Telegraphic.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 8336, 12 April 1889, Page 2

Telegraphic.

(per UUITED pKESs association.) Auckland,' Thursday. The Hon. T. Fergus, before* his depar ; ture from Auckland by the iManapouri today, visited the Police Court b-mldinijß, and promised that steps would fc^taken to remedy the fault in the acoustis properties of the Court and the wan* of accommodation. Fuschka and Foxton are scratch*)". fOf the A.X.C. St. Leger. Wellington, Thursday. Tho sheep inspectors who have been in conference here report to, the Minister fot Lands that it is undesirable to declare in auy way that the colony is free from scab- - until two years from the date of the laeb e'r!in certificate, or the destruction of that last infected sheep, for the following reasons :— (1.) The difficulty of eradicating" scab, or. of proving its eradication owing to the rugged and inaccessible nature of the country, for until fucfr a time should . have elapsed it is impossible to say it is free from infection. (2.) Tfrat the colony has already been declared cleaw from the) fact that a clean certificate had been ■ issued for the last infected flock, while ah the same time it was well knows thatr suspicious sheep still remained on a large area in inaccessible country, and it is submitted that a delay of two years is necessary so that the next declaration of the freedom of the colony from scab may be received with confidence. The conference is still sitting. At the - Resident Magistrate's Court; today Owen M'Ardle, secretary of ths J uDction Brewery Company, was charged with having neglected to make a true SLud exact entry of nine hogsheads ot beet sold an the 30th of October last. The company was charged with a similar offence 1 ' JQ a 'separate information. 'In giving judgment Mr Robinson, E.M., said that there was discrepancy in the evidence given for the defence, and too much reliance cOi*ild not be placed on it. He fixed the penalty at £50 on each information. In the case against the company he allowed £3 '3s solicitor's fee and 7s costs of Court. The conviction againau the company includes by statute the forfeiture of all beer in the brewery at ths date when the alleged fraud was committed and also all plant and utensils used in the manufacture of anoh beer. The same defendants were then farther charged that they did on the 30th of November, 1888,' neglect to cancel two stamps upon two casks containing two hogsheads of beer. Fines amounting to* £40 and costs were inflicted in these cases. A still further charge against) Owen M'Ardle of having neglected to make an entry of two hogsheads of beer sent out from the brewery on the 17th of. October was heard, but dismissed, as defendant satisfactorily explained that the beer was entered but upon a wrong date. Later. Among the cases of infraction of the Beer Duties' Act the following .charges were brought today against Hamilton Gilmer, proprietor of the Empire Hotel : —(1.) Keceiviog a cask of beer from the Junction - Brewery to which a, stamp was not affixed ; (2.) Withdrawing . beer from a cask to which & proper stamp had not been affixed ; (3.) Being concerned in a fraudulent device not specially provided by the Beer Duty Act, namely, receiving a cask of beer from the Junction Brewery, the stamp on which had not been properly cancelled. The defendant pleaded not guilty. After: evidence had been heard the Bench dismissed the first two charges, but on tha third charge a conviction was recorded, and the maximum fine of £20 imposed with costs, Christchurch, Thursday. The foreman clicker at O'Brien's boot factory refuses to join the Bootmakers' Society, though the society reduced tha entrance fee to one shilling, unless other men in a similar position are made to join the society. The society consider that there are no other men in a similar position in town, and have decided to carry on the strike. The society offer to admit non-society men as members tor ona shilling, give them -strike money, or pay their passages to other towns, provided they do not work at O'Brien's. It is estimated that the expenditure of the' City Council for the forthcoming year will be £23,907, including an overdraft of £5691 ; £15,229 is to be raised by rates. The overdraft at the end of the year will be £5100. t A newspaper runner named Henry Smith .committed snicide by taking aconite after a disagreement with a woman with whom ho lived. An inquest was held this evening, and a verdict was ' returned that the deceased took poison hile temporarily insane. 1 , Dunedin, Thursday. A dozen men representing the unemployed interviewed the Mayor this morning. The latter recommended that the men should make out a list of genuine cases and submit it to the city ruembers.'for their representation to the Government. Dr. Fitchett has received a telegram from the Minister of Lands, ■ stating that a lew men can be taken on the Otago Central works, and some could be taken on shortly at the Catlin's-road ' -, work. : The Hon. K. Oliver, as chairman of tha fine arts committee of the Dnnedin exhi« ' bition, has forwarded a memorandum to , the Colonial .Secretary urging that the ' Government should take action towards . securing a collection of pictures by great ' artists, and concludes by eaying that the Government would be performing one of ' its highest aid noblest functions by undertaking the entire charge of the proposed British loan collection, and thereby raising the taste and widening the mental horizon of the citizens of New Zealand. The directors have confirmed the appointment of Mr D. H. Hastings a3 secretary. Invercargill, Thnrsday. . ; At the Supreme Court to-day Ah Chop : wan convicted of an attempt. to steal gold' ' from a race, and was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. - This was. the; only i conviction secured at the oriminal sittings of the Supreme 'Court, which have now closed. Henry BarrY, who was acquitted . of stealing, hides ;ycsterd"ay, was charged with fitting firerto the building in which, , the hides were stored. The Crown offered no evidence, and, his Honor -directed the jury to; acquit; 'flic. .prisoner. ' It ia.understood that an,: application for a writ of habeas corpus' in the' case of William Christie, of .Oamaru,' who it h alleged was "co. minuted, to prison on a defeeuva • warrant,' : \*ill be. made to Mr Justice Williamß'here. " ' > ;■. . . . >■