NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6590, 1 January 1883, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

THAMES, Saturday. The whole town turned out this evening to witness the grand display of fireworks given by the volunteer brigade, under Superintendent Price. The display lasted an hour and a-half, and was superior to anything cf the kind witnessed here before. WANGANUI, Saturday. The petition for a new trial in the case of Williamson, sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment for perjury at the last sitting of the Court, is being almost unanimously signed. The defence, it is alleged, was moft incomplete, and a deal of evidence to exculpate the accused-is now coming'forward. The vital statistics for the year are very favourable. There were registered 339 births, 87 deaths, 82 marriages, as compared with 304 births, 95 deaths, 72 marriages for 18S1. WELLINGTON, Saturday. Sir Julius Vogel was entertained at a banquet by the Wellington Club last night, Colonel Pearce in the chair. Among those present were Sir James Prendergast, Major Atkinson, the Hon. Walter Johnston. The gathering was entirely of a non-political character. The nominations for immigrants to be forwarded this mail numbers for each district as follows : — Auckland, 90 souls ; Taranaki, 11; Hav.ke's Bay, 22; Wellington, 04; Nelson, 15; Westland, 7; Marlborough, 4; Canterbury, 50; Otago, S5 : Southland, 23. The amount received for fees was £1020 7s 6d. The Premier is expected to return from Auckland on the loth instant. TIMARU", Saturday. The Customs revenue collected at the port of Tirmuu for the month of December was £1542 5s sd. Vital statistics for the month : 30 births, 13 deaths, and 7 marriages. Dirty southerly weather has again set in, and promises bad ior the New Year. OAMARU, Sunday. It has been raining heaving part of last night and to-day, but the crops are not supposed to have suffered any material damage. C3RISTCIIURCJi, Saturday. Another series of forgeries, this time involving only small amounts, has come to light iu Christchurch. A man, who is still at large and unknown, forged the siguature of W. Ho wo and Co., grain merchant?, to several cheques, and passed them to tradesmen. The amount he has raised by this fraud is supposed to be between £30 and £40. He passed the cheques on Saturday evening, knowing the banks would no: open till Wednesday. DVNEDIK, Saturday. The Customs duties for the month x.erc £30,210; for the quarter they were £U7.SSG, as compared with £101,000 for the same quarter last year. For the year the amount was £424,510, as compared with £433,010 in 1881. The births iu Dunedin for ISS2, were 1871 ; the deaths, 585 ; and tlie marriasres. 430.