TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 4497, 8 December 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION). AUCKLAND, Thursday. The Northern Boot Factory bas declared a'dividend of 10 per cent. The natives are again at obstruction at \yhan^arei. Tljcy were very defiant yesterday. nn(| pa-radef! wifh loaded and tomahawks on the disputed blocks. Tliej practised firing at targets from sunrise. The proceedings were witnessed by the settlers. The price paid by the Waijkato Association to the Hon. James Williamson for Surrey Hills Estate ie stated as £100,000. \.Jghe 1 IJon. Mr Bryce has les: £qr tfjr the Steamer tyelljngton,

-'\ > WELLINGTON, Wednesday. The Illicit dißtillati9uca9eß concluded in the MaJjjSjrateS Court this evening. Wm. Thompson' and Thoal. Morgan, Twho were arrested|jn town with 40 gallons of whisky in their f^kession^ were each fined £100, - or,in deradl^two month's? imprisonment. Geo.^ TaylorVupon whose farm the still was discovered, was mulcted in a fine of ..£2OO, or, in default, six months' imprisonment. ■ The charge against Ttios. Taylor, taparfr.owner. of the farm, was withdrawn. i. .i At the idouf,t of Appeal to-day before their Honors the Chief Justice, and Mr :' jHßtiee:XSilließ7 in ['■; the' case of Connor -v?! McKay (1), Dunedin,- a judgment was d°~ livered, in which Mr Justice Williams j concurred, affirming the decision of the | Court below, and" dismissing the present appeal with costs. In Connor v. McKay (2), the order was varied and no costs of appeal were allowed. In Hurry v. Bank of New Sojufli Wales, Gisborne, judgment was given for the plaintiff for value of goods, as found by i jury (£Bl6 6s 8d) ; each party to bear his own costs of rule, and costs of action to be apportioned. It is understood that Sir Wm. Jeryois will come from Sydney direct to Wellington, and that, he will arrive here about the' 18th pros. ' , i The Hon. Mr Rolleston, and the Undersecretary for Mines visited Terawhiti goldfield yesterday, and inspected several of the claims. Mr Rolleston expressed himself highly pleased, at the appearance of the mines and with the samples of stoue which were taken out. GISBORNE, Thursday. At the Government land sale to-day there was a large attendance, and bidding, in some cases, was rapid. The result of the sale was a total of £10,358 15s. Several lots were passed in. CHRISTCHURCH, Thursday. HeDry Clark, a lad who had tried to shoot himself with a loaded gun without a. i | trigger, and tried to cut his throat in disgust at his uon-su 3cess, was before the ! R.M. to-day. It appears that he is of weak intellect, and being a cripple his inability to work preyed upon his mind. The R.M. decided to try whether he could not be admitted into the Ashburton Home. Robert Ewing has been committed for trial for setting fire to his house, which was insured for £100. He had smashed up the place generally in a drunken fit and then set light to a pile of gorse inside. TIMARU, Thursday. „ The Hod. Mr Johnston, Minister of Public Works, left Timaru for Aibury and the Mackenzie country this evening with j a view to an extended tour of inspection. Mr Edward Waken" eld was elected chairman of the South Canterbury Education Board to-day. OAMARU, Thursday. The asphaltic concrete patented for use on tramways and railways by Harper and Dennison was tested to-day, and withstood much greater tension strain and crushing weight than the best samples of cement concrete. It is probable the new patent will be used in several towns in the colony, shortly. As a married woman named Page was milking a cow this evening the animal kicked her on the chest and caused the bursting of a blood-vessel. The cow then gored the unfortunate woman. The sufferer is still alive. DUNEDIN, Thursday. Mr Caldwell, head gaoler at Dunedin, who, it whs announced recently would be shifted to Auckland, has received twelve mouths' leave on full pay. Mr Bracken, M.H.R., for Dunedin Central, addressed his constituents to-night. There were GOO or 700 people present. At the close of his address no questions were asked, and a unanimous vote of confidence was carried.