TELEGRAMS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LI, Issue 5577, 7 January 1879, Page 5

TELEGRAMS.

i [TIMES’ SPECIAL WIRE.] NEW ZEALAND. ”luOKLAIfD, Jax. 6. ■ A difficulty has omen in, the Government land purchases between the Natives and the Government, owing to the acton of private: speculators. The Ron J. Sheihsn goes to settle it. « 1 The bootmakers’ settlement 01 the Summer [Race Meeting is satisfactory in bets. In stokes the southern men take £2OO. . < J Six Sisters of Mercy take the black veil to-morrow, at the Poneonby Convent Chapel. | Edward Pioknell, carter, of Cnehunga, was run over by a dray, and his leg was crushed. Dr Philaon found amputation moessary. In the cose of fire at Wangaiei Heads, it is {supposed now that Mrs Alley’s premises were robbed and afterwards fired, in order to cover the crime. Some of too goods have been found elsewhere. | The building of the Catholic schools has been commenced on the site of the Boys’ High School, to be called the Sacred Heart, and they are to be opened in i month by Bishop Redwood, of Wellington, tnd Bishop Moran, of Dunedin. Five teochen have been engaged. I The criminal , sessions of the Supremo Court were opened to-day by Mr Justice Gillies. Bobt. Wm; Sellers, for false pretences, pleaded guilty ; sentence deferred. Win. Brooke, breaking and entering, pleaded hailty, and was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment. Theo. Alex. Cox, larceny as paile*, pleaded guilty, and received a sentence Of nine months. f The Taranaki cricketers played in the Domain 16 colts. The match resulted as follows!—«'Taranaki, first innings, ISB j Colts, first innings, 40—*second, 71V Tannaki thus winning in one innings. Mr A. M’Donald, of Poverty Bay, has purchased Mr Vallanoe’s Pinflre for £SOO. fifr M'Donald is owner of Ariel, and intends to make an excellent stable. ! Mr H. Kissllng, solicitor, died yesterday jifternooa from typhus fever. He was the son of the lato Archdeacon Hassling, His funeral was attended by a large number of people. To-day an inquest was hold upon the body pf Mrs Brydon at Papakura. She died Suddenly on Saturday at her ovn house. She was seised with a strong desire to vomit, M if troubled with bile, and look some mustard and water as an emetic. She was shortly after found dead in bed. The cause of death whs disease of the heart. Tim Customs revenue collected at Auckland during the last week was £3415 7«10d. The amount collected on Saturday and to-day was £1466 12s 7d. ; The barque Slag is now lading timber at Maketu for Tiraaru. She is exported to sail on Friday. ' The mail steamer from Sydney u expected |»ere about 3 o’eloek.'

I NBW PLYMOUTH, JAK.O. I To Whiti having heard a rumour that the Stives were assembling at Pafiuhakn to arrange for fresh fighting, has lent messetigore out to contradict the statement. They are authorised to tell the' Natives, and to piafert ft generally known, that there is to be Do more lighting in the district. Oobb’s second coach from Ingbwood to Hawora did the journey in eight hours. The driver says he could do it in four if the road were clear. _ Oat of 81 sections offered at auction at the Government land sale, only 13 were sold, ' The Hannah Mokau lias arrived atWaitara from Uanukau and Mokau. On entering the fiver she struck on a snag and earned away part of her propeller. She leaves for Mannsail on Wednesday.

NAPIER, J 48,6, : j A heavy storm of thunder, lightning, and

min visited Napier yesterday afterrioonl It cleared up towards evening, bat the rain commenced again about 0 and continued at intervals until after daybreak to-day. This min is a godsend. This morning the annual session of tho Grand Lodge, Now Zealand North, 1.0.G.T., was opened in the Protestant Hall, Hon W. Fox, G.W.0.T., presiding. All members of tho okcoutivo were present, and 28 roprerontativos from all parts of the Colony. The morning was occupied In preliminary business. At the opening, this morning, of tho Fifth Session of the Grand Lodge of Now Zealand, 1.0.G.T., the Hon W. Fox, G.W.C.T., explained the absence of any official report from nimself, and claimed the indulgence of members assembled for any short comings during tho present session. Ho had been asked last session to take offioo again and again, but, Owing to living so far from any largo centre of population, ho had declined to take any office at all at first. Ho was, however, persuaded to accept thd office of G.W. Counsellor, principally by brother Edgar, tho then G.W.C.T., on the understanding that ho would hare really hardly anything to do, except what could bo done by letter. Much to his surprise, about six months ago, he received a letter from the Bev Mr Edgar, G.W.0.T., stating that owing to differences of opinion as to certain actions taken by tho Grand Lodge Executive he had resigned his position, and it therefore devolved upon him (Mr Fox) to take the office of G.W.O.T.

WANGANUI, Jan. G. The schooner Arthur Wakefield, from Nelson to Wanganui, went ashore 150 yards south of the heads, on Sunday night. The sea is very calm, and it is expected that she will get off by to-night’s tide. Tho ship and cargo are fully insured in tho South British. It is intended to bring tho vessel alongouttide the spit to the mouth of the river. There is no danger. 1

WELLINGTON, Jan. 6 Tho iron yacht Good Templar, 10 tons, which left Auckland on Christmas Day, put in to this port yesterday, having been unable to make Lyttelton in time for the regatta. She will therefore remain for the Wellington regatta on Jan. 22. James Gilligan, the well-known racehorse owner, was found dead in his bed at the Occidental Hotel this morning. He died very quietly; the attendant in the room asleep heard nothing. The man named Davis, arrested and remanded for refusing to support his wife and children at Christchurch, was ordered to pay £2 10a into the Court.

The Hon G. M. Waterhouse’s sale to the Hon John Martin comprises 34,000 acres of laud, fenced, 33,000 sheep, 700 head of cattle, 40 horses, implements, buildings, Ac. The price was £85,000. A meeting of footballers is called to consider letters relative to the visit of an English team'to the Colony. The Hon W. Fox denies the authorship of a letter in an English paper, reflecting severely on the character of members of tho House of Representatives. The post mortem examination on M'Elwan, who died on Saturday, shows that the cause of death was rupture of the heart. :At the criminal session, before the Chief Justice, a true bill was found against Kate Dawes for attempted suicide, and J. Murphy for an indecent assault. In the latter case toeGrabd Jury said that the evidence disclosed the commission of a graver offence. Sarah Hannah Jacobs, who pleaded guilty to attempted suicide was released on her husband’s recognizance* to comenpfor judgment when called on. William Watson, alias Sutton, pleaded guilty to larceny from a dwelling, and was remanded for sentence.

HOKITIKA, Jan. 6. The exports from this port show an increase of £5996 in 1878 over the preceding year. The total gold shipments for the past year amounted to 60,7650 z.

TIMARU, Jan. 6. A respectable suit of clothes was found on the bonks of the Fareora river to-day. It is supposed that someone has been drowned, but there is no clue to the identity. DUNEDIN, Jan. 6. About a dozen women of ill repute were sent to gaol this morning for terms extending from one to three months for vagrancy. . On Saturday a man, named Frank South was found by the police in an almost nude state. He was charged with lunacy, but on medical examination he was found to be suffering from drink. On being brought i before the bench to-day, he declared that be |was subject to attacks of insanity, and that |the authorities in Australia had paid his passage to get rid of him. He was sent to igaol for fourteen days. A casual ledger in a hotel found £165 in the bed shown him. The owner returned shortly afterwards, and claimed and received ‘the money, and generously rewarded the finder with tea shillings. A meeting has been held to-day to take steps to relieve the family of the late Captain, Hughes, of the steamer Oreti, who was drowned at the Bluff last week. About £3O was collected in the room, and the list will be circulated and sent to various ports at which Hughes was known. The Supreme Court criminal sessions commenced to-day, and Mr Justice Williams remarked that the calendar did not present features of special interest. , True bills were found in the following cases.—Jas. Miller, fraudulent bankruptcy; Wm. White, forgery; Jas. Morgan, forgery j Eli Coolin, housebreaking; Walter Motley, larceny} Robert Angus, larceny; Denis Anglin, perjury; Margaret Barratt alias Stephenson, stealing from a dwelling; H. L. Metz, forgery and uttering an acceptance to a bill of exchange, also forgery; Geo. Brown, for indecent assault; Jane Eeid, for perjury. In the case of Margaret Scott, the Grand Jury brought in a true bill for manslaughter only. Thev were then discharged. No bill was found fn the cose of Begina v. Johnston and Thos; M'Norton, in which the prisoners were charged with robbery. ; Jas. Miller, late of Mornington, grocer, was indicted under the Bankruptcy Act, for fraudulently obtaining goods. The Crown prosecutor (Mr Haggitt) prosecuted; Mr Adams defended the prisoner, who pleaded f * Not Guilty/’ The indictment sot forth that bn March' 20 last the accused filed a declaration of insolvency in the Supreme Court. Dator on, on the some day, the sugar which hod boon previously ordered was sent to the accused’s store. Before the case for the Crown had closed, his Honor pointed out that the contract was purely executory, the goods wore obtained by the bankrupt after ho had made a declaration of insolvency, while the Act provided for the goods being obtained four months before the declaration. There was no property obtained by Miller till after he became bankrupt. Ho might have committed a fraud, but he (the learned Judge) did not see how accused could bo convicted on the indictment under which the present charge was laid. The prisoner was discharged. James Morgan pleaded guilty to a charge of forgery; sentence deferred, Wm. White, for forgery, was found not guilty and discharged, H. L, Mots pleaded guilty to forging two cheques and was remanded for sentence. Walter Morley, charged with larceny, was found not guilty amt discharged. Robert Angus, for larceny as a bailee, was remanded for sentence. Dennis Anglin, for perjury, did not appear to his bail, which was Ordered to bo estreated; the bail was only £lO, which the Judge said was ridiculously small.

All the applications for a renewal of uucturners’ licenses were granted to-day. Miss Douglas, recently head mistress of the girls’ public school. Newcastle, has been appointed assistant unstress of the Girls’ High School, Dunedin. Mr Charles Bright, freothought lecturer, and the Row Mr Green, evangelistic minister, are to have a public discussion on religious matters shortly, Preliminaries are now being arfangod, and the discussion is to be reported and printed in pamphlet form. At the Caledonian sports to-day, John •Troon, of Ifpw Zealand, beat Thomas, of Victoria, in the wrestling match, Border style, for thb champion belt, Thomas was beaten bjr Hoard in wrestling Cornish style, but in

“oatch os catch can” wrestling Tlionma wa* victorious.

At ft meeting of footballers to-night, the following resolution was carried : That pending the proposed visit to Australia of a combined Canterbury and Otago team, this meeting i* not In a good position to guarantee any «um toward* the expenses of an English team, but at the same time are prepared to make arrangements to offer them the whole of the gate money." The Secretary was instructed to telegraph the resolution* to Auckland and Canterbury. A Committee was appointed to communicate with Canterbury respecting aonding a combined team to Australia during the winter, probably in August, when they would in all probability meet the English team.

INVERCARGILL, Jan. (!. In the Police Court this morning Jeffrey Grunt, Dan Murray, and John Reid were charged with assaulting and wounding John Eyanon Jan. 1, Grant was also charged with resisting the police while in the execution of their duty. It would appear from the evidence given by Sergeant Tustv that the row originated through a drunken brawl, and was of a serious character. His Worship said that it was a very bad case, hod the police not arrived on the scene opportunely, a murder might have been committed. Grant was sentenced to two months’ hard labour for assault and one month for resisting the police; Beid to one month’s hard labour; while Murray was discharged with a caution.

The following gentlemen have been nominated by the School Committees in the district for the scat on the Education Board rendered vacant by the demise of Sir John Eiohardson Messrs T, Perkins, A. Kinross, A. Toshoch, S. Hodgkinson, T. Denniston, J. Morrison, and W, M’Bell, Only 22 out of the total of 50 Committees have sent in nominations.

A petition is going round praying that the sentence of death recently passed on Walsh, the (Waikawa murderer, may be commuted to one of imprisonment for life. Mr Mitchell, on behalf of the Premier, telegraphs to a townsman that instructions Lave been given for trains to bo ran for a short time at reduced rates on the occaeion of the opening of through communication by rail between Christchurch and Dunedin.