LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 10, 12 July 1881, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

I UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. I Nelson, llth July. The report that a large nugget had been found at the Wakamarina is denied, and the Colonist warns diggers that the new ground at these diggings is small in extent, and that at present little can be done on acconnt of cold and wet. Christchurch, llth July. An interesting case was heard in the District Court to-day. A firm had some cement on board the Abernyte at Lyttelton, 260 casks of which were detained on board for Borne time. They sued for J>2oo damages, having had to buy cement at a loss to make up an order while their own was detained. The captain said it was the practice of Teasels to keep some of the heavier cargo on board for " stiffening " until it was replaced. The judge decided that the captain had no business to consult his own convenience to the detriment of owners of cargo, and gave judgment for .£l2 10s, the actual loss in buying other cement. The Supreme Court has been occupied al day in hearing the case of O'Neill v. M'lntjre, a claim of .£5OO for false imprisonment. It was not finished, and the evidence was very conflicting. Plaintiff's charge is, that the defendant, in revenge for losing a Bum of money by the former's bankruptcy, had him arrested for stealing a watch while he knew he had lost it. Another case — Bank of New Zealand v. Campbell— was settled out of Court by defendants agreeing to a verdict for plaintiffs. The police are unable to find out anything about the body found on the Port hills. A verdict of "Death from exposure" was returned by the jnry. This Day. Mr. Wm. Montgomery, M.H.R., has been unanimously re-elected chairman of the Board of Governors of the Canterbury College. A tell-tale has been placed at the entrance to the Museum, to obtain the correct record of the number of visitors. The number is increasing daily. Forty-one applications have been received by the agents at Home for the mastership of the Canterbury School of Arts. The Board of Governors expect to receive the name of the candidate appointed by the next mail, and hope the school -will open at an early date. At the half-yearly meeting of the Friends e£ Labor Loan Society, last evening, the report showed that there were 2-6 members, holding >-54 shares. The capital of the society now amounts to J23690 183 Id. During the half-year j£227<A had been granted in loans to members. The profit amounted to J2450, and a dividend of 7£ per cent, was declared. Dunedin, llth July. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff in the libel action, Seaborn v. the Bruce Standard ; damages, JJ2S. At a meeting to consider the Gaming Bill, the following resolutions were carried : — " Lhat this meeting petition Parl.ament to pas 3 the Gaming and Lotteries Bill now before the House, or one embodying its principles." '' That this meeting specially direct the attention of the f ramera of the Bill to the necessity of so framing it that all advertisements of consultations, sweepstakes, &c, shall be absolutely illegal." Two hundred children have had measles in the Industrial School, 150 being in bed at one time. Only one death occurred Auckland, llth July. The Orange Society held a commemoration service yesterday in the l horal Hall. It was largely attended. The Key. Joseph Long, Primitive Methodist, presided. Addresses wore given by the Yen. Archdeacon Mannsell and the J£er. Mr. Isitt. Tho Wesleyan Scripture Gift Association has appointed a salaried officer to visit public schools. Bindon Brothers' trial for arson was on all day. The evidence of the prosecutor only has as yet been given. Major Mair has arrived at Alexandra, where Tawhiao will meet him with 3uO men, and visit the Waikato settlements. This Day. The Government are in difficulty, owing to the resignation of the local Board of Health, and are negotiating to induce them to resume office with enlarged powers. Passengers for Sydney by the Penguin complain in the Herald of the action of the Union Company in transferring them from the Kingarooma and bringing them here, leaving them without any vessel to take them on. The Albion is not advertised to to go till Friday, and may be detained here in quarantine, leaving sixty or seventy passengers, some of them without means, in a strange place. John Powell, charged at the Police Court to-day with stealing a gold watoh from John Seliions at Temuka, was remanded to Timaru. Napier, llth July. There is a nice little quarrel between the Acclimatisation Society and the rabbit trustees. The trustees, after sleeping for two years, suddenly awoke, and determined to introduce weasels, despite the protests of the Press. A meeting of the Acclimatisation Society was held on Saturday, when a resolution strongly condemning the trustees was unanimously passed. It was also decided to offer a reward of £1 for every weasel killed. One member proposed that JJIOOO be offered for each trustee trapped ; but that was rejected as too expensive. The Wairoa School Committee has followed the example of the Napier Committee in refusing to allow the Bible in Schools Association to distribute circulars through the master. Blenheim, This Day. The body found on the bank of the Waihopai river on Sunday has been discovered to be that of Charles Fleming, Mr. Nicholson's head shepherd.