LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1196, 14 December 1880, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[FROM OUR O\VS UOItIIIMPOXIIKNr.] NAPIER. " -j This Day. The Supreme Court sittings continue, but no cases of public interest have been tried yet. WELLINGTON. i This Day. It is understood that the contract | for the conveyance of the Suez mails | from Melbourne to the Bluff, which expires shortly,, will not be renewed. At the Supretne Court, the trial, of Tuhia, for the murder of Miss Dobie, commenced yesterday, and is still proceeding. The. evidence is similar to what was given at the inquest; •' AUCKLAND. This Day. At the matr ; iculation and junior scholarship examination for the New Zealand TTniversity which commenced yesterday, there were 8 candidates half of them being ladies. The s.s. Australia arrived yesterday with the 'Frisco mail. Vesey. Stewart did not arrive as expected, having been detained at New York until to late to catch the steamer. At a meeting of Catholics held last evening, it was resolved to proceed with the erection of the pro-Cathedral. CHRISTCHURCH. This Day. At the R.M. Court yesterday, two chemists, Townsend and Bonnington, were fined 20s each for selling poison without requiring the signature of the purchaser. NEW PLYMOUTH. This Day. An inquest held yesterday on the body of a woman brought on Sunday to the hospital from Omaha, but when arrived she was found to be dead. The evidence of the doctor showed the woman to have been neglected, but death resulted from natural causes. . HAWERA. This Day. There was a further sale of land on the Waimate Plains yesterday, under deferred' payments. All' the sections : except one were applied for.