TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 8062, 17 July 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

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, AUCKLAND, Thursday, ; . A company Jaas bee'ri~ formed to acquire' the rights and interest held under the agreement of an Auckland syndicate with Mr La Monte for his gold-smelting, process, under the title of the Smelting Cor, wfth a capital of LGQ.OGO. ' '/■/ : A* series of successful experiments iaj torpedo practice were" carried out to-day in the torpedo boat. Captain Morrison's •par torpedoes were vise 4mi

'•>% TfIUKSDAyVi ' current during the jasfc day[\ or^two tbat^SirjJiyogel was likely tp^if-^ JBUnie tbe|a^agemen^x)f.the Gbverrii^ht jrisuranc^ AsSQoiatiori J is:' quite without -.^\ '■' "% V ; - : •w;.-^;^; ■■; p The cablegram from felbonrae^statiiig that New Zealaridj along with"sNew x South Wales and Victoria, had agreed to reduge the telegraph charges on calograms pasi^in^ SfeY^heir^lin'e^iS^incorre quest s was some time back made to the to reduce the charges but it. was refused. -' . ...,.

„ The gazette : j|'pti&ej/the ; ;apDoii]itment of owo'n'Maclcm*aß'/an''o&c&r-for'[fie"maba^ger-' jnentand Protection of "salmon and trout in the Otagq districts ; also to bp ranger under the A Hrhals protection Apt* for the, tikes district, arid: of J^ Brown, InVer< argill, as an assessor for theSiSjuth^ land Property Assessment district. . / ;

OHRISTCHURCH, Thursday.

The conspiracy eases were concluded to-day in the Supreme Court. All the accused not previously tried, except. Francis Guilliard, who was afterwards convicted, pleaded "Guilty," Thomag Hough was sentenced to tiyo years' hard labour; William Perciva), Patrick Kelleher, Henry Clark, Francis Guillwrd, Geo. Davis, John Koske! la, Robert Dudley, Thomas McDonnell, Wm. Thomas, .and Robert Campbell, received three mop'ths' imprisonment with hard . labour, arid George Willnoott, two months' imprisonment with hard.labour. Justice .Johnston said he looked' upon Hough aa the instigator of the conspiracy, as without him it could not have existed. He had been particularly struck with the respectable appearance of the men Hough had tampered with, and looked upon this as the worst feature in the case — that respectable, honest men of their kind had been made thieves. The criminal sessions are: concluded, after lasting 11 days. In addition to the testimonial presented by the general body of railway employes to Mr Alison D. Smith, until recently locomotive superintendent of the South Island, a number of officers of the department have presented him with a silver claret jug. The officers of the Christchurch Volunteer Corps have resolved to establish a garrison reading-room and library.

TIMARU, Thursday.

A shepherd named Coulter has been found dead at the foot of a precipice on the Hakateramea station. It is supposed that he had slipped on the snow above.

DUNEDIN, Thursday,

At the Education Board meeting to day it was resolved to obtain a return showing what teachers have been imported from Victoria. It was also stated that two out of every five children attending the schools in and around Dunedin were under seven years of age. A series of resolutions was given notice of by Mr Fraser with reference to the administration of the Board.

A stabbing affray occurred to-day between two men working on the new road to the Heads. The men were quarrelling over some tools, when one named Newman drew his knife and stabbed the other, Edwin Staliarrf, in the abdomen. The wound is about an inch and a half deep, but is not considered dangerous. Newman was arrested J>y tha A.C men on the defence works, and Siallard was takeu to the hospital.

The Missionary Committee of the Presbyterian Church have received a reply to tbeir memorial to the Secretary of State for the Colonieß in reference to French occupation of the New Hebrides. The reply states that no proposal for the annexation of the group would be entertained without consulting the colonies, and securing conditions satisfactory to them, and England would never think of giving over the group to France without takiDg care that they "would never become a penal settlement.

The Inspector of the National Bank has received a telegram from London intimating that the annual meeting was held on Tuesday, when the report already telegraphed was adopted. The bauk has written off all ascertained losses, and in order to make full provision for any ultimate 1 088 from doubtful debts and depreciated securities, a proposal to transfer a sum equal to LI per share from the capital account to a special reserve was favourably received bj* tlie shareholders. '