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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7177, 1 June 1885, Page 2

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o LFROM OTJR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Waiboa, Saturday. Captain Preece, R.M., and Mr Duff, J.P., have just finished a continuous sitting of thirty-three hours. They sat from 9 o'clock yesterday morning to after six this evening with onl y a short adjournment for meals. Nearly the whole time was taken up with a charge of stealing draught horses preferred by Mr Gemmell against a Maori. It was clearly proved that the horse was Mr Gemmali's and that it was in the possession of the Maori, but the defence waß mistaken identity on the part of the prisoner, and the magistrates took that view and dismissed the charge. Captain Preece leaves overland to-morrow morning and makes Arapawanui, as he is due in Napier on Monday at 30 o'clock.

[PEB TTWITBD PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Auckland, Saturday. Director is the firafc favorite for the Great Northern Steeplechase at 4to 1. Director and Maccaropi are expected to arrive from Waraganui to-morrow. Mr Charles Bright has commenced lecturing: here under engagement to the Rationalistic Association. He does not : intend going South. • John Ayres, jeweller, charged with i areafeing in and entering into the pre- •■ nises of Messrs Levy and Hart last i pear, and stealing therefrom £108 : yortb, was to-day discharged by the < Bench withput a stain on his character. ] The Young Men's Christian Associa- 1 ;ion have accepted the design of Mr 1 Sorrows out of twenty for their new i

buildings to coat £6000. Gisborne, Sunday. Mr John Thomson, of New Plymouth, has been appointed harbor engineer at £800 a year. • Wellington, Saturday. By a "fire at Otaki this morning the stores of Mr Ootterell and of William Smith were destroyed. The latter is a Chinaman, and for some time back has carried on ah extensive business at Otaki. The following are the insurances :— On the building, £200 in tlie National and £100 in the South British ; on the stock, £200 in the National, £300 in the London and Lancashire, and £300 in the New Zealand ; on the billiard table, £100 in the Northern ; on the furniture, £50 in the Northern. The sum available for distribution in Warmer Taylor's bankrupt estate is £14,000, principally derived from the sale of the stock-in-trade. The creditors will receive about 3s in. the £1. The Colonial Treasurer acknowledges tbe receipt of £140 from someone in Nev7 South Wales who states that many years ago he wronged the Government of New Zealand of that amount. Major Oautley and Major Bodham, of the Defence Department, proceeded South to-day. The local Woollen Company are about to commence erecting their factory buildings. The Wellington Football Union have decided to send a team South, leaving here on July 13th. The Colonial Insurance Company have received a cable message from tbe Melbourne Underwriters' Association stating that the barque Loehnagar arrived at London on May 2nd. Sunday. The Janet Nicoil arrived at half-past Bix o'clock this morning from Karatonga with a cargo of fruit, after a very stormy passage. She was hove-to for seventeen hours. She leaves to-morrow evening for Lyttelfcon and Dunedin, and begins her contract service to the South Sea Islands on Thursday next, June 4th, from Dunedin. The date telegraphed last Friday night for the commencement of the service was July 4th, but that was an error, June 4th being the correct date. .The following is the time-table as furnished by the Po3tal Department : — Leave Dunedin June 4, arrive at Lyttelton June 5; leave Lytteltou June 6, arrive at Wellington June 7 ; leave Wellington June 8, arrive at Napier June 9; leave Napier June 9, arrive at Auckland June 11 : leave Auckland June 15, arrive at Tonga June 21 ; leave Tonga June 23, arrive at Vavai June 24 ; leave Vavai June 25, arrive at Samoa June 27 ; leave Samoa June 29, arrive at Tahiti July 5 ; leave Tahiti July 7, arrive at Eaiatea July 8 ; leave Kaialea July. 8, arrive at Karatonga July 11; leave Raratonga July 15, arrive at Auckland July 23 ; leave Auckland July 24, arrive at Napier July 26 ; leave Napier Jaly 26, arrive at "Wellington July 27 ; leave Wellington July 27, arrive at Lyttelton July 28 ; leave Lyttelton July 28, arrive at Dunedin July 29. The police, it is understood, have a clue to the perpetrators of the jewellery robbery at Mr Jennes'a, and at all events one arrest has been made, but the accused has not been arrested here. The police believe that there are several confederates, and until further arrests are made they decline to give further particulars. It is, however, ourrently reported that the arrest was made in Ohriatcburch, and that the discovery was made through the pawning of a watch, the number of which Mr Jennes was able to identify. Monday, S a. m; The police have made two arrests in connection with the late jewellery robbery here, viz., John Davis, a mulatto at Wellington, and a young man. named Appendale at Lyttelton. The latter had been employed at the Te Aro Hotel, and on a room which he had occupied being searched a couple of key-hole saws were found ; also, a gimlet, and it is said that in a carpefc-bag lying in the room some of the missing property was discovered. The police are very reticent. The loan agents telegraph that the new loan is quoted at 2 per ceat. premium. The Government have ako received information that Russia has accepted the proposals of England, and that peace is assured. Blenheim, Saturday. Mr Dodson, M.H.R., addressed a meeting of his constituents last night. He avowed himself a supporter of Major Atkinson, but would give the measure^ of the present Ministry careful consideration, not intending to be a blind follower of any man. He considered the position of independent member the best for a constituency like Wairau. He j»trongrly condemned Sir Julius Vogel's financial policy, but approved of Mr Ballanoe's land and native schemes. He considered a land tax not desirable in a young country where half of the adult males were owners of land, but if after carefully watching the discussion next session he found that a land tax for local purposes could be imposed without injustice, he might reconsider his opinion, but at present he preferred a property tax. He advocated the Catholic claims to share in tbe education vote, and severely, criticised the present system of eduostion ; be thought that the growth of latrikinism and prostitution might be \ through State education having lessened the parental control. Mr Dodson was catechised at considerable length, but ultimately a vote of confidence, was passed almost unanimously. Christohukch, Saturday. Nine of the late employees in the railway aervicsat Lyttelton werecharged ' to-day at the the R.M. Court with conspiracy to defraud the Government. I The men were remanded till Wednesday next, as one of the principal conspirators had not yet been arrested. Sunday. A man has been arrested at Lyttelton on suspicion of being concerned in the ' Wellington jewellery robbery. At' present it is deemed advisable not to >, publish particulars. ■ Thomas Howe, formerly time-keeper on the Lyttelton railway, and eight other employees are charged with defrauding the Government by means of Howe giving the others credit for doing work which they had never performed. The exact amount of the defalcations is not known. It is- believed to be some hundreds. Howe was arrested in "Wellington and arrived here yesterday. Dunedin, Sunday. John Aitken, a settler at Woodside, was found drowned on his farm yesterday morning. Mr D. B. Hay has accepted a challenge from tbe Canterbury Chess Club to play a chess match by telegraph between teams of eight or fen a-side.