TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5679, 12 June 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(PER. MESS AGBNOT.) Wanganui, Wednesday. A congratulatory address was presented yesterday afternoon to Sir William Fox on his elevation to knighthood. It was signed by all the principal residents. Mr. W. H. Watt was in the chair, and the address was presented by Mr. John Bryce, M.H.R. Sir William Fox replied at some length. Napier, Wednesday. The Circuit Court was opened this morning by the Chief Justice. In his charge he referred to the heaviness of the calendar. An application was made by the Crown Prosecutor to postpone the trial of McLennan until next assize, on the ground that it was deemed necessary to make enquiries about prisoner and his wife in England. Mr. Lascelles, for prisoner, also wished for postponement of trial, to enable him, he said, to get up evidence for defence. He objected, however, to so long a postponement as December,' and he also wished to have the venue changed to Wellington, on account of the excitement existing here. His Honor said that when so atrocious a crime was supposed to have been committed, strong public feeling was sure to rise ; at the same time it might not affect a jury. In England a postponement was generally found to meet the case. To change venue would be to cast a reflection on the whole community. Order was made for the postponement of the case to December, and If'Mr. Ldsoelles wished he could make application again for change of venue. —In the case of Donnelly and Price, on the charge of conspiracy to defraud Renata Kawepo by fictitious • bids at a sale of racehorses, no true bill was found. The Grand Jury also ignored the bill against Morley for larceny. Michael Boylan, of Ctisborhe, for breach of the Arms Act, in selling a gnu to a Maori named Tuka, on a license that was taken out for one James Brodie, was found guilty, but that he acted under the belief that the license really was for Tuka, to whom the gun was sold. The points whether that did not amount to a verdict of not guilty was reserved for the Court of Appeal, and the prisoner was released on bail. Joseph Hutchison pleaded guilty to (stealing jewellery from the Masonic Hotel, and was remanded for sentence. Mr. Ormond will address his constituents at Waipawa on the 26th instant. The creditors of Stuart and 00., Spit, havo accepted a deed of arrangement, Palfor and Wordrop being appointed trustees. The liabilities are stated at £52,000, assets £60,000. Christchurch, Wednesday. A young man named David S, Wright was committed for trial to-day at Lyttelton for forging a cheque. He admitted the charge. Last year prisoner was convicted for obtaining money on false pretences, and sentenced to one year. He was only released on the 14th May. At a meeting between the city and the Sydenham Councils to-day rc undertaking certain joint work for the purpose of giving I employment to unemployed, the Councils could not agree upon the terms, and nothing was done. The prisoner Tudball, who was placed in the Hospital for heart disease, is still a hospital patient, but Dr. Chelfcon, the house surgeon, has recommended his discharge, saying that his state is not precarious, and that he was sufficiently treated at the gaol. The Hospital and Charitable Board met to-day, and this amoeg other matters was referred to the house committee. A Revision Court was held to-day in the Resident Magistrate’s Court for the Electoral District of Avon. There were no objectors to the roll. A splendid sample of Malvern anthracite and bituminous coal was brought down from the Wairari Mine. The seam is 6ft. thick at the surface, and the supply is apparently inexhaustible. Tikaiut, Wednesday. John Daly, for forgery and uttering ; John Henry James, for bestiality ; Sarah Steele, for forgery and uttering, four charges; Robert Lee, ditto ; Jack Maguire, for larceny from the person ; Thomas Yardley, for attempted rape ; Henry Williams, for larceny from a dwelling ; David McKie, for larceny from the person ; A. J. Goodman, for fraudulent bankruptcy; James McGill, for obtaining goods on false pretences, four charges ; Peter Donahue, for larceny from the person ; Thomas Moore, ditto; J. T. Blantom, for forgery and uttering; Mrs. Rodgers, for obtaining goods on false pretences ; Mrs. J. Simmonds, for larceny from the person—await trial at the Supreme Court. There are also sixteen civil eases awaiting trial, the aggregate amount sued for being £25,000. Fourteen civil cases are against Mr. Studholme, and arose out of the Waimate fire, and the total amount sought to be recovered is £23,000.

. James Riordan, storekeeper, of Derry town, was fined £2O and costs to-day for sly grogselling. Constable Rouse was in the district disguised as a swagger, on the lookout for some one who was wanted, and calling at Riordan’s store was supplied with beer. Riordan’s house had originally been built for au hotel, and for some years applications for a license have been frequently made and refused. The result was sly grog-selling. The last tenant was up about twelve months ago on a similar charge. Hokitika, Wednesday.

At the adjourned meeting of the Licensing Court to-day the whole of the postponed applications were granted except that of Israel Pollock of the Provincial Hotel, and Frank Foster, of the Robert Burns Hotel, who were refused licenses through the non-attendance of (he applicants ; and Patrick Coyle, of the Carriers’ Arms Hotel, was refused on account of the state of the house and the unfitness of the applicant. With regard to applications for conditional licenses at £2O as before, the Bench decided that they had no power to grant other than ordinary licenses at £3O, but would recommend the County Council to grant a refund of the difference. Auckland, Wednesday. At the Supreme Court to-day, in Banco, Judge Gillies, in granting the final discharge of a debtor named James Levy, made the following remarks in regard to the conduct of the solicitor who had received the debtor’s money for passing him through the Court, and then left him to shift for himself “ I observe that you have been paying money to a solicitor of this Court to get you through the Bankruptcy Court, and that he has entirely neglected you. Had be been within this district I should have considered it incumbent upon me to have ordered some steps to be taken for teaching him his duty, but as I understand that he has left the

district it is impossible for mo to do anything, except to express the opinion that should such a case occur again, it would be very proper for the trustee to sue the offending? solicitor for neglect of his duty.” The solicitor is understood to be a resident in the Wellington Provincial District.

Burton’s bakery and dining-rooms took fire to-night, through an expj-etl gas jet, but the fire was extinguished before mud, damage was done.

A French barque arrived to-night from San Francisco, She is ou her way from California to Lyttelton with a cargo of barley, and has put in here owing to the pumps having become choked, it is believed through the barley breaking loose. She is Go days nut from San Francisco. It is expected she will he able to resume her voyage in a few days. The boy Walker, who wounded himself in the abdomen with a revolver, is in a dying state. William Boyle has been sentenced to six months fur stealing a watch from George Greenan, steward of the steamer Wellington. Mr. E. W. Parks has been admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court. Lieutenant Horne, H.M.S. Sandfly, was married to-day to Miss Rochfort, daughter of Mr. Siugleton Rochfort, barrister. John Austin Smith has been arrested on a charge of obtaining goods under false pretences. Mr. O’Rorke, M.H.R., is a passenger for Dunedin to attend the Education Commission case. The case of Sergeant-Major Cleary, who died from effects of wounds received at the Rifle Butts, has been brought under Mr. Sheehan’s notice, and will probably form a subject of claim by the widow next session. The Onehunga Borough Council will present and address to the Governor ou landing. The following order of procession has been decided on:—Voluntecers, Mayra' (in carriage), and Governor's suite. Borough Councillors, HarborBoard, Consuls. Clergy, Deception Committee, rearguard of Volunteers, Odd Fellows (Manchester Unity), Foresters, Hibei'niana, llechabites, Constabulary. A triumphal arch will be erected at the entrance to the city, with the following motto—To his Excellency the Governor “ Health and Happiness.” Mr. Itoliert Graham has applied for leave to appeal at the Supreme Court against the decision of the magistrate in the Rotorua case. A cart loaded with stack coal was proceeding along Wellesley-street East to-day, when the main sewer, eight feet deep, gave way underneath the wheels, the wheels being supported only by a thin crust of metal. The horse escaped without injury. Dunedin, Wednesday. The land tax office is crowded with objectors every day for hours, and an agent advertises that he prepares objections and execution forms. People throughout the country complain that they cannot, get objection forms. The Department is in a general muddle. The Evening Star says letters from England state that the distress among the industrial classes is fearful, while the Government refuse to acknowledge it. So great is the desire to escape from it that from 500 to 000 written applications are received daily by the New Zealand Agency, from persons desirous of emigrating to this colony. Changes among the officers of the Union Company's boats are as follows :—Copt. Carey, of the Hitorua, will go Home to bring out the Te Aua ; Captain Tozer, of the Albion, will take charge of the Rotorua ; Mr. Garrard, at present chief officer of the Ringarooma, will command the Albion ; Mr. Irvine, chief officer of the Ladybird, and better known as chief officer of the Avawata,' will command the Claud Hamilton ; Mr. McGee, late commander of the Wellington, has gone as chief officer of the Ringarooma to gain experience of the Melbourne trade. Captaiu Carey will go Home by steamer, which leaves Melbourne on the 12th July, and the Te Ana is expected to leave London on the 10th October. The Rotomaliana will leave Loudon on the sth August, under the auspices oi tire colonial line, to which the Hankow and Whampoa belong. She will most likely be a full ship in cargo and passengers, as by the .Union Company’s latest advices a number of cabins had been booked, four months before the Te Ana’s projected date of departure. Mining operations are suspended at Nasoby and Blue Spur owing to the intense cold and frost. The Otago Daily Times denies that any arrangement has yet been made in reference to .filling up Judge Bathgate’s place on the Bench. Mr. Gotten received a vote of confidence at Outram.