LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 67, 17 September 1881, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

♦ [united press association."] Ashburton, 16th September. The case of libel, Ivess v. O'Reilly, occupied the Resident Magistrate's Court during the whole afternoon, and it has now been adjourned till Tuesday, to enable the defendant I who is a solicitor) to obtain counsel. Timartj, 16th September. At the criminal sittings of the District Court this morning, William Byers pleaded guilty to the larceny of a silver watch and chait), and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. Patrick Clancy, charged with assaulting Tim M'Cauliffe, the professional pedestrian, with a penknife, was acquitted, on the ground that he was defending himself against an unprovoked assault. Christchurch, 16th September. It has been decided to form a company with a capital of .£30,000 (in £2 shares) to promote the various industries in connection with linseed. This Day. Gary's Company made a decided hit with " Les Cloches de Corneville " last night. The piece was beautifully dressed and mounted. Auckland, 16th September. The Board of Education has decided to discontinue the 10 per cent, reduction from salaries from the first of the present month. The Chairman Baid it was only fair that teachers should be placed on the same footing as Civil servants. This Day. Ten thousand .£5 shares are now applied for in the Auckland and South Pacific Steamship Company, with a capital of .£lOO,OOO. The President of the French Literary Club here has received a letter of dismissal from a German club, of which he is a member. This action is understood to be on account of his lecture on the " Judenhetze" in Germany before the Frenoh Club, in which he Btrongly denounced German intolerance in the persecution of the Jews. M. De L'Eau is a Belgian, but graduated at the University of Bonn. He intends to contest the right of the German Club in the matter. The Waiwera Hot Springs and hotel of Robert Graham have been sold to a Southern company, for about £ i 15,000. They will be continued as a sanatorium. Dunbdin, 16th September. Mr. Green declines to stand for the city electorate, and Captain Baldwin is being asked to do so. Mr. Dick will Btand for one of the city electorates, while Mr. Henry Clark is announced to stand for Bruce. The Chamber of Commerce to-day carried a resolution of regret at the abandonment of the steam service to England, and decided to write to companies already in existence, with a view to makingja beginning in that direction. A settler on the coast, two or three miles from Dunedin, has communicated with the police, having picked up a piece of wreckage, apparently belonging to a coaster, and seen what looked like the body of a man in his shirt sleeves in the outer breakers, which were very heavy. This Day. The Licensed Victuallers' Association yesterday received the following letter from the Colonial Secretary, in reply to their communication :—": — " The Licensing Bill has passed both Houses, and cannot be withdrawn, even if the Government were disposed to do it. Thos. Dick."