Telegraphic.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 10010, 7 June 1895, Page 3

Telegraphic.

[PEE UNITED FBE3S ASSOCIATION. Auckland., Thursday. At the Supreme Court criminal sessions William M'Caithy, for horse-stealing at Opotlki, got 12 months, His Honor then called two native witnesses who had given evidence for the defence, and addressing them throngh an Interpreter Bald, " I have sent for yon two witnesses to say a few words to yon. Yon have Bworn to-day that which I am sure the jury do not believe, Yon have knowingly sworn falsely to get your friend off, If yon could. For this yon are liable to be proceeded against tor false sweating, bnt I do nob know whether It Is Intended to take any proceedings in this case." Ernest) Wright, for larceny, endorsing, and uttering ob.eg.nes, got eighteen months. The licensing committee at Wailcato unanimously refused to renew the license of the Royal Hotel at Hamilton, Cambridge, on the ground that they had no jurisdiction, there really belDg no applloation before ib to consider. The licensee had posted a notice on the doopjbub had not given In any notice to the clerk. ■4A baokrnpt named Walter Armstrong "nThis statement to the Official Assignee stated that his liabilities were £43. He was paying interest, however, at the rate of 120 per cent per annum. A barn, stable, and cowsheds, the property of Francis Bynes, a settler at Pokeno, were burned down this afternoon. The origin of the fire is unknown. The. insurance is £200, and the estimated 1o«b Is £300. The police report the destruction of Pyne's farm buildings at Fokeno. It is supposed to be the act of an incendiary, - Insurance— South British, £200. PALUERSTON Nobth, Thursday. At the District ■ Court to-day George Storey, post officer, pleaded guilty bo opening a letter which was being passed throngh the Palmerston office, and was remanded for the report of the Probation officer. Andrew F. Lanrenson, bnilding contractor, was found guilty of a breach ot the Bankruptcy Act in failing to keep pKjrjer bioka, and admitted to probation. Wellington, Thursday. The preliminaries for the submission ot the dispate as to the price of the Ardgowan estate, near Oamaru, to the Arbitration Court under the Lands for Settlement Act are now complete, and the decision will be binding both on the Government and the owners (the New Zealand and Australian Land Company). Mr Justice Williams will be the presiding Judge, but the assessor who will act with him bas yet to be selected. The Conrt will sit very shortly. This is stated to be the first Instance in the history of the British dominions where, by Statute law, the Government of the day has been enabled to resume for settlement private estates for the pnblic welfare. The Land Purchase Board Is sitting In Wellington at present, considering offers of several estates in Otago for snbdlvhion and settlement. A supply of new £5 postal notes has been received from England, and ate being distributed among the various postoffices. They will be available for issue on the 17th Instant. The Labor Department has arranged for 20 of the Dnnedin unemployed to be sent to railway works on the Obapo Central !i-e, while 24 men from Christchaich ate to be put on roid works near Dnnedin. The license fee for coastal pilots has been rednced to £3 for the first year and £1 for each subsequent year. A rather meagre response bas been made by the local bodies to the Land Department's circular on the Fair Eent Bill, and opinions appear to be very mnch divided as to the necessity for such a measure, but a good many seem to think It desirable, particularly in the case of Crown lands, Michael Knight (false pretences) got ' fonr months and Frederick Marryat (theft of jewellery) Biz months. The charge of attempted mnrder against Thomas Ed- { ward M'lntoah, late guard on the Wel-Hncrton-Manawsta Railway Company, Is being heard to-day. ' LATEB. Mrs Richards bas been arrested at Carterton in connection with the fire which destroyed the residence attached to Park Vale school on May 24tb. ■ * In the Divorce Court to-day a decree jk nisi was granted in the case of Goodman "^\^. Goodman. This was a case in wbloh the husband (a resident of Motueka) petitioned for divorce on the gronnd of bis wife's adnltery. At the Supreme Conrt T. E. M'lntosh, guard on the Manawatn railway, charged with firing a revolver at Mutu Ape Aperaham at Paikakariki, was acquitted. Nelson, Thursday. At the Inquest held to-day on the body of Ellen Emma Sergeant, found drowned near Maskay's Bluff, a verdiot was returned of suicide while In an nnsonnd state of mind, At the City Licensing Corns all applications but one were granted. In conneotlon with that case the committee adjourned it for a month to allow of a transfer. Christohtjboh, Thursday. The Supreme Coatb to-day was occupied with the case of Pyne v. Black, Beadle and Co., claim £3000 damages, for injuries sustained by plaintiffs wife In October last. The latter was In Beatie's draper's Bhop making a purchase, when ft roll of cocoannt matting fell through the wall on the first floor and struck Mrs Pyne, by which the unstained an injury to the spinal cord and complete paralysis below the seat of the injury. JLatee. The else was hesrd before Mr Jnafice Dennlston and a special jury ot 12. Ihe 1 jnry returned a verdict {or plaintiff, Bed awarded £200 damages to the hnsband and £400 (jo the wife, Thiartj, Thursday. The Government have taken over the Hermitage at Monnt Cook from tbe

Proprietary Company, who loot consider I ably over it. Oamahtj, Thursday, la connection with tho Walareka Inquiry, the Wslareka school committee l.nl nifiht passed a reßolnblou " That the K'lue.llon Board's finding is very nnsatisi.n.jty, the position taken np as regards the mistress being absurd and untenable ; and the committee calls on the Board to remove the vote of oensnre on the, mis tress." Dunedin, Thnredny. A tiviu child aged stveu weeks died smMunly In the turns of tho widowed mother. The child was üblucked wilh a violent fit of eonghlng. Later. The winter ahow was largely attended tbia afternoon and evening. In connection with it short lectnres were given by Messrs M'Gow (Government dairy expert) and Gllrutb. Mr Murphy (secretary of tho Canterbury A* and P. Association) read a paper by Mr Gray on ferments. Xhe Danedin Assembly of the K.O.L. passed, a resolution assertiug that the action of the Government in reducing the employment of poor men on co-operative pnblio works in order to make work for the unemployed is calculated to accentuate rather than diminish poverty, and asking (be Government to reconsider the position. At the annual meeting of the New Zealand Dairy Association It was resolved to hold the next meetings in Wellington and Danedin alternately. Regret was expressed that owing to bad times the promise to hold a meeting in Wellington this year could not be kept. It was resolvad, "That,_it is advisable to appoint two leading "firms in London for the sale of dairy produce sent there by the association ; that the association hopo Government will, as soon as possible start experimental stations and dairy schools in the North and South Islands."