TELEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10616, 11 March 1896, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(Per United . Pbess Association.)

Auckland, March 10.

The Hon. J. Carroll, who returned with hij Excellency the Governor, leaves for Wellington on Thursday.

Wkllinotok, March 10.

The court martial held yesterday just bt:U)(i; the squadron left port wss in rsgard to a marijift ou H.M.S. Ringdove (not the Ringarooma »* reported yesterday), who wai charged with having struck a petty-officer of tbe «am«i'via«(i, Tha trial resulted in the offender being fofinrf guilty; and sentenced to three yearn' im, r.tf/t,ment. He was placed on board this fUgsfctr/ after sentence was passed, and on ih. ♦/>&««!$< 5 arrival in Sydney wil! be sent limm; Ui mtv? the remainder of the sentence.

H.M.S. Ringdove will probaUy ntti-mia Sr, Wellington until the 3let innt., -nhiit tli* w!'l proceed to Picton in order to b<: yirw;:.'. »A tfes Championship regatta fixtures Im /JvrVw,

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Mr F. W. Merchant, tj r r iHj -*y « resident engineer, report' 1 to U * f i, / Board to-day that the chatwt'.r nti4 *»' t-* of the harbour are beiDg ni!c»d hy ii-t ' s take steps to pi-event the shingle fror/i',«+. y round the breakwater and f irmiut r It i t entrance. He indicated that wrac. »» s. % storms may bring ou ths trouble. Hi r.rs mends an immediate start to frr /»» "\. shingle from the south sioe racier a» > w r rary palliative that s preventive ¥>• f *. * maueut provision ha recommends an at'/tutv,, of the breakwattr to improve the barbr.tir %'A facilitate dealing with the shingle. Contirkrv tion of the report was deferred for a month.