NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6289, 13 January 1882, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[press association.] c HAVELOCK, Thursday. • ° °oksblu met with an accident ies»r<lay, at Totara Hill, about eight miles 1 } ro !" Haveloek. A truck went over him, bodily, at 9 a.m. He died at 3 p.m. . . WELLINGTON, Thursday, inc petition of Mr. Ivess, against tho return of Mr. Wilson for the Wakanui seat, has been received by the Chief Justice, will fT , t" in , the Hon - J - Piarazyn'n case morr O b :-^ning? f ° re "" C, " ef JuStiC ° «- The members" of the Government have/ through the Premier, presented Mr. George Wham M.11.R. W itii a valuable gold watch and chain, ,n appreciation of his valuable services during ISSO and ISBI. The return or Mr. George Gerald Fitzgerald for Hokitika is gazetted. Alexander James Johnston and Joahna Strange Williams, jiid-es of the Supreme Court, have i eeu appointed to try the followiug elections petitions: — Robert Kutherford against the return of James Hutehiusou Sutter for Gladstone ; William Hollis against the returii of Harry Allwright for Lyttelton : aud William Patten Cohshaw against the returu of Walter Hipplote Pilliet for Stanmore. The last of the criminal cases in the Supreme Court was heard this morning, Mary Ann Hughes being acquitted on a charge of stealing from the person. CHRI3TCHURCH, Thursday. Considerable inconvenience and expense are incurred by those who have euite ia the Resident Magistrate's Couit above the jurisdiction of a Justice of the Peace, owing to Mr. Beetham, the newly-appointed Resident Magistrate, not yet having yet entered on his duties. Edward Thomas was committed for trial for personation at the Cheviot election. INVERC *RGILL, Thursday. At Rivertau, to-day, C.R. Martin was committed for trial on a charge of plnral votiug, at die recent election at Wallace.