TELEGRAMS.

Colonist, Volume XIX, Issue 2281, 8 September 1877, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

:. • ;[Pbe PbessA&bnot.] • .■■■■. ;• Ij^ttelton, September 7.' The Harbor Board -have decided tbidffer Messrs' Cunningham and Co. £20,000 for their interest in the : lease of Peacock's wharf, Lyttelton,- 'If accepted, all' the wharves and jetties jn'Ljtteiton 'will then be vested in the Board.; ;v - ■ '<•>''■ "'■'■ ■■/.The medical officer of the Local Board of Health: reports 70 cases of infectious diseases during tho past eight months—4o,b,ejngßcarlet fever, 20 typhoia, and 10 diphtheria, jThe^numbe^ -of ~deathß ifrom: zymotio dißeaaeS during',the same' perjod yas .ss, pi which-24 were bhildren.i The depart. is cpnßid[ered rery satisfactory. .V/i?.!!.'"'..''.1 -^ !)-^r' '■■'■;Vi'->^A\ ■! ,^ i . 'uNBW'PI'XMbUTHi September 7.' ('l lAt Mr, Courtney's) battle; sale the bidding war 'spirited. Yearlings, £3 lOaj 18 jaontbi old, £3 10a

to £4 2r; three-year-olds, £4 lOs to £5 Hi 6d j four-year-olde, £6 lOi to £7 7i 6d •" store cows,* £5 to £6; cowi, at oalving, £8. l , 1 1' - »»f(,'i r Wanoanui, Sept 7. Tho d*t« fixed for holding theiColobial Regatta it 'the 12th and 13th of February. The prizes amount) to £400. , , < , , , , ,i y i i ( in i ' .' i ; i , i / f Attokianp, September* 6. i Tho Alburnia Company, haa declared a dividend of 15s. * » , . Ju '>^> John Carlisle, clerk of works at the Dock/w,as killed'by a heavy bucket falling 1 upoujiim fi;oin, the, crone. ' ' ' ""i ,; ki ( , ' • Auckland, September^, i The mail agon*- reports that the City of New York.l with the outward mail*, arrived at Honolulu on lh«) 17th July ; left next day, and arrived at San Francisco on 26th July, landing her mails at 9 30a.ni, her time from Auckland bejng 21. days 12' hours.. She left San Francisco, with the English i mail, on 15th August, and arrived at Honolulu on the 23rd ; sailed same day, and arrived here at 7*30 p.m., Pas■outers —Rev. Charles Clark, and 38 others. i'ho Wanaka, with the mails, leaves Onehunga at' 9 o'olock to-morrow morning. Wellington, September 6. The Chief Justice finished summing up in the Waka Maori libel action shortly before four o'clock this afternoon, having commenced at ton'this morning. After instructing the jury as to the issues, his Honor said that if the jury/found any of the allegations in the letter defamatory and untrue, they would bring in a verdict for the plaintiff; but if they held that the allegations in the Maori, letters were proved, then they should give a verdict for the defendants. The foreman of the jury made a representation on behalf of the others as to the exceptional nature of the trial in its .unusual duration, with th» view of getting some special remuneration. The Chief Justice, »ai3 he,jhad, I no],pqweriin. ; thp,'matteri nor was there, any power lUnder; which such aithing oould be'done,.' .After being^bsent two b,purs,and a! half, th« jury returned a verdict for pjajntiffpn.'ajl the issues (six), damages £500.' They then^ioformedi the Judge that they would present..,their., ( feej pi twelve gnin'eaa'to the benevolent,Society,.,, (J ]~,-,<;■■:>r , The annual'report 6f the Life Ins.uran.eai,Com,-, missiouer shows that 1409 now, policies ; h»ve, been, issued ifor t £563,928 ; new premiums,,,,thereon,i £20,777; total'annual income, £91,995 ;,death claims £11,750} accumulated fund, £2X9,394,, being an increase of £65;677 during the year; number of polioies in forcej 7343, assuring £2,734,602. It isstated that there, are only seven jobmpaniefl,in.Great Britain whose new business exceeds the. above,'and has been obtained at a less proportiouatecost. , ; ,, ,v Mr Thomas reports—Colonial flour, £18 to £18, 10s; Adelaide, £23 10s ; ; oats 3s lOd .tp 4i•;,•; wheat,----4s 6d ; pollarfl, 7s 6d ;'; maize, 4i.6d ; potatoes^ £3 ju hams, 9|d; bacon, 9jrd j'chease, 7(1.,, , ; < iU] iii.l , ;! '' " ""' >; ! v ..., ,i. :.|3ept..7.' :.c .■;George Jones was .brought up, at, the, Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday morning before three Justices of the Peace." Mr.' Izard, having stated his oaseand read''a portion of the article considered libellous, Mr. Bees .contended that..■.jthe/jartiqle/iisras ■ not .libellous. 'After a good deal, of argument, the Bench ruled that a^n'wa^cie^caie.was.made^out,'! the whole tendency of the' article being to the effect, that the Land Bill ought to bs called a Bill to enrich' Mr. Whitaker and his friends at the expense' of the, | public. ,Mr. Rees then wanted- to "place'J'Mrf Whitaker in the box to examine him, but Mr. Izard' raised the legal, objectibn that he could not be examined to prove the libel at the preliminary investigation.. Mr. Jones, who reserved hii de'fehbe, was then committed to take his trial at the Supreme Court in Otago. Bail was allowed, the accused in £100, and two.sureties in £50 each. , . Kennedy, has sailed for Nelson.v' Paisengers— Messrs Smith and Kayll. Hawoa for north sails at midnight. Passengers— Mr and Mrs Webbie, Mrs Gardner, MeasrsLewis, Leary, Mowatt, and Veitch. ' . Poet CHAraiEßa, Sept; 6. Scarlet fever appears to have assumed a malignant type, three deaths having been reported this morning. ■ ■ • ■ ' '•■'■" ; ' , . DuNßDiNjSepti 6. i ,'i . George Proudfoot, a brother of the well known contractor, was charged at the Police Court this morning with rape on a girl in his employment as servant. ; The case was adjourned, the accused being . allowed bail in the sum of £1500. It is generally understood that the father of the prosecutrix was offered £200 to condone the offence, but he was not permitted to answer a question put to him for the purpose (if ascertaing that fact. ■ . Mr. Sossbottom, iweli (known in Dunedihasl manager for Robinson and Co,, was oharged to-day with having forged a bill .for £691. >'- The evidence' of one witness was taken> and the case; re-! manded. ( -j .■.-;.:;: <■ ■■■ : ..■■■■:.; 'i;, ! .■ ii September 7. The information ,againafc.Wfiiriand Samson, fbrin-; cendiarism, was dismissed to-day.., i; j ,;, Further ovidence was taken in (Jeorge Prpudfoojt's case, which was adjourned.'. ' ;, ( , ~ r > ~,.; ...j:; Dummyism in land speculation is said to prevail at Roxburgh. The matter was brought under the., notice of 1,1)6 Waste Lands Board yesterday, and the Chief Commissioner is to inquire jinto. it., t , , >~ ;.; A lad named Hay, twelve 'years,cfj age,, fell into, the machinery at the Kensington Briok Ki<ns yesterday, and was killed instantaneously. ,:.