NEW ZELAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5634, 6 December 1879, Page 5

NEW ZELAND TELEGRAMS.

[FROM OCR OWN CORKESrONDENT.] THAMES, Friday. At the County Cuuncl inee'iug yesterday Councillor Porter's motion re the amalgamation oi the local bodies was lost after conslderable discussion. HAMILTON, Friday. A te'egram from Weliiugt n lias been received here stating that thr™ is no intention to r.'ivert the Thames Valley Railway, and junction at Tanpiri instoad of at Hsmilton. It is expected that in the course of * month a small engine will be placed on the Hamilton Extension Liue now worked br horse-power. A promenado concert comes off on Thursday evening next, in Mr. G-wy due's gardens, in aul of the scho 1 funds to furbish prizes. The Light Infantry Baud the Choral Society, and all lo :»1 ta'ent will aasist. TH AWAMUrU, Friday. At the meeting < f t'ie RaiiL'iaoha HighwayBoard it was state 1 that the b >arj, in reply to a letter from the Commissioner of Cronn Lui'ls, had recommended tl a a numbtrof 70-aciv lots be put up tj auction, but that lots 213, Parish uf Punin, near T? Awamntn, and lot 46, ne ir Ivil ik h', hoth heavily timbered, should b - kept as public reserves. A communication was received from the residents of To Awanautu, asking that tho latter place be made a separate district from Rangiabiihia. The board saw no objection. CAMBRIDGE, Friday. At a meeting of the Waikato County Cricket Club, held here last night, the following team was selected to play Waipa Couuty team at the match on the 17th inst, namely—Messrs. Melntrsh, Clare, A. Stubtiing, Jam s Wood, Clnrles Wood, Forrest, Kiccola', Hunt, Oo.iper, Kilkenny, Martin, Rhodes, and Fi'zpatrick. Tho Waipa team will ho chosen from the following : —Messrs. Barton, Lang, Gleeaon, Cox, Edw.trd, Frank Pilling, William. Hun 1 ', Grierso:), Boml, Council, aud Sandes. The match is to be played out. [PKESS ASSOCIATION.J WKLLINGTON, Friday. A man named Nash received a nasty scalp wound at tho circus last night from the falling of a polo which was broken by the strong wind. Al« Ogilvie, wlo was arrested at Waihi, New Plymouth, for forgery at Sydney, while manager of the Co operative Building Society there, has been rcmai ded back to Sydney. Ho was in tho AC. force at New Plymouth. BLENHEIM, Friday. The bodies of two men killed at the Wakamarani mine on Wedues lay by the falling of the tunnel have bean recovered. Their Dames were Pike and Edwards, and not Thompson and Jones as telegraphed. CHRISTOHURCH, Friday. The T.yttelton harbour is just now jßested with large sharks, some of which have'eome in lately near the shore. Yesterday morning one was caught over six feet in length. The Cinttrbury Hitle Association las received information from tho that the Government will refund the- moneys l>aiil for fares to the last interprovincial match at Dunedin. To-day was the hottest we have had this summer, but r.ow it has turned quite cool. The maximum heat in the sun was no less than 140deg. The Acclimatisation Society have 2000 trout left, which they offered to the Wellington society. Mr. Schwartze, of this town, is now publuliing a galop of his own composition, which has been favourably notic- d. A boat capsized off fern Bay on Thursday. A fishing boat and two men, Johnson, and Neal, were s* en to capsize in the harbour off Fern Bay during a squall. The boat sank and th» men were in the water a qu-irter of an hour. They w. re picked up by the Zidor, and were much exhausted. At the It. M. Court, this forcnooD, Richard Davis, who appeared to answer to six information charges, as follows: That he did without lawful excuse bill in the Supreme Court, viz., at Christchurch, a declaration, under the Debtors aud Creditors Act, IS7G, the documents nit being properly stamped as required by the Stamp Act, 1875, and regulations of the Govcruor-in-Council, publish- d in the New Zealand Gazette on December 24, 1574. Mr. Cowlishaw said he appeared, instructed by the Auditor-Genera!, to co.iduct the cas ?, on behalf of the Crowns" Before going into tho case he stated the facts of the case brielly. Since the 3rd of September, a considerable number of documents had ben issuol, and upon investigation it appeared th>re was a deticiency of £50 in st nips. The dofendant was spoken to about it, and afforded an opportunity of recouping tho moneys. The defendant accordingly purchased stamps to tho extent of £50, and tile-i the documents. However, further investigation had led to the discovery ot further deficiency, and to a con-side-able extent. An opportunity was given the defendant to recoup the money, of which, h-: had not availed himself. He (Mr. Cowlishaw) was then directed to consider whether criminal proceedings might be taken against the defendant for larceny or embczz'einent Upon technical grounds he did uot see how criminal proceedings conld be, as it "was conside-ed that the receipt of moneys by the defendar \ was not a part of hi 3 duties as a public sirvaut. He wag, therefore, driven to lay the information against defendant under the Stamp Fee Act, to recoup the revenue of the deficiency. Tii ere was reason to believe that in all cases the defendant received the fees, but in consequence of the absence of some of the parties, evidence in all cases with which tho purpose '-f tho Stamp Act, ho had neglected to stamp the documents. [The message was unfinished at 2 o'clock.] DUNEDIN, Friday. Shortly before midnight yesterday, a fourroomed cottjgo, at Cavershan, owned and occupied by Spickfo r d, was destroyed by lire. The family were out at the time. The origin is not known. The premises and contents were completely destroyed. The insurances were : £150 in the South British, £100 in the Col inial. I 1 is reported that the attempt to oust Mr. H. L. Fiih from the mayorality is successful, and that if Mr. Walker takes the seat the majority of the City Council will r-duce tho mayoral salary for the ensuing year to one shilling.