TELEGRAPHIC.

Lake County Press, Volume V, Issue 275, 5 January 1888, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

(KKOM OUtt OWN COKRESPONDENT.) IXJNKOIN, Wednesday Evening. The criminal sittings of the Supreme Court began to-day. His Honor pointed out that in the charge of irson against Fitz Ande - son the n agistrate had made a mistake in taking the evidence of acc-used's vriik True hills wire found in every case except that cnse of arson aid one of indecent assault against A Buohanun. F. L. Flint was sentenced to two years' f< r false pretuncosj Thomas Pepperill to three months' for forqery ; James Marshall, three years' for hous?breaking ; Eliza Whittel, two-years' to commence at termination of present sentei ice. A lad named Palmer t«>r robbe?/ wa»* eil[,^o th6ln4 , ' K triai School. The Btt»mdiuice at the Caledonian sports on :hird day was not lar;»e. The wrestling' (Border style) for middle weights v,as won by J. TifFen. A boy naned Foote was badly gored by ;. bail at Waitati yesterday. At the land Board, Mr P.. Stronach, (on-behalf of the N. Z. L. and M. Agency Company) asked per; mission to surrender run 2i, Wakttipu* being ui.abie to continue on the run o i account of this Heavy loss of sheep. Forwarded tothe Governor for conskb ration.—A communication. was received; Iron* Mr Allen, P- j m broke, stating tha. he had planted forest trei*s and erected a> house on portion o: Crown offering to pay re: it for the area.—Mr James Duunery applied for a- reduction of rent on sections 11 to 15, Block I, Upper Wakatipu, to Is per acre. Declined.—The Government having accepted-, the surender of rim No. 323t. r Kingston, from Messrs M'ln tosh and M'Kenzie, the Board ixet the new term at 14 years at i rental of £lO per annum.—An application to purchase under agricultural lease 1399 CV 1847 c, ai.d .sections 9 and 10, blo:k 10; Shottver, was forwarded for tho Govermn3nt's consideration, the warj den bein-; of opinion-that the-land is auriferou i.. This Day, 9a.m. Minist 3rs have decided that it will be inconvenient f>r one of them to attend tbs Centennial celebrations in Sydney. The Go"erncr goes over in H.M.S. Nelson. Some seven or eight me nlwrs are likely to go. It is sate i that innumerable application i have been received for the Chief Laiway Cbmmrssionershipfrom per ;or s of at kinds of traces and prof :ss ons. Delegate* from the Blue Spur mines wtittcl on Hr J- 0. Brown r and he vas able to show them by letters aid cablegrams that there was no hitch with regard to floating the venture. Mr H Driver has resigned the District Managers tip for Otago and Southland of the Government Insurance Department. y At th> sale o: the N.Z. Stud Companv's yearlings 4,516 guinea* were realised. Tlie highest-prioed animal vas a colt jy Musket out of Nelly Kocre (&•«> o£ Lochiei), which realised & ' 2 ' c g^eas-