned, which he denied in toto. Grbymouth, 26th May. Mr. G. G.JTitzgerald addressed the electors to-night. There was a crowded meeting, and he got a very favorable reception. He said he would give the present Government a general support. He went at considerable length into the principal subjects of politic il interest, and answered a number of questions, giving general satisfaction. A re olution was unanimously oarried th&t he is a fit and proper person to represent the constituency in Parliament. Ktjmaba, This Day. Mr. R. J. Seddon, MHE., addressed the electors at Dillmanstown, Kumara, last evening. He admitted the affairs of the colony were very much disorganised, and the present Government had brought them to a more favourable 'condition. Increased taxation had been rendered necessary by the reckles3 borrowing and extravagant expenditure of successive administrations since 187ti. The position of the colony was, in consequence, bad; but with its vast resources and careful future a.4mini@tra.tion it would pull through all difficulties. There were too many local governing bodies, and the reduction of these by four-fifths would prove beneficial to the colony. The first measures for next session should be the restriction of the influx of Chinese, the Licensing and Hospital and Charitable Bills, and a revision of the tariff with a view of fostering colonial industries. He considered representation should be based upon population, and the qualification should be 4 residential one only. 'Jhe resignation of Mr. Oliver, he thought, was a serious loss to the colony. A unanimous vote of confidence was accorded to the member.