LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1122, 15 September 1880, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

NAPIER. TM.3 Day. _ Through some mistake, Gisborne mail for Napier, by^the s.s. Albion was carried on to Wellington, and the Wellington one left here. WELLINGTON. ] This Day. The Criminal sitting of the Supreme Court commenced yesterday, before Judge Johnston, who congratulated the Grand Jury of the lightness of the calendar during the present dearth" of employment and consequent trial and suffering. Sidey, auctioneer, has called . a meeting of his creditors. Liabilities are stated to be under £500. : The Property Assessment schedule and appointment of Assessors was gazetted last night. The 'tiriie for returning, forms is extended to 25th of October. AUCKLAND. This Day. The Native who cut clown the telegragh pole at Russell, was yesterday lined £6 at the R.M. Court. FEATHERSTON. This Day. The inquest on tbe bodies of the children killed in the railway ori Saturday, was resumed yesterday. . . | Montgomery denied that he told Quhui that the driver and fireman were worse for liquor, or that they had a bottle of brandy with them. The only brandy he saw wjis some given to the injured passengers. Quinn, beiug. recalled, .stated that he had made a -mistake about the brandy, and that it had been explained to him that the bottle of brandy from which some was given to the passengers was one he had himself in the train. . Other evidence was given, proving that the driver and fireman were both sober men, and perfectly sober on the occasion of the accident. Other evidence showed that the accident was entirely due to the terrific gust of wind. Ashcroft, manager of the lines, stated he had 20 years' experience on the Continent of Europe and Egypt, and the only line like that up the incline was at Mount Ceuis. The jury returned a verdict of death purely accidental, caused by carriages being blown off the line down the embankment. No blame is attached to any one. A rider was added that the Government should take immediate action by the construction of wind sheds or otherwise prevent a recurrence of s. similiar accident ; that the gravest censure be passed on the witness Quinn. for the unfounded statement he made,, and that the evidence showed the management of the line was most efficient. CHRISTCHURCH. This Day. Two house-holders at Kaiapoi, who positivively refused to send their children to school, were brought up at the R.M. Court yesterday, by the School Committee. The magistrate ordered the chikh-eii to be sent to school regularly, the parents pay the costs, and said he would deal severely with such cases in future. NEW PLYMOUTH. This Day. A rumor was about town yesterday that some active operations were about to be made, as a number of mounted-men from the White Cliffs passed through singly, half-a-mile apart, as if wishing to avoid being j seen.