TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 3291, 7 January 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

. * (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION'S SPECIAL WIRE). DUNEDIN, Monday. ' The wrestling match, for the championship between Thomas, of Victoria, and Dagg, of New Zealand, excited" great' interest to-day, and large sums of money ' changed hands on the event. It resulted in the defeat of the Victorian champion. Thomas was also -beaten Tjy Hoarein Cornish wrestling. '*"**' •«• At a meeting of Dunedin footballers tonight, it was decided that they were ffct in. a position to guarantee any sum .towards^the expenses of the English team, but wereJprepared to make arrangements to offer the whole of the gate money. A meeting was held at the Council-Cham-bers to-day to take steps to relieve family of the late Captain Hughes, who was lost from steamer the Oreti, at Bluff, on Friday last. Over £50 was subscribed in the room and it was resolved to raise "furthur sums and ask the aid of the Masonic body to which deceased belonged. Subscription lists will be forwarded to all ports at which Hughes was known. The Supreme Court Criminal Sessions commenced to-day, before Judge Williams, who remarked in his charge that the calender presented no features of special interest. True bills were found in the following cases : — James Miller, fraudulent bankruptcy ; William White, forgery ; James Morgan, forgery ; Eli Coolen, house breaking ; Walter Morley, larceny ; Robert Angus, larceny ; Denis Anglin, perjury ; Margaret Barratt, alias Stephenson, stealing from a dwelling ; Hyam Lyon Metz, forgery and uttering an acceptance tp a bill of exchange: George Brown, for indecent assault ; Jane Reid, for perjury. In the ease of Margaret Scott, the Grand Jury returned a verdict of manslaughter only ; the Grand Jury were then discharged. The Grand Jury ignored the bills in. the case of Regina v. ' Johnston and Thomas McNaughton, in which the prisoners were charged with robbery. | James Miller, charged under the Bankruptcy Act with fraudulently obtaining goods, was j found not guilty, and discharged. Before the,, case for the Crown had closed His Honor pointed out that the contract was purely executory ; the goods were obtained by the bankrupt after he had filed a declaration ofinsolvency, while the Act provided for the goods being obtained four months before the declaration. There was no property obtained by Miller till after he became bankrupt, and he might have committed a fraud, but he (the Judge) did not see , how the accused could be convicted on the indictment under which the present charge was laid. James Morgan pleaded guilty .to forgery and was remanded for sentence. Wm. White charged with forgery pleaded not guilty arid was discharged. Hyamliyon Metz pleaded guiltj to two charges of forgery and was remanded for sentence. , W. Morley for larcQny was found not guilty and discharged. Robert Angus for larceny as bailee was found guilty and remanded for sentence. Denis Angliu ,on bailj charged with perjury did not appear and his recognisance was ordered to be estreated. £10. was paid in, which the judge said was ridiculously small. The court then adjourned 'until next. day. The whole of the applications for the I renewal of auctioneers licenses were granted ! to-day, there being no objections raised to any of them. At a meeting of the High School Board today, Miss Douglas, recently head mistress of the Girls Jubilee School, Newcastle onTyne, was appointed assistant mistoess to the Dunedin Girls High School. Mr Charles Bright, the free-thought lecturer, and the Rev. Mr Green, evangelistic preacher, meet to-night to arrange the terms upon which they will discuss publicly some religious topics to be agreed upon. Arrangements are being made by the friends o* the coritroversalists to have the discussion fully reported, and published in book form. WELLINGTON, Monday. The iron yacht Good Templar, ten tons, which left Auckland on Christmas day, put into this port yesterday morning, w having been unable to make Lyttelton in time for . the Resjatta. She therefore will remain for the Wellington Regatta on the 22nd inst. The Hon. Mr Waterhouse's sale to the Hon. Mr Martin comprises 34,000 acres land fenced, 33,000 sheep, 700 head cattle, 40 horses, implements, buildings, &c. The price was £85,000. The criminal sessions opened to-day. The calender was light. Sarah Hannah Jacobs, who pleaded guilty to attempting suicide, was released on her husband's recognisances of £50, to come up for sentence when, called on. The Hon. Mr Fox denies the authority of a letter, in an English paper, reflecting severely on the character of members of the House of Representatives. A meeting of footballers is called to consider letters relative to the visit of an English team to the colony. Kpost mortem examination on McElwan, who died on Saturday, " showed that the cause of death was rupture of the heart. NEW PLYMOUTH, Monday. { Te Whiti having heard a rumor that the natives were assembling at Pariataka to ar- . range for fresh fighting, has sent messengers to contradict the statement. They are authorised to tell the natives, and to make it generally known, that there is to be no more ing in the district. Cobb's second coach from Inglewood to Hawera has arrived,. and did the journej in eight hours. The driver says he could do it in four when the roads are clear. Out of 81 sections offered at auction at the Government land sale to-day, only 13 "were sold. CHRISTCHURCH, Monday. The criminal sessions of the Supreme Court began to-day. Judge Johnston, m the course of his address to the jury, said, the calendar showed very much the usual characteristics of crime of the colony. The passing of forged cheques was very prominent, and he would again and again urge upon the police his opinion that persons who changed cheques for strangers on the. strength of assurances that they had .money, were really participators in the crime. It was difficult to draw the line perhaps between what was culpable arid what was only stupid in such cases. He alluded particularly to shopkeepers and ; small storekeepers, and above all to publicans. These men allowed themselves to be cheated in the most ridiculous fashion, and thus held out. temptations ~to crime; which were not found to exist in. any other part of the world. He must say that the. gulls, must expect to be gulled. "There "were; to" a certain extentj in this colony excuses which would be no excuse in countries more thickly populated. He was aware that wages were paid by small cheques, still those who changed such cheques were bound, as far< as possible, to protect society against fraud. Of libel his Honor said that publishing libel, which tended te I bring a man in disrepute, was a punishable offence on account of its tendency to cause a breach of the peace, and not on account of any loss it might bring upon the individual libelled. 1 ' The law, therefore, -was that if you wrote something defamatory of a man, and directed it in a letter to that inanthat would be no ground for a civil action, as he would lose nothing by it, but if that something was published that would be an injury to his character for which he could bring a civil action. But the law said that though a man in such case could bring a civil action, he might also - indict his libeller on account of the provocation to a breach of the peace,. Such- indictments, however, were extremely rare, he had not known of one in his experience. In relation to the cases of- indecent assault, of which there are two on the calendar,' he censured the habit which appeared to be too prevalent of leaving young girls alone , in the society of men. Sundry cases were then disposed of. Edward McKenna pleaded, guilty of forgery and uttering.a cheque for £7 10s at Kaiapoi, and was sßntenced to sixpyears' penal servitude, there being previous convictions against him. J. McNaniara, hotelkeeper, who changed the cheque, was severely reprimanded by the I judge, and the prosecutor's costs disallowed.' i A .child named Hannah Longford, one of ' the Opawa's immigrants, died at fche Quarantine Station on Sunday morning from whp^op.ing cough. The ship's doctor .recommends that the remaining patients on the. Quarantine Island should be released. TIMARU, Monday. Every one is laughing at the Land Tax papers, distributed to-day, and no one seems to have the" slightest idea how to fill them up. The result will t>e endless confusion and ill-feeling. A respectable suit of clothes was found on the banks .of the Pareora River to-day. - It is supposed that someone has been drowned, but there is no clue to the identity. , , " . . OAMAREr, .Monday. , On Saturday one of Messrs Reid and Gray's new reaper and . binders was, tried in a heavy crop of. green oats, The \vm\ was fairly suc-

cessful. A slight defect was perceptible in the lying, which, however, cau be remedied. Another trial is arranged for the 7th inst. ■ ; ■; ■ , AUCKLAND^ Monday. The Taranaki cricketers played a match in the Dbmain with fifteen colts. It resulted as .follows:— Taranak i: first innings, 358 ; Colts '-^-first innings, 50--sec6ti:d, 71 , Taranaki thus winning in oiie innings. . iT .' i:/ . \ Mr* A. McDonald, "of Poverty Bay,' has bought Mr Vallahce's Pioneer for L5OO. Mr McDonald is owner of Ariel, and intends to ;make an excellent stable. •■ --'->- . -^^ ■ Mr H. Kisslihg, solicitor,', died'^yesterday i afternoon from typhus f eyeiv He was the -son: of the late Archdqacon K^sling, andfhis; funeral was attended by a large "number df people. „ :. ••■■:.' :: ■ BAIiCI^THA, Mo^AY; At about ten o'clock to-day, while Mr McMlillan, the Kail way Inspector, was about going to Invercargill with an engine and trucks for flax for the river bank protection, and when about to stop, he was met by Mr Proudf pot's engine, which caused a slight collision. The buffers of the engines were smashed and one man was slightly hurt. The accident might have been very serious, as no notice was sent that the engine was comijg and line not clear, Messrs , Proudfoot, Grieagh, and others, were travelling on the engine, .but escaped unhurt; although they j had a narrow escape. (PER PRESS AGENCY.)

CHRISTCHURCH, Monday. The criminal sessions comm enced this morning at 10 o'clock. In his charge to the Grand Jury, the Judge referred to the floods that had marked the latter portion of the year, and which, no doubt, had led to suffering among a certain class of the community. He congratulated them upon the increased raUway facilities, which would no doubt bej of immense benefit to the country. Speaking of the calendar before them, he said he was | sorry he could not speak of any falling off of crime in the district; stiU there was no reason to suppose that any very large criminal population was settled" in their midst. Speaking of the crime of forgery and passing valueless cheques, he said it AA'-ould never be put an end to Avhile there were so many "gulls" as appeared to be the case at present. The frequenoy of arson he- ascribed to wooden houses, and to insurances being too high, and in some cases the crime was committed out of revenge. With regard to the indecent cases before the coiM, it was a great pity parents did not take more care of their children. John Kinora was found guilty of forgery, and was sentenced to six years penal servitude. Hardock, charged vrith forgery, was acquitted. John Casey, found guilty of larcency, was remanded for sentence. No Bills Avere found in the cases of Dempsey, for manslaughter, and Reeve, tor infamous offence. John Blind, for larceny at Ashburton, Avas sentenced to a year's imprigbnment. True BiUs were found in all the other cases. The Grand Jury made a presentment to the court recommending that in future the business of first day of the session should commence at eleven o'clock. AUCKLAND, Monday. A man named Edward Packnell met Avith a serious -accident at Newmarket on Saturday. While driving a dray from Auckland to Onehunga he fell off, and the wheel Avent over his leg. He was conveyed to the hospital, where amputation had to ' be resorted to. Mr. W. H. Kisshng, solicitor, aged 31. died last night from typhoid fever. Deceased was a native of the colony, and is brother to the manager of the Bank of New Zealand. Mrs Berryman, the Avife of a settler at the Waikato, committed suicide by jumping into the Waikato River. Her motive is unknown. WANGANUI, Monday. Mr F. Delamain writes to the Chronicle, threatening proceedings because of certain strictures on his conduct in making it a condition of his running Maritana for the Big Handicap at the Raugitikei races that he should share in the proceeds Avith the holders of the favorite in the principal sweep. Mr Delamain objects to the term "shady," as a^phed to his conduct, and says he did nothing but Avhat was commonly done, and is considered perfectly legitimate to racing circles. " If that be so," says the Chronicle, " then all we can sa}' is, so much the Avorse for the racing and all connected Avith it." WELLINGTON, Monday. The criminal sessions of the Supreme Court opened at 10 this morning. The" remarks of the Chief Justice Avere confined purely to the cases on the calender, which is light. Mr Barton, M.H.R., denies the statement that he purposes practising in Auckland, and ' adds that he intends to remain in Wellington to pursue the quarrel between himself and the Supreme Court Judges until a settlement in accordance with what he and those Avho think Avith him believe to be just, shall have been arrived at, and then he will resume practice in Wellington. The oat crops on the East Coast been almost destroyed by high winds, the grain being blown out of the ears. The New Zealander suggests that to consequence of the high rate of rent in the city, some allowance should be made to married members of the police force. A juryman Avas excused at the Supreme Court to-day on the ground that he Avas bail for one of the persons against whom a true bill was found. His Honor said he did not think it Avas valid objection, but thought perhaps under the circumstances the juryman had better not serve. At an inquest held on the body of McElwan, the tailor, who AA r as committed for trial on a charge of arson. Dr Kesteven said deceased died of a broken heart, partly through fretting over his troubles, and partly through .drinking. All the organs were healthy, but the left ventricle of the heart was ruptured: Mr Jas. G.Uligan, who died at the Occidental Hotel this morning, Avas touched with heart disease. He had .been under the care of JDr. Von Murbaeh for the last three weeks. Jas. Murphy, who was charged with rape on a little girl at GreytowUi AA r as, after a good, deal of consideration by the jury, found guilty of attempted rape, and remanded till to-morrow, when sentence will be pronounced. Whilst Mr W. L. Travers was driving over the Ngahauranga bridge on Saturday afternoon, to a buggy containinghimself, wife and two ladies, one of the buggy wheels collided with a cart, the horse bolted, and after going about 200 yards capsized the trap. All of the occupants were more or less injured. It is said Mr Travers intends to take proceedings I .against the driyer of the cart. !"'-The following gentlemen are gazetted today valuers under the Land Tax Act : — T. Brooks, MUton ;" C. Christie, Balclutha; J.Worthington, Queenstown; J. F. Hedley,' Arrowtown ; H. C. Brewer, Naseby ; W. B. Scandi;ett, Invercargiii; B. Willoughby, South InvercargiU ; W. Walker, North InvercargiU; W. G. MacKay, East InvercargiU ; . H. McLean, GladsfbneiD.'CamerohV'Wintpn; W. BroAvn, Avenal ; J. Cameron, Cavershain; J^ Webb, M. Hawkins, J. Morris, W. ; T Winchester, Dunedin ;' J, . James, St. Kilda ; 7W. Bell, Greeri ' Island; J7- Stone; Morning-^ ton ; — Hobbs, Maori Hill; H. McFadeyn, North-east Valley ; J. Cunningham, Roslyn ; Jabez Barton, Roxburgh; G. Byron, LaAvrence ; J. A. Mooney, Tapanui ; j'G; B. Aitken, Cromwell ; J. Chappie, Alexandra : W. •G. Paterson, Port Chalmers ; ' H. Gill, West Hawkesbury ;A. Toomers, Oamaru ; G. O. Castels, Riverton ; David Gardner. Gore, Southland: J. S. MUler, Lismoyle ; John Ross, Gore ; J. Morris, Waikouaiti ; J. McKenzie. Shag Valley; D. S. Lawlor, WaUacctoAvn, Southland .: J. R. Blyth, InvercargUl ; Jas. Mclndoe, Geo. Pram, Taieri ; Jas. Liddell, Oamaru ; David McMaster,. Waitaki ; E. Bastings, Philip Wm. Lawrence. J^Hislop, MUtori ; B. T. Hughan, Waihola ; M. Paterson, Kaihiku ; M. O'Meara, Queenstown ; J. Morrison, Naseby ; Robt, Pambierd, Peninsula ; John S. Dickie, Clyde ; Chas. TraiU, Stewart's Island. MrGilligan recently sold his Tauru estate and purchased a- rtud farm in Canterbury ; but -il? is stated that the purchasers' of the estate declined to complete the bargain owing to some toformalityywhich is supposed to have worried GiUigan a good deal: It was the intention of the deceased,'if health permitted, to return to Canterbury in a few days. The foUowing items of Cape Town neAvs -were omitted in yesterday's telegrams — The first party election take place to-mor-row, the 22nd November, for the Legislative CouncU. The House of Assembly elections are postponed until January. Exceptional weather has prevaUed here lately. An immense quantity of rain has fallen, and it has been colder than for years past — our summer appears to have no regularity. The wool season has just commenced, it is later than usual, but has been retarded by the cold weather. No sales of importance have as yet taken place, but prices generally rule firm at last rates. Our harvest promises well, and grain and

forage are likely t0 ..-. rule lower. Present stocks, with the exception of maize, are large. DUNEDIN, Monday. At the S upreme Court td-day, the grand jury ignored the bills in the case of Johnston and McNaughton, for robbery, and in that Of Margaret Scott they reduced^ the ;■ indictment from murder to manslaughter. Jams, Milleri for fraudulently-Obtaining; goods under the Bankruptcy Act, and Walter Morley for larceny, were acquitted. Hyam Lyon Metz pleaded guilty, to having forged two cheques.' " Robert AngnsAvas committed for horse stealing. Denis Anglin, charged with perjury, did not appear, and his sureties vvere estreated. In Avrestling for the champion belt to-day Tyson again defeated Thomas. - . NAPIER, Monday. There Avas a heavy fall of rain yesterday, -| and last evening the guage registered two inches, and thus the prospect of farmers is much improved. ' The annual meeting of Good Templar Grand Lodge opened this morning in the Protestant Hall. The following officers were present: The Hon. W. Fox, GW.C.T.; Bro. Speight, P.G.W.C.T. : Ewlas, G.T.8. ; Jenkins, G.F. ; Johnston, W.W. ; Hall, G.C. ; Lyell, G.W.G. ;. Pirani, G.M. A man named Cartwright, a carter, has' just been kUled through a fall of earth on the reclamation works; another man/was severely | injured.