TELEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 5407, 18 June 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(Peb Pbess Association Special Wibi.)

AocklaKd, June 17th. The charge against Isaac Hoane, publican, for permitting gambling on his premises, was dismissed. The police sent to Oamara for ft witness for the prosecution. Captain Wildman, of the Thames Haval Bi igade, has left for Wellington. The Brigada accompanied him to the boat to bid him fanwall.

A lad named George Shrimptin had tha flesh nearly torn off his arms by an accident in a mining battery at Coromandel.

The Government, afier many years' delay, ha3 conveyed the Thames foreshore to the Harbour Board.

At the wish of residents of the Pareora County, the Chairman telegraphed to the Native Minister asking the Governor to visit the Thames district and opan the Pareora bridge. , The Native Minister 'will leave for 'Wellington about Thursday.

Wellington, June 17th. The Insurance Companies today vot9d LSO to each of the Fire Brigades, and L25 to the Naval Brigade, for their exertions at the late fire.

The Wealeyan Church will be rebuilt, but as a permanent structure will take a long time, authority is being sought for the erection of a temporary wooden building.

The Working Men's Club are locking out foe freeh premises. The Government have rented the Athenaeum Hall as a temporary police court. An agitation is on foot to get tbe Corporation to procure a floating fire-engine. :!-

At ths Resident Magistrats's Court to-day; the'case o£ Regina v. Kinross, for alleged perjury, was continued. A long argument took placa as to proof of the oath having been administered to Mr Kiaros< in 1871, before tha Committee on Native Lands. Mrßses pat in a copy"of the. Journal of tha Legislative Councfl. Mr Travers ontended that this document was no evidence unless an officer of the Council produced it and deposed to its beiog genuine. If the Council's permission had not been obtained for any of its officers to give evidence, tbe Speaker had power to grant permission for an officer to attend, but only the Council had power to grant officers permiision to grre'evidence. : Mr Ress denied this. He asserted ithafr the attendance of a a officer with the Jonrnal of the House meant, in fact, giving evidence. Turning to tha Journals put in, Mr Travers pointed put that the evidence required was contained in the appe'adix, and the app9ndix was not part of tbe Journals. He quotei from Acts showing tbat no appendix could be taken as evidence of the proceedings of tho Council. Mr Travers went on to point out that Mr Kinross had now been waiting for fix weeks, yet no prima facie case bad been made out, and he thought it would be unfair to delay the case till after the meeting of Parliament on July 11th, for. the production of the evidence of tke clerk of the Legislative Council, Mr Travers was then put in the box. He said he had been present as counsel at the Committee in 1871. He was not present at tha beginning of Mr Kinross' examiaation, therefore he did not see him sworn. He, however, saw witnesses sworn before the same Committee. He heard the resolution of Committee that all Bvidonce BhouH be taken on oatb. The case was further adjourned till Thursday next. It is understood that the Governor will pay a visit to Kawau. It is also not improbable that he will return via the East Coast, goinground the North Cap a, from Oaehunga, in tbe Hineinoa.

Blenheim, June 17tlu

Last night a flax-mill on Davis' property, at iesue in the ejectment case Davis v. Bothwall, decided agaimt defendant last Friday, was burnt down. The case is involved in mystery. The value cf the mill was Ll5O, and it was unmiurel. An inquiry will be held on Tuesdaynext.

Christchhbch, June 17th. The Chrietchurca tramway will cammenca operations next month. The firat design for the new To.rn Hall was received yes'.erday. A man, a working contractor at Wainui, had his face and eyes fearfully burnt list week by the explosion of a dynamite cart i 'ga. Hs was drying it on a sbo.'el before n wort tire when it exploded. He was conveyed to the Akaro* Hospital, but Dr Guthrie is doubtful of saving his eyesisht. The City and Sydenham Councils cannot agree to puttingtheir unemployed on t'»e South Belt together, and each is going to find work in its own borough. A whale h a been stranded at the Akaroa Head". It is GO feet in length, aud has been dead six weeks, the oil and the whalebone being uselet*.

Shortly before 6 o'clock thi«i morning the Hereford Boarding-house, in Durham utreefc South, was completely burned to the ground. The house contained seven rooms—four on tho ground floor and three upstairs. The servant girl slept downstairs in the same room as tha landlady, and awoke, asking her what the noise was. The unoke then began to come into thoroom. On opening the door they s»w tha lower portion of the house in flames, and had barelytime to escape in tbeir nightdresses from their bedroom, which w»s on fir*. Thres men and a young woman, lodgers upstairs, when aroused, had only time to raise the windows and throw out a little hoddiag and jump down on tho pavement. Tne young woman, named Flora Abbot, in jumping down sprained her ankle badly, and wai carried to a neighbour's house. The firs is supposed to have originated in the sitting-room downstairs, where a small 6re was left in the grate when the lodgers went to bej. The building was an old wooden tenement. The Fire Brigade saved the cottage next door, one end of which caught fire. Hereford House wa* insured by tho owner, F. A. Bishop, in the National for £225. Mrs Drury's furuituro was insured in the Transatlantic for £200. Nothing whatever was saved. One lodger, named Thoinai Moody, lost his watcb, gun, clothes, and meerschaum pipe*, valued at £28; another, Harry Redman, his clothes and musical instruments, valuad »fc L23, besides'a number of valuable paper*. The third, Alfred Nibby, lot Lls worth of

■clothes. The servant girl lost everything she posseted. Tho coursing meeting was postponed till tomorrow, owing to the wet weather. Another fire epidemic has net in. This evening Mr W. Hoikins' house, in Tuam street, caught fins aud was completely gutted. It was raining at tho time. Very little was aaved, and that w»i damaged. The hou<>e belonged to Mr Collfltt, and was insured for L3OO in the New Zealand office. Mr Hoskins will be n, h»avy loser. A breeze was blowing at the time, but luckily frjm the right direction to save a tow of contiguous cottages. Mr Hoakins Eaved a good portion of the contents, which were insured for L3OO, also in the New Zealand, but he -will lose heavily in tb.9 shape of manuscripts, ■wardrobe, &c. He estimates his lO3S at L2OOO. but it is impossible to appreciate the value of >soma of the articles, which formed the collec i.ion of a lifetime. The first production of "H.M.S. Pinafore" -was crowded last night, and was fairly successful. Three lada, name 1 Watkins, Fitzjerald, and JRoacta, were convicted at Rangiora to-day, of kerosene on a dog and setting it on fire. The evidence disclosed the grossest cruelty. The magistrate regretted he could not order them to be flogged, and took time to consider the sentence.

The Stad Haarlem arrived at St. Vincent on Saturday.

Tnu.uu, June 17th.

In the Supreme Court to-day, in the ca'e of Franks v. The Temuka Road Board, a cliim for LI6OO damages for the pollution of a stream, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for JU92 and c sts. Judgment was reserved, pending the decision of a point raised as to the legal responsibility of the Board. At the same Court Mrs Ross obtained a judicial separation from her husband, Captain Ross, late of Fairlie Creek, on the ground of cruelty. At the adjourned sitting of the Licensing Court to-day, the Bench agreed to renew O'Brion'a license for the Albion Hotel on the distinct understanding that improvements ihould be immediately made. The principal exports by sea from TJmaru for the four weeks ending to-day were—l47,ooo bushels of wheat, 12,C ditto barley, 33G4 ■ditto oats, 3517 case3 of preserved meats, 160 baits of wool, 1847 sacks of flour, and Bmaller quantities of tallow, skin?, malt, &c.

Oamaru, June 17th. The body of a man named Donald M' Innes was found floating in the lagoon this morning. It was much decomposed, having been in the water about a fortnight. There is no clue as to the cause of death, but at about tha time deceased got into the lagoon he wai lsnown to have been drinking. An inquest will be held to-morrow.