DUNEDIN.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1679, 6 July 1875, Page 3

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(From onr own Correspondent.) This day. Sir Julius Vogel. The Times reiterates the assertion that Sir Julius Vogel will not remain in the colony. 'Fatal Accident. David Graham, the Harbour Board overseer, Rattray-street, ]aft week took temporary charge of the dredge machinery, and got his hand entangled in the cogwheel. On Saturday tetanus set in. Graham died last night. Singular Death. Robert Newton, employed at Sparrow's foundry, was, while the machinery was in motion, placing a piece of board over a hole near the flywheel engine, when one end of the board,- catching him in the stomach, hurled him fifteen feet. He was picked up insensible, and lingered till yestsrday, when he died. Railways. The Winton and Kingston line is now ready for opening as far as Daniel's crossing. The Southland Eailway Committee is urging the district representatives in the Assembly to see the money negotiations between theGeneralandProvincialGovernments for the purchase of the Southland railways, care be taken to apply the proceeds to extending railways, and the constructing of wharves and bridges in Southland according to the terms of the re-union compact. The Provincial Government will shortly oppose thifi demand, as it will destroy all chances of constructing the light railways authorised by the Council. The Fire. Mr Flexman estimates his loss at £8000 over the insurances. A month ago he was insured for £20,000. We have received the following South British telegram from Danedin agency giving the insurances:—"Flexman's fellmongery establishment burnt. Trans-Atlantic, £2000 ; Royal and Victoria, each £1000 ; New Zealand, £900; National and Norwich, each £800; South British, Australian Alliance, • and Standard, each £500. South British loss not total." Cromwell Crushing. The Cromwell Company's last crushing yielded a cake of 630 ozs. Mr. Justice Johnston's Charge. The following were portions of Mr Justice Johnston's charge of colonial interest. "vV c have been in the habit at times a little too rashly of congratulating ourselves upon the paucity of offences of a serious character .in the colony. Perhaps, on closer examination, we should find that in proportion to the population there was still a considerable amount of substantial crime. He was glad to say that upon the present occasion, and, indeed, in any poitions of the colony he had visited, he had not been able to discover, with, the immigrants, any traces of the dangerous classes having been introduced. The greatest care would have to "be taken to prevent the establishment of anything like an organised criminal class. The zealous care of the police shoald be particularly directed towards dimi- . rushing the means of communication between ill-dißposed persons for the purpose of disposing of property improperly obtained. With regard to tampering with cheques he flaa often made it his duty to point out the extreme necessity and importance to those engaged in trade, of protecting themselves against this crime by exercising greater prudence and less anxiety to get rid of their wares, as a means of preventing this crime. ■The police and law could not effectively pro-tect-society unless society protected itself to many cases the judge Bhould mark his "pnse of the practice by depriving such perpn, when prosecutors or witnesses in cases of ( Mb kind, of costs. They had no right, by £ neir carelessness, to cast upon society the S pst of prosecuting such cases. I I Sentences. ' \ s The^GrandgJory threw out the bill against

ceiiwnelancholycaseofq.'inis: and cruneT because the judge rilled fie statement of the woman Jeffrey was nov admissible. Sullivan got six years fj»r robbery with violence—the judge saying *he offence was incipient garrotting, wLticß .must be put down by the strong arm of the law.