NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3139, 4 June 1879, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

MURDEROUS ASSAULT. Auckland, Jane 3 Ellen VVhitaker has been c> omitted for trial for a murderous assault on T bomas Tinman. REWI INSPECTS A WAR SHIP. Rewi visited tho Genuau warship Albatross to-day. The crew woro put through big gun and rifle drill. EEWI SIGHI'-hEEING. Rewi visited the various foundries to-day, and also the establishment of Mr. Reynolds, lapidary, where, to Rewi'a delight, greenstone was beingcut and polished. Me also visited the New Zealand Herald establishment. LICENSING DAY. At the Licensing- Court, several objections were made by tho police to a renewal of licenses, on the grounds of breaches of tho Licensing Act, houses badly kept, and gambling, &c. PROPOSAL TO SETTLE WAtKATO. At a meeting of settlei'3 at N"garuawahia, it was resolved to petition the Government to throw open the lands reserved for tho Ivingites under the late terms, to the occupation by small settlers, fordelerrei payments, making improvements, and conditions of title. A FAILURE. A meeting of the creditors of George Crocker, Thames, has beon held. Liabilities, £416 ; assets, £227. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce? was held on Monday. The President (Mr. J. 0. Firth) gavo an exhaustive address on mercantile matters. Mr. Uargavillo regretted that no allusion had been made to the timber duty, and tabled a resolution in favour ofre-ienpoaing an importduty on ti.nber tie slated that 600 men had already i- been thrown out of employment by the abolition of the timber duty. NEW 6 FROM SAMOA. ! By tho schooner Albatross intelligence has beeu received that Malioto was crowueci King of Samoa on tho 4th May. Civil war is iikoly to ensue. CUdTO-MS REVENUE. The Customs rereuue fjr Moy for tin Port of Auckland was £17,000. THE IiOTOUUA (JABE The Government prosecution of Mr. Robert Graham, for a breach of tinLaud Purchase Act, was coucluded todaw He was fined £5 aud costs, £73. Mr. Graham will have to remove the buildings and evacuate the native block. DEATH OF NATIVE CHIEF. Waxoanui, Juno 3. Wirihaua E'una, a friendly chief who served with distinction in the late war, baa died of consumption.

LICENCING COURT. At the Licensing meeting 1 , renewals were granted in all but three cases, which were held over for a week. Tho general character of the housns throughout the town wero greatly improved. MISMANAGEMENT OF WEST WANG AN 01 COAL CO MPAN Y. Wellington, ,Jaue 3. A meeting of the West Wauganui Coal Company was held last night, when the report disclosed great' mismanagement. It was stated that coal was sold at 325. that cost Gss. It was resolved to suspend all expenditure, and to take vigorous measures to -ret in all the arrears and calls, and, if possible to sell the steamer and pay off all liabilities, but not to wind up the Company yet. THE END OF "JOCK'S" ASSAULT CASE. At the Police Court to-day, the assault case, Anderson v. Easby, was called on, but the information was withdrawn. It is understood that the matter has been settled ; and although Anderson has been committed for trial, no bill will be presented against him. A RICH CLAIM. HoKiriKA, Juno 3. A party of three in a claim at Kumara, for three weeks' work, washed 180 ounces of gold ; their expenses amounted to about £-30 or £GO. One of the party had an offer of £-150 for his interest, but refused. NARROW ESCAPE. Timaru, June 3. A guard named Sht>pperd fell off a train to-day, while going full speed, and sustained no damage boyoud a sprained wrist. HEDUOIION IN WAGES. CmtisrcHUßCtr, June 3. A section of tho railway work on tiie YVaipara iOxtension line has been laid off, on which the unemployed can be placed at n t more than G's. per day. No persons but those who cannot find employment elsewhere are to be engaged. BURSTING A GUN. A boy named Fox, of Kaiapoi, is seriously injured by the bursting of a gun. A piece of his thigh bone vva-* ctrried away. Atnputatiou will probably be necessar3 r . THE UNEMPLOYED. CiißisrcHOßCH, June 4. The unemployed have resolved to request the Government to substitute day for piece work. CHARGE OF ARSON. Lewis, charged with arson, has been committed for trial. Bail allowed. AITEMiMED MURDER. An attempt was made last night to shoot a warder at the Lunatic Asylum. Hearing a noise the warder went ou»side, where he saw a man with a gun, who fired at him, but missed him. i'ue man then got off, leaving no traces. AN ACCIDENT. Dusedin, June 3. Samuel Hodgkins, one of tho ompioyedon the railway, has been seriously injured by a log of wood falling on him. GOVERNOR'S RESIDENCE. The Government, in response to the City Council's request, have promised to c insider the putting a sum on the estimates for the Governor's residence in Dunedin. POST-SESSIONAL UTTERANCE. Mr. W. A. Murray, M.H.R., addressed his constituents at Milton, aud received a vote of confidence. ANOTHER ABSENTEE CLAIMANT. Lnvercakgill, Juno 3. The Riverton correspondent of the Southland News says, on the best authority, that Mr. H. Hirst is agent for a man in Yorkshire who lays claim to all land in the district, being composed of a block purchased from Bloody Jack, <>f Howell's Point, and runniug alon^ the coast westward for twenty miles. There seems to bo some grounds for the claim, as a deed of purchase or gift is properly drawn up, and duly signed and registered in the Laud Office, at Sydney, and is dated three years prior io purchase, made in this part by Mr. Connor Man tell. Bloody Jack passed it over to Mr. Johnny Jones, who, in turn, sokl it to some one else, who •assed it along to some other bjdy, wh ) disposed of it to the Yorkshire ra V.H, who is >it present searching for it. THE TOITOId RAILWAY. The first sod of the Edendalo and Toi-tois Railway was turned to-day by Dr. Meuzies, M.L.C. The length <.f the whole line is something under thirty miles. LARGE SHARK. BLUiT, June 3. A largo shark, measuring 1-5 feet 2 inches long, and 12 feet in girth, was caught by some fishermen to-day.