TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXIII, Issue 3358, 23 May 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

[Under this heading we shall publish in brief a summary of those telegrams received too late for publication.]

Wellington, May 21. An action was brought in the Resident Magistrate's Court by Watson against Monteith to recover LBO, damages sustained in consequence of unskilful treatment of a wound caused by a broken lemonade bottle. All the evidence proved that defendant, who was a chemist, had treated the wound in a proper manner, and so judgment was given for the defendant with costs. Christchurch:, May 21. The Royal Commission on the Lands Purchase adjourned to the Parliamentary Buildings, Wellington, on Tuesday next. The Government have refused to assist the unemployed. Barrard, a butcher, of Chri3tchurch, is " wanted" for sheep stealing. He was out on bail, and, another charge cropping up against him, he disappeared. A misunderstanding has arisen about the quality of black birch for railway sleepers. The contractors have been supplying Oxford birch instead of West Coast birch, which the Government demand. A cargo of Mauritius sn^ar was sold today at improved prices, ranging from L2B 10a for yellows to L 34 for snowdrop. At the liquor traffic meeting at Sydenham there was such a c ■*<$. assembled that the building would not hold it. An adjournment to the open air took place, when the confusion was bo great that the Mayor adjourned the meeting without anything being done. Timaru, May 21 . A meeting of the creditors of John King, auctioneer, was held to-day. Liabilities—secured, L 15,15 5; unsecured, L 11,322. Assets are put down at L 26.951, but there is little probability of this amount being realised. At the Coursing Meeting held to-day, Thompson's Balmoral and Richmond divided first and second money, L2l. The Consolation Stakes of L 5 was won by Burrows's Manchester. Dunedin, May 21. The body of a child was found in the Ravensbourne. It was deemed unnecessary to hold an inquest on the body, as a post mortem examination proved it to have died from natural causes. The Bruce Herald has been resuscitated. The new football club is to be called the Victorian. Mr Justice Williams has been chosen president. Mr J. A. Harris, of Roxburgh, has been left a fortune of L 60,000 in hard cash, besides a valuable freehold estate and personal property in England. Lucky Harris. A wooden stable, containing eight horses, the property of Mr James Curie, farmer, Anderson's Bay, was burned down last night, The building also contained a quantity of oats, hay, harness, &c. The property was insured in the Standard office for LIOO. Mr Curie estimates his loss at Ll5O. No evidence to show how the fire originated, as both Mr Curie and his servant were absent in Dunedin at the time. Donald M'Donald was committed for trial for giving a valueless cheque to Hugh J. M'Lean in payment for certain stock. Invercargill, May 21. A man named North, residing at Otamake, seriously injured himself by a fall. A drunken woman named Evans tried to hang herself, but failed. At the District Court, J. H. Black was sentenced to six months for larceny ; Alexander Kidd and John Olsen were acquitted on a charge of assaulting and wounding a police constable, although the evidence as to their guilt was a most conclusive character. Auckland, May 21. The inquest on Sergeant-Major Tolty showed that he died from serous apoplexy. An anti-Chinese petition has been handed to Mr Swanaon, M.H.R., for presentation to the House of Representatives. The Manganese Company at Russell have discharged all hands, the prices realised in the Home market not paying expenses of shipment. The Sheehan-Rewi negotiation is regarded at the Thames with favor. Rewi told the Te Awamutu cavalry that their trade was done away with, as there would be no more wars in the North Island. Napier, May 21. The inquest on the body of Mrs M'Lennan, who is supposed to have been poisoned by her husband to obtain her life insurance money, is to be resumed on Friday. A great number of witnesses have come from a distance, including Dr. Hector, who analysed the stomach and found arsenic in large quantities. Several meetings of creditors were held this week, and in all cases but one the estates showed large surplus — suspension being due to inability to realise forthwith. New Plymouth, May 21. Te Whiti, the Maori prophet, seems inclined to come to reason, as he recommends the natives to consider well the words of the Government. Nllson, May 21. The depressed state of the times is not felt in Nelson.— Happy Nelson. Messrs Barnicoat, M'Mahon, andSheppard, were appointed a committee to arrange about the management' of the Nelson Hospital.

Twenty-one young girls at Kenosha, Wisconsin, have resolved, " That if the young men won't come to see us, we will go and see them." And the yojung men are stepping down and out, and taking to the woods. !