LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XX, Issue 1428, 11 February 1888, Page 3

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

(From, our own Correspondent.) CONNUBIAL. Dunedin, February 10th. The Rev. E. Spurgeon, of Auckland, son of Rev. 0. H. Spurgeon, was married to-day at the Baptist Church, Dunedin, to Miss Lilla Rutherford, daughter of Mr Gideon Rutherford, late of Victoria. There was a large and fashionable attendance. DRUNK WITH FIREARMS. A foreigner named Lenvan was charged to-day with being found drunk with firearms. The Bench took a lenient view, and he was fined only for being drunk. THB MIDLAND RAILWAY. The Midland Railway Company is anxious to have the new contract signed so a? to go on with the work , and the seal of the Colony is likely to be put to it in a few days. TOTALISATOR TROUBLES. At Wellington to-day, the R.M. gave judgment against the Island Bay Racing Club in the case brought against them by Nathan, a bookmaker, who had invested £30 on Marlborough, which did not win. Nathan had been warned off for laying totalisator prices, and when he returned he put £30 on the machine, and then demanded it back. THE OTAGO UNIVERSITY. A despatch has been received intimating that the Secretary for the Colonies has been unable to recommend her Majesty to grant the prayer of a petition to allow the Ofcago University to grant degrees. EXTORTING MONEY. A man named Wm. Johnston was committed for trial at Christchurch to-day, for attempting to extort money from a Mrs Morletg by means of threatening letters.