INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 1341, 7 January 1879, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(Per " Timaru Hekald iJ Special Wire. Auckland, Jan. 6. The criminal session of the Supreme Court was opened today by Mr Justice Gillies. Robert William Bellers, for false pretences, pleaded guilty, and sentence was deferred. Win. Brooke, breaking and eutering, pleaded guilty, and received eighteen months. Theo. Alex. Cox, for larceny as a bailee, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to nine months. The Taranaki cricketers played in the Domain to-day against fifteen Colts. The match resulted as follows : — Taranaki, first innings 158 : Colts, first innings 40, 3econd innings 71. Taranaki thus wins in one innings. A. McDonald, of Poverty Bay, has bought Mr Vallance's horse Pinfire for £500. Mr H. Kissling, solicitor, died yesterday afternoon of typhus fever. He was a son of the late Archdeacon Kissling. To-day an inquest was held upon the body of Mrs Brydon, at Papakura. She died suddenly on Saturday. She was seized with a strong desire to vomit, as if troubled with bile, and took some mustard and water as an emetic. She was shortly afterwards found dead in bed. Tho cause of death was disease of the heart. Napieb, Jan. 6. A heavy storm of thunder, lightning, and rain visited Napier yesterday afternoon. It cleared up towards evening, but the rain commenced again about 8 o'clock, and continued at intervals until after daybreak. The rain was a godsend. This morning the annual session of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand North, 1.0.G.T., was opened in the Protestant Hall j the Hon. W. Fox, G.W.C.T., presiding. All the members of the executive were present, and twenty-eight representatives from all parts of the colony. Wellington, Jan. 6. The iron yacht Good Templar, of 10 tons, which left Auckland on Christmas Day, put into this port yesterday, having been unable to make Lyttelton in time for the regatta. She therefore will remain for the Wellington regatta. The criminal session of the Supreme Court opened to-day. The calendar was a light one. Sarah Hannah Hubbs, who pleaded guilty to attempting suicide, was released on her husband's recognizance for £50, to come up for sentence when called on. The Hon. Mr Fox denies the authority of a letter in an English paper, reflecting severely on the character of members of the House of Representatives. A meeting of footballers i3 called, to consider letters relative to the visit of an English team to the colony. A post mortem examination on McElwaine, who died on Saturday, shows the cause of death was rupture of the heart. The following valuers under the Land Transfer Act are gazetted for South Canterbury : — John Bell Newton, for Waimate, and part of Mount Cook Districts ; Andrew Carter, for Makikihi ; Frances John Wilson, for the Borough of Timaru; Frances Worcester Stubbs, for the Geraldine Road District, Lsvels Road District, part of Mount Peel Road District, Tern uka Road District, and part of Mount Cook District. Hokitika, Jan. 6. The exports from this port show an increase of £5996 in 1878 over the preceding year. The total gold export for the past year amounted to 60,7650z3. New Plymouth, Jan. 6. Te Whiti having heard the rumor that natives were assembling at Parihaka to

arrange for fighting, has sent messengers ' out to contr.-idict the statement. He '■■ authorised them to tell the natives, and to make it generally known, that there is to be no more fighting in the district. Christchurch, Jan. 6. The criminal sessions of the Supreme Court l>egan to-day. Judge Johnston, in the course of his address, said that in this ! part of the colony he saiv no reason to ■, i believe that there had been any consider- j able increase of the criminal population, i This calendar showed very much the usual ; character of crime; the characteristic crime ; of the colony — the pass : ng of forged : cheques — being very prominent. He ! would attain and again urge upon the . public his opinion, that persons who changed cheques for straimeis, on the strength of assurances th;it they had money, were really participators in the ■ crime, and thus fostered it. It was difficult to draw the line perhaps between : what was culpable and what was only j stupid in such cases. Of course n«me of the gentlemen whom he was addressing ' would be so foolish as to act in the man- • ner he was censuring, for he alluded to j shopkeepers and small storekeepers, and, j above all, to publicans. He said it deliberately that these men allowed themselves to be cheated in the most ridiculous fashion, and thus held out temptations to crime which were not found to exist in any other part of the world. There were, to a certain extent in this colony, excuses which would be no excuse in countries which were more thickly populated. He was aware that wages were paid by small chequ s ; still tho e who ohanged such were bound to endeavor as far as possible to protect society against fraud. Referring to thp manslaughter case, in which McLatchie was charged, His Honor explained the law to be that if death was accelerated in the slightest degree, it amounted to manslaughter. It was the question to consider whether tho act of violence was one for which the accused could be held responsible, because the damage which it was suggested had been suffered by deceased, appeared to have occurred in a struggle in which the deceased himself had taken part. If the accused, who was he believed a barman in the hotel where, the struggle took place, was trying to put an end to the struggle, it would be for the jury to say whether the violence was voluntary on the part of the accused, or the natural consequence of a struggle in which the deceased had taken the initiative. Of libel His Honor said that publishing a libel which tended to bring a man into disrepute was a punishable offence, on account of its tendency to cause a breach of the peace, and not on account of any loss it might bring upon the individual libelled. The law, therefore, was that if you wrote something defamatory of a man, and directed it in a letter to that man that would not be good ground for a civil action as he would lose nothing by it. If that something had been published in a letter to another that would be an injury to his character for which he could bring a civil action, but the law said that though a man in such a case could bring a civil action, he might also indict his libeller on account of the provocation to a breach of the peace. Such indictments were extremely rare. He had not known one in his experience. In relation to cases of indecent assault, of which two were on the callendar, be censured the habit which appeared to be too prevalent of leaving younggirlsalonein the society of men. George Muff pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary at Selwyn, and sentence was postponed at the request of Mr Harper. George Blind pleaded guilty to a charge of housebreaking, and was sentenced to one year'3 hard labour. Edward McKenna pleaded guilty to forgery and uttering a -cheque for £7 10a at Kaiapoi, and there being a previous conviction, he was sentenced to six years' penal servitude. J. McNamara, the hotel proprietor, who changed the cheque, was severely reprimanded by the Judge, and the prosecution costs were disallowed. In the Supreme Court the Grand Jury found true bills against — J. H. C. Rei", G. Brind, F. H. Valpy, Carl Schultz, J. Freeman, F Ryan and A. Cowan, and no bill against Dempsey for manslaughter. Harlock, for forgery and uttering was acquitted. Casey was convicted of larceny and sentence held over. Abdool, a colored man, was convicted of a similar offence, and a sentence of six months hard labor passed. George Druid, for breaking into a dwelling house at Ashburton, pleaded guilty, and received a year with hard labor. The Court sat till 10 minutes to 7. Messrs Cuff and Graham telegraphed to Mr Mitchelson, of Kaipara, this morning, accepting the challenge of the Corea to sail the Albert for £100, on the conditions that the course should be the same as that sailed over on regatta day, and the race sailed under the same rules and regulations. Captain Grundy, who has got rid of the ballast from the vessel, and has the majority of the cargo for Auckland on Board, says he is anxious to trr conclusions with the Alert at any future time which may be fixed upon. The race is to be sailed outside the Heads. A child named Hannah Longford died at the Quarantine Station on Sunday morning from whooping cough. She was IS months old and was one of a family of five children that arrived in the ship Opawa. The ship's doctor reccmends that the remaining patients on the Quarantine Island should now be released. Dunedin, Jan. 6. A meeting was held at the Council Chambers to-day, to take steps to relieve the family of the late Captain Hughes, who was lost from the steamer Oreti, at the Bluff, on Friday. Over £50 was subscribed in the room, and it was resolved to raise further money, and ask aid of the Masonic body, to which the deceased belonged. Lists will be forwarded to all ports at which Captain Hughes was known. Mr Charles Bright, the free-thought lecturer, and the Rev. Mr Green, evangelistic preacher, met to-night to arrange the terms upon which they will discuss publicly some religious topics to be agreed upon. Arrangements are being made by the friends of the controversalists to have the discussion fully reported, and published in book form. Invercakgill, Jan. 6. At the nomination of candidates for the Matauru Beat to-day at Gladstone, there was a very meagre attendance. Messrs 1 A. Kinross and J. Shanks were nominated. Mr Shanks briefly spoke, and said he should meet his constituents at various places during the week. Mr Kinross said he believed the land question was the one on which the election would turn, and insinuated that his opponent was a land monopolist, or else the land owners would have brought forward a candidate of their own, and he wished every man to get land of his own, and that there should be equal laws for everybody. He would not support a policy calculated to promote the creation of an aristocracy. He alluded to the rise of Invercirgill through the proper settlement of the country, and stated that

the town would but for this be now a miserable village, with working men walking about begging a day's work from the runholdens. He contended every election day should be a public holiday, and that the franchise should be extended to women, as by that a double vote would be bestowed upon those who supported a wife and family. Mr Kinross spoke of his opponent as the Conservative candidate, and pledged himself to oppose denominational education. The show of hands was 5 for Mr Kinross, and 4 for Mr Shanks. The poll is to be taken on January 15th. At the police court, Messrs. J. Grant, D. Murray, and J. Reid, the parties concerned in the row at the Government cottages on the Ist of January, were brought up. A serious case was disclosed by the evidence. Grant was sentenced to three months' imprisonment | with hard labor, Reid to one month, and ! Murray was dismissed with a caution. Chas. Lindsay, for using indecent lan- ! guage in an excursion train on the Ist . inst., was fined £5. | A petition is going the rounds praying ■ that the sentence of death recently passed 1 on Welsh, the Waikawa murderer, may be commuted to one of imprisonment for . life. Mr Mitchell, on behalf of the Premier, telegraphs that instructions have been given for trains to be run for a short time at reduced rates, on the occasion of the opening of through communication 1 l>y rail between Christchurch and Invercargtll. ♦ [Press Agency.] Napier, Jan. 6. A man named Cartwright, a carter, was killed through a fall of earth on the reclamation works, and another was severely injured. Wanganui, Jan. 6. MrT. Delamaine writes to the Chronicle, threatening proceedings because of certain strictures on his conduct, in making it a condition of his running Maritana for the big handicap at the Rangitikei races, that he should share in the proceeds with the holders of the favorite in the principal sweep. Mr Delamaine objects to the term "shady" as applicable to his conduct, and says he did nothing but what is commonly done, and is considered perfectly legitimate in racing circles. "If that be so," says the Chronicle, "then all we can say is, ao much the worse for racing, and all concerned with it." Wellington, Jan. 6. James Murphy, who was charged with rape on a little girl at Greytown, was, after a good deal of consideration by the jury, found guilty of attempted rape, and remanded till to-morrow, when sentence will be pronounced. Mr James Gilligan, who died at the Occidental Hotel this morning, was a man of very full habit of body, and was touched with heart disease. He had been under the care of Dr. "Von Mirbach for the last three weeks. He recently sold his Tauru estate, and purchased a stud farm in Canterbury ; but it is stated that the purchaser of the Tauru estate declined ro complete the bargain owing to some informality, which is supposed to have worlied Mr Gilligan a good deal. Christchoroh, Jan. 6. At a meeting of the City Council this afternoon, it was stated that the Conference of Chairmen of County Councils, Municipalities, and Rjad Boards, would take place on Friday, when the whole of the questions brought forward by the Government and the various bodies will be considered in detail. To-night, for the first time during its existence, the model Borough Council of Sydenham was unable to obtain a quorum, and the meeting lapsed. At a meeting of the Sanitary Committee of the City Council, it was resolved that the adjoining Borough of Sydenham must contribute half its share of the expense of keeping the Town Belt in order. A meeting of the footballers is to be held to consider the proposed visit of an English team during the forthcomiug season. Miss Tilly Andrews and Mr J. Graham have left the Hoskins Company and are now in Christchurch. The latter is about to leave for England. The announcement of the death at Wellington of Mr James Gilligan, an old Christchurch resident, has been received with universal regret. A son of Mr Back, seven years old, had a nasty fall to-day, and broice hi3 collarbone in two places. He is progressing favorably. When picked up he was insensible. In addressing the Grand Jury to-day relative to indecent exposure cases, Judge Johnstone cautioned parents from leaving their female children in the presence of men, Baying there was no doubt that the girls of this colony were more precocious than the young girls at Home, and that they were more liable to temptations. With regard to arson, of which there was one case on the calendar, he attributed that crime in New Zealand to wooden buildings, insurances, high wages and drinking, and sometimes revenge. He drew the attention of the Jury to the fact that in the Old Country Grand Jurors had now to serve on special juries, but as they made no presentment on the subject it apparently did not much affect them. In the case where a magistrate's clerk had sent depositions in late, the Judue said if it occurred again he would be fined. An united meeting of prayer, to last for a week, under the auspices of the Evangelical Society, was commenced tonight. There have been recently discharged at Lvttelton 1060 reapers and binders. The Willard Mudgett brought over 2821 packages, consisting of 540 machines and 2326 boxes of wire. The Alexander McNeil brought 520 machines and 1680 tons of wire. As each machine occupies more than one waggon the extra strain upon the limited resources of the railway depot has been very considerate. Dujtedin, Jan. 6. The criminal sittings of the Supreme Court commenced to-day. The Grand Jury ignored the Bills in the cases of Regina v. Johnston and Thomas McNorton in which the prisoners were charged with robbery. In the case of Margaret Scott, charged with the murder of her infant, the Grand Jury reduced the indictment to manslaughter. In all the other cases true bills were found. James Millar, charged with fraudulently obtaining goods under the Bankruptcy Act, and Walter .VI or ley, fcr larceny, were acquitted. James Morgan and Hyan Lyon Metz, pleaded guilty to forgery and were remanded for sentence. Robert Angus was found guilty of larceny as a bailee. Dennis Angliu, charged with perjury, did not appear. He had been admitted to bail in a total sum of £40. His Honor said that fixing the bail in so small a sum -was perfectly ridiculons. He was astonished, and did not know what the Magistrate could have been thinking about in taking bail in so trifling an amount. A man would be a great fool to appear when he could get off for £100. His Honor directed the inritiei to be eatraated.

At the monthly meeting of the governors of the Hiuh School today, Miss Douglas was appointed assistant mistress, and Miss Jardine's resignation was accepted. The wrestling competition for the champion belt was concluded to-day, when Tyson again succeeded in throwing Thomas the champion of Victoiia. Thomas, had gained one fall on January 2nd, but Tyson threw him twice in succession to-day with ease. The first of the series of meetings in connection with the week of prayer throughout the world, wa3 held in the First Church this evening. The attendance was very large. The meetings will be continued during the week. At a meeting of Footballers at the Shamrock to-night, it was resolved— 1 hat pending the proposed visit to Australia by a combined Canterbury and Otago team, this meeting is not in a position to guarantee any sum towards the expense of an English team, but is agreeable to arrange to offer the whole of the gate money." During the past month the immigration and emigration for the port of Dunedin were respectively 496 and 160.