TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 3364, 2 April 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION'S SPECIAL - ' WIRE.) •• ' AUCKLAND, Tuesday. The New Zealand Herald ■ to-day appeared in a, permanently enlarged form of eight pages— the same size as the Lyttelton Times. The criminal session of the Supreme Court,' begins on Monday. There are twenty prisoners on the calendar for various offences, including no fewer than eleven Maories, chiefly for cattle and horse stealing, and other kinds of larceny, together with one case of housebreaking anci one of indecent assault at Opotiki. . , Mr Boyce. M.H.R., having finished his inquiry into the Bay of Island roll manipulating, leaves to-morrow for Lyttelton, accompanied by Mr Grey, of the Hansard sLaff. The mail steamer Ausfci alia left to-night, at eight o'clock, having been detained by the tardy arrival of the steamer Wellington, which was' two hours late. The s.s. Rotorua left for Sydney, at five o'clock, both vessels being 'well supplied with passengers. Last night a mau named David Wright, a stonemason, fifty years of age, was reluming from Puk'ehde hotel to las home atthe Manukau, when he fell from his horse with great violence on the meta'Hed road, and only survived the accident five hours, death beiug result of internal injuries. He leaves a wife and nine children indifferently provided for. He was not sober when he left Pukehoe hotel. The viijal statistics for the borough of Auckland, for March, are aW follows : — Births, 48 ; i marriage certificates issued.'27 ; deaths, 23. NAPIER, Tuesday. The conspiracy case against Messrs Donnelly andf jPrice for /endeavoring, to defraud Renata Kawepo, a Maori .chiec, by agreeing to run up the prices of the racehorses Ofcupai ancl Tauara to fictitious values, was brought to a sudden conclusion to-day. Before half the/witnesses , : for the.- defence had/, been es- • jammed, Mr Stuart, the R.M!, stated that" in his opinion a case, had been, made but for a jury,: on which Mr Cbrnford, solicitor for .; Donnelly, said he should not go on any ! f urther with the case. Both defendants were then cojmmitted for trial atthe next Supreme Court sittings. 7Mr Rees made application that the trial should be held iv Wellington, in consequence of the Napier; sittings riot being held in June, and also because, in his opiniori;-any cafee > between Maoris 'and.Eurbl peans could not get a fair vtri al in Napier. Mr Cornf ord said it ? w*as a most extraordinary . doctrine . for. / Mi*. !Rees to lay down, fHe strpngly opposed the trial being ; at* Welling-" tons, •■On account of the ■ ruinous expense to his clients. The^ magistrate refused Mi* ReesV j application. „'.-• AAAaa- ■■' ■ A. AA ! The conspiracy case against Messrs Sutton, M;H.R., Kinross* aiid George 'Bricktaritl Morgan is postponed •' till- Thursday, the 9th inst. ■■-'••■ A little gtrl was knocked down by a railway engine this afternoon, and received a nasty cut on the head. She was picked up quite unconscious, and it is not certain whether she will recover. WELLINGTON, Tuesday. 'There is no sign yet of the missing yacht Fanny Goddard with young Stevenson on board. Very little hope is now entertained' for her safety. A large number of members and friends of the Primitive Methodist congregation : assembled last evening to bid farewell to the Rev. J. Dnmben, who left in the Wakatipu this afternoon, he having been removed from Wellington station to Timaru. A purse^ of, soys. and an illuminated address handsoniely worked in silk by lady members were presented to the rev. gentleman, who replied in a very impressive and appropriate way. Mr Sheehan's departure for the Waimate -Plains is postponed till after. the arrival of the Premier. The claims to .vote sent in to the Registrar number 169 for Wellington, of which 17 are - claims to register under the. lodgers franchise. His Excellency the Governor and Lady Robinson have accepted an invitation from the Choral Society to- be present at the per-, formance of "The Messiah," at the Opera House, on Tuesday next. - The following is the list of prisoners sent' for trial at the sittings of the Supreirie Court,- which commences on Monday next : — Ernest Warner, false pretences, * 4, charges; Walter Wm. Bacon, larceny ; " Parnell, cutting and wounding ; C. Mills, forgery and uttering, 2 charges ; P. Regan, attempt at rape ; Wm. Hart, larceny from a dwelling ; AL. T. 'WilliaJms, „ embezzlement ; J. Honey, attempted suicide ; Wm. Pingby, larceny ; James Shearer and Peter Vernon, robbery 'from the person ; Jno. Connell and Wm. Shand, robbery with violence f rom the person ; Geo. Adams and Geo. Richardson, r obbery. Up to the present time not a single civil action has been entered for hearing at the coming sittings. , ' The proposal to borrow LIOO,OOO for~street improvements is causing some agitation. Preliminary to the vote ol the ratepayers being ' taken, a meeting of the Thorridon Ward ratepayers decided against it last night, and meetings of other wards are to be | held. Cook- and Te Ara Wards are likely to supporfc the proposal, as most of the money •will be sent in then. ' *' The New Zealander appeared this morning with the imprint of Reid arid Co., and a leader announcing' the change of pro-* prietary.* The price has been raised from one penny to twope nce, and the paper claims political independence, but 7vill give general to support" the present Ministry. A wholesale fruit dealer was' fined L 5 and costs to-day for selling decayed fruit. HOKITIKA, Tuesday. The .Stella, with the' Jackson's Bay commissioners ancK'staff, arrived* to-day from Jackson's Bay, after an absence of three weeks. It is believed (Inquiry will be resumed here. The Stella left for Wellington with fifty-two settlers from .Jackson's Bay, and forty unemployed men from Hokitika, Kumara, and Greymouth, including the shipwrecked crew and captain of the Cynthia, schooner. The body of Hr Pitt is.not found yet. - CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. The "pilotage'reoeiyts at Lyttejtaft for, $8

last month amounted to over £800, and are the largest yet received in any one/ "month. The Registrar of Selwyn has received 454 new claims to be registered. There arc fifteen cases for hearing at the criminal sessions of the Supreme Court. They are principally larceny, forgery, aad .indecent assault. Against one man there are nine charges of forgery aiid uttering.- 7 The cases of infectious disease during the, last fortnight number 13, namely, typhoid fever, 9 ; diptheria, 3 ; scarlet fever, 1. ; "-;*;ltfis"nbw tound^^ that .the" engines in the'Piako are not nearly so badly damaged as /was supposed.: A : „..-■-, .. - ; .- „; y A-.-y... A ,-■-.,. „ ;;.;7"; 7" f 7TIMARU, TuEstiAxAT During last month, 32 vessels of 5576 tons arrived/ at Timaru, /-Avhile,; af larger- number were despatched. : . ; A-.;y;yyA .--..-.'" .'. v'f; Arthur Goodmyn, a* baker, who recently became" insolvent," is '-.'to be prosecuted ''_ for f audulent bankruptcy on several counts. .;,:j During last morith'44 births, 22 deaths, imdf 7 marriages were registered iri.Timaiju.f TThe J deaths largely ;excee'd those for any previous'; month, typhoid fever aricldysentery beiug still unpleasantly rife7f f- : f\ ; i ':AAy 7= '••-'- :y-AyyA \ ; 'Operations on the^/ break water f arenow in fulbswing, and another 20 feet /will be completed by to-morrowv : A) lower layer of blocks averaging 25 tons, is first put d6wu,and;these . fare capped by one huge solid block- built over , them 7 It f is believed thisf arrangement will greatly increase the stability of the work. A. many whose name has not -yet been ascertained, wasjfounddrowned in the; Saltwater Creek to-day. .■-, 7;7 7 f 7 '..-A f A petition, is : bein<2* numerously signed against the removal of /Mr Campbell, R.M., from Teiriuka And Geraldine. -777- \ .7 •j'"- '7 "•7; 7 •"■■: 77 : a 7. OAMARU; Tuesday. . ; Greatf complaints are : made by masters 67 vessels regarding the uselessness of the present light oh- fthe Cape, . which ■ can f hardly be ;•' seen ; two miles '; off 7the shore. ./Formerly,/ whenrthe lightwasawhite one, it could/be seen by a passing steamer seventeen miles "'away;. 7f .- ; -.AAA'A- - -.777' : '' : 7 7* -'.-. f n / -vf'-f ; -f ;.f f The vital statistics fbr March are : Births, 60 ; marriages, 11; deathsi ; B.7f "y\ ; ■•'.--: :: '■-.'■'■ 7 : . 7f a: '(. .Aa ■ ■ DUNEDINv TUESDAY.. , ; The annual; iheetihg ; pf !f thefOiJagoEducatioh institute^ to ; coriimence ori : the^ loth-inst., will be largely attende^;7 An ihd^trial exhibition of school work will also take place. Free railway passes fhave- been granted to teachers;; '■'■ The several committees have decided to : 'grantHeachers a. week's :> holiday. A large number' of -papers oi educational subjects will be read. 7 7;XPER; PRESS A(^NGY.)f -.7 ; f 7 ''7_.y7-}Ao4MA^y^P^^4 i] : The vital statistics iof March fare :--7Births ••' 60 ; marriages, 11 ; deaths, 8.