To-day's Despatches.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 97, 2 April 1883, Page 2

To-day's Despatches.

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Wellington, This Day. The Supreme Court criminal sessions opened this morning. Judge Richmond m charging the Grand Jury had again to congratulate them on the small calendar; although there was au average number -of cases, all ot them were of comparatively of a light character. He then referred 1 to reform m procedure of criminal and civil law. Withregard to the latter some ootion had been untouched. They were no doubt waiting the result of impending changes of criminal law m England, and he hoped that something would be done before long. The Grand Jury found a true bill against William Harris for felony/ «tm . „ AuOKLA1 «>i This Day William Moore, aged 6 6 , was found dead m Shortland-steeet, m the verandah of the Provincial Boarding-house early tins morning. He was released from gaol on Friday. Timaru, This Day. A very strong southerly galbWithheavy ram, prevailed all Saturday and last night. The latest accounts from the oountiy say the rivers are rising very fast, and serums flood* ar e anticipated, though no ram has fallen m town. Toi day the weather i 8 very unsettled. No damage has been done to the shipping. Ali , . Nelson, This Day. AX the inqaeat concerning the fatal accident which occurred on Friday night one witness deposed that, though the tree was foiled after dark, he considered there was no danger, but another witness considered that ifc was not felled m a workmanlike manner. ThrveMct> T ! .f 1 t \ Henr J Thomas was accidentally killed. . - ■■■„.'„., P^NBDiN, This Day. Mr Milner Stephen gave his first public nealinsr exhibition on' Suturday. In several cases no improvement resulted. In two cases of rheumatics the persons declared their pains h d left them- under bis treatment. In one case an individual declared he was cured of daefness m the right ear, and that he had spent £100 m Melbourne m vain trying doctors' treatment for it, and m the other oases the patients seemed doubtful about whether they were improved or not. Yesterday, after mass, Bishop Moran was presentad by Mr W. Petrie, a native of Wellington, with an address from the Catholics of Wellington promising to support him m his efforts m the cause of education. -:■ He replied, urging his flpek to continue their efforts to, secure justice, and assuring them that constant agitation would not fail m achieving the desired resu lts.