NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Hastings Standard, Issue 110, 2 September 1896, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

GENERAL ITEMS. AreivLAMt, Sept. 1. At the Police Court a young man named John Kanane was charged with landing from the Tarawera certain jewellery being uncustomed, valued at £8 10s. The accused pleaded not guilty. Evidence was given by Mr Alexander Rose (Collector of Customs) and Mr Rowe (locker), and accused was tined £*lo 10s. The Bench then mitigated the fine to £2 12s (id, and the cosfs £1 5s (id, or 14 days" imprisonment. At an inquest on Allen Scott, of Paterangi, it transpired that he was greatly worried over the banking iupuiry. He was a shareholder in the Colonial Bank. The Cust ims revenue for August, isit.-., was and in the same month of Inj.MJ I'7'>2. The latter is the highest total yet received for any one month at Auckland. The Colonial Sugar Company, Limited, notify that they have reduced the prices of their sugars to-day £1 per ton : syrup and treacle in bulk 10s. in cases Is per ease. _ v Wkllinotox, September 1. The Wellington Cricket Council has decided to n-eoinmend that the number of players to represent New Zealand airainst the Australians should be 15 : also that M< ws Cull of Auckland and Lttsk of Napa 1 -dioud be chosen as members of the election committee. It was further deemed to suggest that the dates for the New Zealand' match be November ttOst and December Ist and 2nd. A deputation consisting of Mr Lamb iChristehurch'. Mr Hyde, and Batkin I Wellington 1 waited on the Premier to-night respecting the propositi to license tobacconists. 1 hey asked that grocers and others who sold tobacco as an adjunct to other goods should pay a higher fee than tobacconists "Mr Lamb, who acted as spokesman, pointed out that tobacconists were ■subjected to unfair competitiou. l)Y

j grocers and others, and that a great ! deal of tobacco smuggling wa.s done in connection with small shops. The | Premier naid it. would not be right I for tie State to make any difference in j licence fees in order to give t.ib.tce-onisfcs ! a monopoly of the trade. As ti smugj gling, when it was found that shopkeepers wer • guiity of it thy would have their licenses token away, which would have the effect of stopping the practice. He would, however, consider the suggestions made by the deputation as the Government- were only too glad to have the assistance of practical tobacconists in order that the proposed legislation might be as perfect as possible. A deputation introduce'! by Sir Robert Stout waited on the Premier to-day, and urged the Government to introduce an amendment in the Rating Act to provide that fixed machinery now deemed an improvement under the Hating Act should be exempted from local rates. Mr Seddon promised to get a clause drafted, and introduced in one of the bills now before the House, lie expressed himself in favor of what the deputation asked. DrxEorx, Sept.. 1. At the Supreme Court Thomas Sinclair pleaded guilty to receiving the proceeds of a theft. The Crown abandoned the charge of theft, as iie had broken his leg since the commission of th<' act. Accused was admitted to probation for twelve months. In the case of James Leonard Rooney, indicted for obtaining inonev by false pretences, the Crown Prosecutor intimated that as the false puttnees related to a future oflence it did not come within the scope of the criminal code, therefore he offered no evidence. The Judge directed the acquittal of accused. At the Supreme Court Patrick Lawrence and M'Chisky were found guiity of burglary at a ho'.el at Middlemarch, and sentence was deferred. The Messrs Donaldson in the course of operations at M'Rao's unearthed the remains of a. large eagle. The remains were covered by 12 feet of vegetable mould and comprised all the wing and leg bones, a. considerable part of the vertebra- and pelvis, a few claws, and live of the bones. The discoverers believe its spread of wing must have been 10 feet. The remains were found mixed with bones of moa, kakapo, duck, and apparently a huge goose.