NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Hastings Standard, Issue 98, 19 August 1896, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

GENERAL ITEMS. Auckland, August 18. A fire broke out this evening at the Paeroa Hotel just finished, but not occupied. The builders' risk was £2OOO in the New Zealand. Moore and O'Hara were the contractors. A boarding-house and other buildings adjacent were on fire when the Paeroa telegraph-office closed. The hotel was owned by Hancock and Co., of Auckland.

At a meeting of the Auckland Liberal Association several members spoke strongly of the action o£ members who accepted nomination to the I'pper House and then failed to discharge their duties. Ultimately a motion was adopted in the following form :—" That we draw the Government's attention to the fact that several members of the Legislative Council are neglecting the interests of the colony." A young man named Charles Carter charged with attempted suicide, was remanded for a week. Gisborne, August 18. At -Jerusalem, near Awanui, an old Maori named Pita Ronga was burned to death in his whare. The jury returned a verdict of accidentally burned to death by his whare catching tire. A native named Tuhaka Houkamau was killed whilst falling bush at Matahua, on the East Coast, by a tree falling" on him. New Plymouth, August 18. Th e Well in g ton -Ta ran ak i football match was played to-day in fine weather and before a large attendance. After an interesting game the Taranaki team was victorious by two tries, secured by P>ayly and Parsons, to nil. The forward teams were evenly matched, but the Taranaki backs if anything showed to better advantage than the Wellington backs. CnrtisTcuriicH, August 18. The Supreme Court the whole of today was occupied with the case of George Kynison, charged with stealing 70 sheep and TO lamb-, the property of C. Elisor, Mount Grey Downs. The case for the Crown closed at f> p.m., when the Court adjourned till nextday. Di'xeiun, August 18.

At Tapanui this afternoon another lot of sly grog eases, for which the Ciutha district is becoming notorious, were heard. Charges were preferred against Patrick M'Cann and Augustus Manyard, but both cases haplessly broke down. The police proposed to prove that a man named Sheath went into M'Cann's house in company with a man named Stiven, when each had whisky. Sheath almost immediately went to the house of the local constable and reported what had taken place. The statement, it is alleged, was taken down in writing and signed by Sheath. On being put into the box Sheath denied he had gorib to the constable's house, denied making any statement to him, denied signing the statement produced, and denied the signature was his. Mr Hawkins, S.M., dismissed both cases without prejudice to the informations being laid again, and directed Inspector Parity, if he had sufficient evidence to support a charge of perjury, to lay an information.

Justice Williams gave judgment today in the claim of Charles Swanwick for the delivery to him by the Official Assignee of Hour bought from John Rylev, 01* payment for the same. MiSwan wick, a baker at Lawrence, purchased about ;*iO tons of Hour from John Kyley for delivery. lie paid for the whole, and had received about 10 tons when Itylcy filed his petition in bankruptcy. Swanwick thereupon claimed delivery of the balance from the Official Assignee, who refused, holding that the flour was not at the time of sale in the order and disposition of the bankrupt. The Judge made an order that Swanwick was entitled to a return of the money he had paid (£065 15s) with costs. No interest was allowed.