NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue XXI, 2 April 1884, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[miOM OUE OWN COBRSStONDENT. j ' , •. TAU.RANGA.Tuesday. Me. Alley arrived with a drove of three I thousand sheep to-day. " A portion .will be | disposed of here,'and the .balance at the | Thames, THAMES, Tuesday. • The following, tenders, were accopted-by the County Council to-day :—Waitekanri Bridge to ' Hikurangi Gorge, P, Trainor, £594; Te Arobaßoad, from Paeroa Bridge - through ' Rotokuhu Swamp, P.; Trainor, £1128; Puriri-road. near Soda Springs, J. Morrison, £216; Earangahake track to Te Aroha, A. Butler, £120. - • [PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, Tuesday. ; P. K. Watty was to-day committed for trial on another charge of forgery. ' ',' ; The criminal sessions commence on Monday, .the 7th instant. The.following is the calendar of cases up to the present time :— Daniel Sullivan, forgery, three, indictments;; James Joseph !. "Wilson, foreery; Frederick Arnold, assault; ; Philip Kingcobe '-Watty,, forgery, several indictments, number not yet stated ; Graham Morpe, indecent assault i Arahnr Brock, alias Young, robbery and assault; and Catherine Kerr, larceny. ■. Mr. -I. Goldsworth, ' who has for : some ,- years ocoupied the position of Commissioner of Crown '.Lands for the Wellington district, has obtained six months'leave, prior, to hia retirement from the service. The directors of tho • Wellington-Mana-,watu'ltailway "Company have,-it is understood,' accepted the tender of Mr. S. Brown | for the construction of the Psikakariki section. . The price is about £57,000. Tho Customs revenue for Wellington for the past month was £20,585. For the quarter it was £64,418 5s lOd. Last night "La Mascotto" opened,to. a good house, and to-night the.'house is crammed. ". ' . 0 ' FEILDING, Tuesday. ' J. L. Bees' coach factory at. Keinbertownroad was destroyed by fire . this , morning. The . building was insured in the Colonial. Office for £200. The stock, valued at,£200,. was uninsured. No due has been got to the origin of the fire. ■ . " CmiSTOHnficH, Tuesday. / ' Messrs. Dalgety and Co.y the.local agents for the P. and.O. Steam Navigation.Company,' have received a telegram that Italy is now free from quarantine. - The officers of the Lyttelton Wesleyan Church presented, their , pastor with a purse I of sovereigns on his departure for Inver.cargilL ' -■ i OAMARU, Tuesday; - The Easter review to, be held here- promises to be- moro than usually successful. The Sports Committee in connection with the review have arranged, in addition to the' proceedings at the review proper, for a number o£ competitive events. There will be a horse race (for cavalry horses only), foot races (open to volunteers only), and other competitive games and sports. _ The hone races will comprise a hurdle race, and three flat races, the competing horses to be ridden by volunteers. ' : .. DTJNEDIN, Tuesday. ' At the Supreme Court to-day, in the case of Henrietta Hunter, charged with stealing. £110 from Mrs. Shaw, this jury disagreed after having been locked up all night. A fresh jury being empannelled, a new trial | took placethis afternoon, and the jury after i an-hour's retirement found a verdict of-'-'Not | guilty." The defence was that the money found in the accused's hat at Christohurch; I was money being hidden from the creditors of her husband, who had become a bankrupt. Two women,- for robbery in' a brothel,, were, sentenced to nine months' eaoh. Thetnal of 1 Dr. . Parry, for manslaughter of a woman in" childbirth, comes on to-morrow. ■ - Mr. Thomson, as Chairman of the monster meeting held in the ; Garrison Hall on ' the 10th nit., re the Land Board's action in-con-* nection with dnmmyism in the Waikouaiti, district, has received a lengthy reply from! the Minister of Lands. The communication' has been forwarded to the- Secretary of the Trades and Labour Council ; bat that gentle- ' man does not feel at liberty to make its con-' tents publio until the letter, has been considered by the Council. A . meeting will be' held for. the purpose on Friday night. i-. At a meeting of the creditors of T. H. Dodson, hotel-keeper, Port Chalmers, to-day," • the Official Assignee stated that according to the debtor's statement the liabilities were £8517 4s 9d,. and the assets £13,740 13s sd, leaving a.surplus of £5223 Sa 3d. This, surplus, however, he was afraid would prove? illusory. Some very strong remarks wera made by the creditors regarding the action ofthe National Bank in*-ti:e estate. It-was' resolved to empower .the Official Assignee to take' steps to. test the; legality of the bank's action. : : ' - • : .. ! The 'jury in the .case of, Catherine Hunter,; / charged with stealing £110, were enable -toagree. A fresh trial Is to taka.placo;tomorrow. ; William Yeomans, -. con victed yesterday of indecent assault, has been sentenced' to three years' imprisonment.