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Evening Star, Issue 3856, 3 July 1875, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

PictonV July 2. The Supreme Courts’ sitting closed to-day, Michael Higgins, for attempted escape from gaol, was sentenced to four years’imprisonment. In Borlezman v. Redwood, a civil case, claim L 3,000 damages, for non-improvement of land, a verdict was given fer L 142. Welling i on, July 3. The following Dunedin youths have passed the Civil Service examination George Prain, and F. J. Little. {From our own Correspondents.) Auckland, July 2. Boulton, M‘Donald, and Sutton, * gum diggers, were committed for trial to-day for the larceny of L 26 in money belonging to one James Dodd, a settler at* Dairy Flat, Wade. Boulton was occasionally engaged to assist in work at Dodd’s house, and on Sunday, the 27th June, while everybody else was away from the house, Boulton broke open the cheffonier and took the money. Dodd caught Boulton in town and gave him into custody, when he con leased, but implicated his companions, stating

that they r had told him to keep his eyes open ana steal any money he could. Money was found on Sutton. Bonlton is the man who came out by the ship India, and was said to have been stuck up twice in Auckland, the last time being found gagged and maltreated. He confessed now that the sticking-np was all bunkum, and that he had contrived it for a “spree.” He took it very coolly in the dock, as. if used to the situation. He is well connected in England. Lena, the man who was drowned from the Bob Roy, was bn deck with the. mate Fraaeis Johns, a man of color, ten minutes before being 1 milked. Johns went below for a short time, and on returning could not see the deceased; . From the state of bis lower garments, there is.no doubt that Lena was engaged in the chains when he fell overboard. The mate says he did hot'bear aeryorsplash. ■ ,she Racket’Company’s new steamer Llewellyn, intend ii for the Fiii trade, is expected in bydhdy ; from Cbbktbwn to-day,' where shb woxdd load aad leave ‘Auckland -within a week. Immediately on her arrival here, tenders will be‘oalled|to effect alterations in the passenger accommodation.

The Duvallis are doing well, in spite of bad weather. To-night they dance the Can-Oan, which has been so strongly condemned by newspaper correspondents that they good house. Lawbbkoi, July 3. A dinner will be given to Mr J. 0. Brown on the 12kb at the Commercial Hotel, when a handsome testimonial will be presented to him, prior to his going to the Assembly. The Tapanui Ploughing Match Committee offer prises amounting to LOO, to be competed for on the 15th,

At th® sale of property in B. Walsh’* • estate y®st®rday, Mr W. Hay sold sub-settion 2 to i"r J. Copland for Lll7 14s 6d; section 8, block 87, to D. Cochrane, for L2O 10s; and sub-section 3 to B. Williams, for L 92 (supposed to be for a site for a Masonic Lodge); and sub-section 1, to F. £T. M‘Coy, for L 274 11s Id. Oompetitien was keen, especially for the latter. All the sections were very small. A branch of the Young Men’s Christian Association has been started here, and it is proposed to adopt the Duaedin Society’s rules. Seven thousand acres in Heriott Hundred will be opened on deferred payments on Tuesday next. There is likely to be an Immense number of applications, and land agents are prepared to advance money to applicants to enable them to apply for a multiplicity of sections.

Good Templarim is still pregrsaslng. Another lodge was opened this week at the Beaumont, and one will shortly be started at Bitriek. The weather Is fine and frosty.