TELEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume XV, Issue 20888, 3 December 1890, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

a y x/.rfcrmc vh'[,i<;au.i r/r -i?KH UMi^j?!!^ Association. &i'|. < DuNKDIS, 1. The ct!uui : ';ij; sessions of the Supreme Oonrt^'mesicil titis morning with 15 cases ou|||fe calendar. Andrew Semb, krcejff, 18 mouths ; John Haughton, fflfese- break in;-, 2 years; James Murjji| ; and D.tvid Murphy pleaded guil|||to larceny, sentence deferred ; Chriflppher Connaway pleaded guilty to thoabarge of malicious injury to proportyvxpitence defer; ed ; Lachlan McLean® boy, charged with shop breaking, afljmtterl to probation for 12 months; Pjwjt Begley, charged with attempting Suicide, was released ou his own lecotrnizances ; James Kearney, for i)Oii-fulfi(u.eut of conditions of probation license, was committed for a further term of twelve months. ; Hurdles. Ixion ....; ... ••• 1 Little Arthur . . ... 2 Spy y.., ...' ... 3 Won easily- by" » soup'e. of lengths. Div. £4 19*rfvnd £7 6s. Gommemoiation Plate. St. Andrew , 1 Florie v ;.. ... ... 2 Libel -'... "... ... 3 Won by a length. Dividend, £8 15s 6d. Grand Stand Handicap. Heatberbeli 1 Miss George 2 Peerawick 3 j Won b) a nfick. Div., £11 4s. Maiden Plate. Two - year - Olds. Melinite 1 Dilemma 2 Haghenpl 3 Dividend, £2 Bs. Consolation Race. i Rosebud 1 Von Tempsky ... . . 2 Rnby 3 Dividend, £8 Is. £9,510 went through the machines. <! Pobt Chalmeeb, 1. Arrived : Ruapehu from London, via way ports. She had au uneventful passage, but after leaving Hobart encountered a heavy gale with high, confused sea, and vivid lightning. Wellington, 1. The beer duly for Nov. is £5190 again&fc £5,014 for October, and £5055 for November, 1889. Auckland contributed £1107 : Wellington, £615; Christchurch, £1010; Dunediu,£ 1229. Customs duty for Nov. is £127,364, ngainst £128,541 for October, mid £122,072 for November last year. Auckland contributed £25,407; W'lgtu, £24,169; Christchurch, £22,7B9; and Dunediq, 28 ? 695. The estimate for the eight months was £1,009,854, so that the present customs revenue shows a suiplua of £23.188, though the primage duty has been stopped, and the strike was expected to largely affect lust mouth's receipts. The body of Thomas Flaherty h.s been found in ti small creek iii-ai Ekete.huna. Returns for the Western Maori election : Taipua 1229 ; Eketone, 500.

Theie aie still three returns to come, <■ but all are likely to be in Taipn-i's j favor. . , The Northern Maori lviuminn i officer has posted a writ to the GoVcr» I nor with Taivhanga's name as elected, j Nothing will be douo till the writs arc received; It is a question whether a new election can be ordered at once, or whether Parliament must order it. The nett railway revenue u^ to date is over £100,000 above the estimate, hut the uoxt four months are not expectad to yield a 9 much as last year, in conS'quence of there being do ex* hibition. The commissioners anticipate they will, at the end of the year, have 'a small surplus over the estimate. Tho Grand Jury threw out thn bill agaii.st Thomas Sloan of Mnaterton for breach of the Births and Deaths Registration Acfc» A tremendous rain is how falling, tin* streets ore flooded in all directions, and the Government buildings almost blockaded. Edward Buike attempted suicide. At the Supreme Court to-day the grand jury ignored the bills against Thomas Sloan for alleged breach of Registration of Deaths Act. In tlie Hutt tragedy case, which re suited in tic death of a youug man named Smith, the prand jury thraw out the bill of murder against tlte Chinaman, Young Bin, and in the case of Bam Koy and Tom Hung reduced the charge from murder to man--9 ai.iu;bler. Henry Jones and John McGuir, burglary, mid John Tustin, larceny, were convicted and remanded for sen* toucf ; Emanuel Salva, larceny, .12 months ', Henry Kerr, larceny, acquitted. For more than an hour the rain poured down ut midday with tropical violence, accompanied by violent bursts of a northerly gale. In Hill street the water came down iv torrents, temporarily Hooding the roadway. The Government Buildings were surrounded, and most of the reclaimed laud was under water. In Limhtou Quay, parf of which is low lying, considerable dama»e was. done in several shops where the wutnr was nearly a foot" deep.. North and Scoullar, furniture warehouse ; Tippler, grocer; and Warnock, Kelly, and A'dkiu, drapers, all suffered largely. The water in Kaiwarra street was banked up by a culvert on the WYllington-Manawa'u railway lino, and washed away seve.-al lengths of rails with a portion of iJie powder-magazine, but passengers \v< re catiied as usual. In the afternoon the weather largely clearer! up, and it is now comparatively fiu». Wku.isgton, 2. At the Suprtnii! llju- 1 Joim Tur* ton for larceny of a, sailor's swag was sentenced to 2 yeu-s hard labor. Henry Jones and John McGuire, for burglary at Rilpha drapery stoe, the former sen tended <o 2 yearn ;i> d the hitter .to I years hard labor. John Thompson, niin-s YiVe.*, for 1 "' robbery at Palmeiston North, 12 months hard 1 labor. W. A. Coates, on behalf of Young * Bin who was acquitted -by the Grand jury on the chai^o of murder, appeared to have tho accused bi ought up on the, coroner's inquisition arid discharged. His Honor said lie had not power to have Youu» Bin separately arraigned, as he was indicated jointly with the other, but as he ivas so arraigned, and there was a probability of the case against the other two being postponed until the next sitting, owing to the illness of Sun Koy, ho agreed to re« lease Youn^ Biu on his own recognizances until tl.c cases comes on for trial, when he will be discharged. The heavy rainfall yesterday commenced about 10.30 a. in und continued ti;i about 1.15 p. in'., the total fall in th:>t time being. 2.40 inches. The dainngo to the Mijujawatu Company's line is not so scoous as was at first thought. HOKITIKA, 2. A whit-win-,! passed ov.-r the town at 8 o'c ccic yestenhiy ufternoon and did considerable damage, wrecking many houses and blowing in windows and overturning chimneys. The weather is very rough itud boisterous, with foikfd lightning. Westpobt, 2. The Bee/ton excursionists reached hero ftl 6 p. i^i., yesterday. Received toncntß of rain on the way down. day is fine and they start directly for Waimangaroa and s-iil at midnight by the; Janet Nicholl for Wellington. All in good health and spirits. The most closely built block of buildings in town narrowly escaped destruction by fire at 2.30 this morning. A constable passing, discovered fire bursting through the upper portion of Sciinlan's Hotel. It. originated in an attic, but how is a mystery. There was no wind at the time and the fire being high up it was extinguished after some hard work. Christchurch, 2. News has been received that the Rakaia is in high flood, and that some of the piles of the railway bridge are washed away. Traffic over the bridge is now stopped. The passengers and mail were trollied across. No other particulars to hand.