AUCKLAND.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3164, 9 April 1879, Page 2

AUCKLAND.

This day. In the Supreme Court to-day Fidgett, who was convicted of burning stacks, was brought up for sentence. The Judge in passing sentence said that prisoner's whole conduct indicated that he feared neither God nor man. He was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude.

It is said that Government intend to prosecute .Robert Graham under the Native Lands Act for occupying land at Eotorua. Messrs Hesketh and Whitaker are retained for, the defence. The case will open up important questions. Figures for the Land Tax, Auckland district, are completed. It is estimated that the recent freshes brought down seven million feet of timber. Many southern visitors are up for the races. There is little betting for the Handicap; 3 to 1 on the field, 3 to 1 against [Resolution, 4 to 1 against Lalla Eookh, Xantippe, Elsa, and Peep'o'-Day, 5 to 1 against Loch Lomond, 6 to 1 against Tamatea, and 10 to 1 against the re* mainder. The Grand Jury ignored the bill against Thomas William Brown, charged with attempted rape. Eopiba, a Maori, charged with stealing a saddle and bridle, the property of W. 11. Grace, Native Agent at Waikato, was convicted, but

sentence was deferred, pending trial on other charges.

The Kaitangata Committee held a meeting to day. The funds amount to £1050 clear of all expenses. The committee passed a resolution concurring in the plan proposed by the Dunedin committee, and expressing reliance on their care in expending the money, which will be forwarded immediately.