TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5824, 28 November 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

TER PRESS AGENCY.) I xv ERC a liGILL, 1' hnrs da y. The MV. ".r t arson case iv;i< pro?ee led with acain yest- r lay mnr l ing. The Inspector of Police said he ini no further evidence to offer, whereupon the maii-tr.ite c .mmitted Francis Wheddon an 1 Duncan Cameron for trial, and discharged Demid McKay. Bail was refused. A mm named Fred.. Kosher was arrested early yesterday morning at the Bluff, charged with obtaining money at Waimate under false pretences. Late in the day he was charged at the Police Court, and remanded to Waimate. Westport, Thursday. A rich reef j has been discovered at the Lvell.

The County Council have removed their headquarters from Westport to Charleston. ; Kelson, Thursday.

At the Wesleyan Church district meeting this morning, the following resolution was passed ;—That the conference be requested to take into its consideration the desirability of atlirraiug a fixed standard of literary and theological attainments, to which all students iu training for the ministry must attain before entering upon circuit work. Dunedin, Thursday.

Milton, late librarian of the Athenaeum, was committed for trial yesterday for embezzlement.

Macrae, a man working on the “ unemployed ” section of the Strath-Taieri railway, has been killed by a fall of earth. There is a large attendance at the Show, but the ground is in a wretched condition owing to the heavy rain, which is still falling.

There is a good deal of interest taken iu the walking match. The weather during the {last week has been most unfavorable for the Show. To-day it was however only showery. The entries were very good, aud more numerous than last year. The attendance was fair for the first day. Tomorrow will be a public holiday. Owing to the weather, no work is being done for the races. The whole of the competitors for the twentyfours’ walking contest at the Garrison Hall have gone into training. The entries have been received for the one mile steeplechase. Mr. Keith Ramsay will succeed to the chairmanship of the Harbor Board, rice Mr. Tewsley, resigned. Timaiuj, Thursday. Rust has appeared in the crops iu South Canterbury. An agitation is going on at Temuka for the commencement of the interior railway. Christchurch, Thursday. Kathleen Fowler, charged with stealing a brooch, value £B, the property of Alice McCornby, at Wellington, was remanded to that city for trial. At the adjourned inquest on the Penny children, fouud dead in their cot some time ago, the evidence showed that Professor Bickerton had failed to find any trace of poison in the stomachs. The evidence of Dr. lloss pointed to suffocation as the only feasible explanation, but the coverlet was shown to be thin and light, and the p -st-mortem appearances were hardly in accordance with the theory of death by suffocation. The coroner regretted that the evidence failed to show the cause of death, and the jury returned an open verdict. Mr. IT. Selwyn Smith has ceased to act as general manager of the Hew Zealand Shipping Company. Auckland, Thursday. There was a heavy thunderstorm to-night, and rain fell iu torrents the whole evening. Hokitika, Thursday. Kothing whatever is known on the West Coast to warrant a rush to Parito, as stated in an extra to the jYew Zealander , published on Wednesday morning, and telegraphed from Wellington to the West Coast Times. Grahamstown, Friday. Retorting took place in the Alburnia mine to-day, with a return of 771 ounces of gold. This, added to the previous return, makes 2436 ounces. A dividend is announced, payable next Friday. The books close on Tuesday. Shares are selling at 70s.