THIS DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXII, Issue 201, 27 August 1888, Page 2

TH IS DAY'S TELEGR AMS.

Thames, August 27,

At the B.M. Court this afternoon two informations laid by Inspector Drumaiond of the Sheep Department against J, B, Steedman, of Waikanau, for being the ci-vner of sheep infected with scab and neglecting to give the necessary notice were dismissed by Mr Northoroft B.M.

Auckland, August 27.

Arrived on Saturday night. — Ship Crusader, Captain Perriam, from London, 84 days out.

Sailed— S.S. Richmond for the Islands.. The Rev. Shirley Baker was a passenger for Tonga.

The Bootmakers Union are attempting t<P cause a strike here. On Saturday they called out all the Union men from Garret Bros, factory but the men declined to comply ' with the order. The dispute is as to the number of apprentices employed.

Pine specimens of antimony ore from Great Barrier Island are on view in the oity. Mr Preeoott, a well known prospector, dis» covered the reaf when looking for gold in the mountains in a portion of the island abont 700 feet tinder the top of the highest hill.

Mr Prcscott says there are two reefs, each upwards of Biz feet in thickness. Experts pronounce tbe ere good, and there is plenty of water close at hand for dressing it for shipment. Blenheim, August 27. Denis Egan, a well-known station hand, wis fonnd dead this moraing in the stable of the Commercial Hotel. In the Supreme Court Judge Richmond gare judgment in Brigg v. Smith and others (alleged partners in J. McKcnzie & Co). The action was to recover the value of two promissory aotes giyea by the firm, and was a test actioa. Judgment was given for defendants with costs. The Picton correspondent of the Mai-l-borough Express relates the finding of several nuggets of some weight at the Mahakipawa diggings. A large number of men are on the field, but there is nothing as yet to justify a rush. Wellington, August 27. In the R.M. Court this morning James Parker, John Winters, and Arthur Moeller were 6hs.rged with robbery from the person of oae McEwen on Saturday night week. The two former were discharged, and Moeller was remanded till wo o'clock in the absence of the proseentor. Napier, .August 27. The Supreme Court criminal sittings opened to-day before the Chief Justice. There is a light calendar comprising one charge of perjury, two of horse stealing, one of larceny and forgery, two prisoners for house breaking and one for a breaoh of the Bankruptcy Act. Timabu, August 27. At the B.M. Court thia^morning a lad of 14 was remanded on charges of house breaking and horse stealing. He has admitted the offences and that he had been an inmate of an Industrial School, from which he bolted two years ago. He had since been swagging and knocking about, and was lately in the employ of a farmer at Wakikihi. On Tuesday he broke into a house during the absence of the owner and took away £3 in money, and on Friday evening he rode te TiiHftru on one of his employer's horses turning it adrift on reaching town. He was arrested next day at tbe railway station while waiting for a train to continue his journey north. The young imitator of Jonathan Roberts appears to be rather proud of his achievement.

Dunbdin, August 27. The local dealers have raised the price oi all sea-borne coals 5a per ton.