Telegraphic.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume V, Issue 428, 18 October 1876, Page 3

Telegraphic.

-"•' (rHOM OUB OWN 00BBK8P0NDENT.). AtrcKTAan, T ast> Night, i ■ Robert's played Mr Cozens 1.000 up last night, giving him 600 sfcurb. He raught hifl opponent at 771, and won by 197;: Cozens only scoring 203, although one- pf the best amateurs in Auckland. Roberts made break? of 119 4 108, 99. 97, 90, 63, and 59. Cozens* highest break was 29. The game occupied one hour 5 mine. Koberts plays Perkins tcnight, and- Weston on Wednesday.. The quickest hundred last night waa scored in .Q.minuteS) the slowest in 17" minutes. Brierly,. who was convicted of rape last session, received 25 lashes at Mount Eden yesterday : the punishment was severely blood flowing- freely after the * first.dozen strobes. '1 be prisoner uttered no cry,, but trembled' violently during the in,flictiori Mr Barstow this morning declined to proceed in the Ponsonby Highway Board dispute, and he read a sta'ement., concluding : — " The facts already potent disclose a contention beyond the authority conferred by statute upon this Court, and I decline to further entertain a case in which to my mind any judgment 1 might give would be -worthless." . tri'i'g oomment is made in town with regard "iO'Llys action.

. . Opotiki, Monday. The butcher's shop and all Geary's buildings were burnt to the ground at two o'clock on Sunday morning. The butcher's shop waa the property ot Mr Robert King, who was not insured. Mr Geary occupied the dwelling house. Mr Ueary's property was insured in ' the .Norwich Union.