DUNEDIN.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1003, 8 July 1879, Page 2

DUNEDIN.

July 7Tlie tramways were in partial operation to-day, and were largely patronised, free trains being run. Until more powerful engines are obtained, traffic will be confined to the Castle-sErest routes, the present engines not being able to' take the cars up the steep rise in the approach to the.Qctagon. The jqurney from Caifgill's Monument to tfte iWater .ojf Leith—two mjles—is done in ten minjites, including stoppages. The train runs 'very smoothly. Mr. J. Bradshaw, ex M, H. R., was asked to stand for Dunedia city to-day, but refused. July 8. At the Supreme Court this morning, Robert Fuller and John Cooney, convicted of robbery from a public-liouse till, were sentenced, ' the' former to three months' imprisonment, and tlie latter, who had previously serv.ed four years for robbery from the person, to two years' har.d labor. The witnesses in Cummock's case have been discharged from attendance till nptified that tliefr service,s are required. A professional beggar named Smith, alias Vincent, well known in Wellington and elsewhere, was sentenced this morning at the Police Court to three months' imprisonment with hard labor. NEW PLYMOUTH. July 7. From a native who arrived from Parihaka ' yesterday, we learn that Te Whiti keeps himself ' posted up gs to the trial pf prisoners, and* everything that happenf in Oonnectioji with them from the moment they were arrested. Be was awg.re egrly on Saturday morning of the result of the trial of the Waihi natives, and that they were to be sent to' Wellington. He still maintains that everything will come out right for the natives, but they must keep on ploughing.

AUCKLAND. July 7. The steamer Hero passed the Bay of Islands this afternoon for this port. The Government steamer Stella has put into the Bay of Islands. The Thames weekly gold, return is lOOOozs.

Rewi visited Kihikilii to see the allot- ' ment the Government has presented him with, as a site for a mansioff* He was greatly pleased with its commanding position, and its being a valuable corner site. Speaking of Taranaki affairs, he said, " We shall soon see if Te Whiti is a pro- ; phet, and if he fails, let him be put with j the imprisoned ploughmen. 1 ' : July 8. ; Captain Colbeck and Messrs. G. Alder- ; ton and Palmer, the delegates appointed j to urge on the northern trunk railway at the General Assembly, left by the Wanaka. j Mr. Palmer, on reaching Wellington, ] proceeds South to obtain signatures and ] to use his influence with men there with ; whom he has business connections. i So far as returns have come to hand for i the election of a representative for the ; Eastern Maori Electoral District, vice Karaitiana, deceased, Hans Tapsell, of i Rotorua, a half-caste is likely to be returned. Sergt. Gordon, A.C., Cambridge, lias been promoted to a Sub*lnspectorship. Sergt, Taylor has also been promoted to the same rank. v -; , TIMARU. July 7. The underwriters will re-launch the schooner Pelican, stranded on Sunday week, and take her to Port Chalmers for repairs. She has sustained very trifling damage. The weather has again turned for the worse, and heavy rain is falling. There is an immense quantity of snow on the ranges. .