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Evening Star, Issue 4308, 16 December 1876, Page 2

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[Fbom oub own CoßsssFONhinTß.j CrioketMatch, liAwbekch. December 16.— 'The TnanaVs. fink 2® n agaiustthe Bruce Tuapska in their first innings made 57. Dolmas fani Becond innings Ss| Downes contributing 81 andHolmden 28. i Bruce in their first innings made 63. Lane getting 14 • and in the second innings 65, Matheson i«kin| 30. “

Anniversary Day in Canterbury. J^£*L TC ?.V ICH, I Deo ? ml >« 16.—The weather is “ immense crowd at the soorS which are to be Pto BriSSsf ht pr ® Ceßßipn w®alng >jr &e Timabu, December 16.—The regatta and flowershow are dividing public Mie STro Brigades’ Demonstrattoii. ' Ss B£t,^S^Sr procMdon, Join the WeSingtonat to- ■ The Maori Ashore. Hokitika, December 16.—The steamer w«/«* i. ashore on the North Spit in a safe naaitf/th on( i u 1 the following day, without much expense. ” [Phe Pbess Aobhct.J •

Strange Arson. H^Sw A w I, ’v^ mb< * w --Tho Junction Hotel ( a large building containing upwards of thirteen rooms, bar. &c., situated four' and a-half S^ e ®/ roni luvei cargill, is totally destroyed by fire a3*?s^s«fstMs3fl “ake over, the properly. toh« toys. For some time backMra Ott has “own evident symptoms of insanity. ‘ She %> reside afew days with her unde at Lotagbnsb, but never has'been placed under strict t^TS^IS 106 ’!, Friends succeeded in persuadingher to transfer her property to her chUdreruSinoe then Ardor, the man who wanted to marry her' somewhat cooled. The hotel has been in thenmrkht lately for lease, and yesterday a party-Went tn -m speot it. Mrs Ott evidently was averse to leaving TMa'morninw ”° d °? bt P»Jed nppn her jminclf This morning, between , six-and seven o’clock. ahc npatairs a«d deliberately set fire tow^ rooms, then came down stairs, took one of her bova 5£L be !~ °, ra **m» set fire to it and looked the door. Only a man-servant and ■ Bntdjsnvtat <vom on the premises. .The man went upstairs to extin. * wrV?“ d no ! seeing fibs Ott, went to look j for her. With great presence of mind he broke 1 a ? d ®°t her and the boy ontwith difficulty. The place was quickly all in ablaae. and' although several neighbors were, soon on thespot. J ® LIOO worth °f furniture was saved, zhe bmldlng was insured in the National for LSOO. the furniture fer LBOO, and the stock for T.ino. ] National bad re-insured with the Boyal L 309 ohtEa furniture, and LIOO on the stocky • I Good Templar Session Christchurch, December 16.—The sesaionolosed Ifc thoroughly satisfactory, hud was marked'by great earnestness and enthusiasm. I A vote of thanks was accorded to Mr Stout aud ttiose M,H.Es. who voted for the Local Option I Bai, and it was decided to congratulate the Horn I W. Fox on his return to the Colony and to the |

Criminal Sessions.' +w! APnsß, i D^ ember the, Supreme Court ™^wi rninßr G ®“6e Goddard, for stealing a gold watch tbo properfcy of his master, named Stnrrock. was acquitted. It was a curious ease. Sturrook hw made money at the Cape diamond fleld,^4ds ; visifang with his wife all the ports in New Zealand iie is a man of atcitable temperament aud addicted to hard dnnfaug. At the Ooddental Hotel ih’Wellington he picked up the prisoner Goddard and to with, him He |was to receive no wages in New Zealand, but >s!l e Prosecutor gave him.money when he wanted it. 5* I ®. adopted the view suggested by counsel “at the prisoner took. the watch without any • *s 0 “ oaß .y i *®. nl '» hut-merely to produce aßalutary’ effect on the prosecutor's mind and keep him from ?he scene in court during the cross-exami-nation ofthe prosecutor was the most ontnSSont ever witnessed. The prosecutor got terribhTex. t ?^ aD T Wer Questions, ana repeatedly called Mir Lee,the drfending JsoxmseLa fiar.:ans tnrne 4 bis back npon<him7snSS?fi£ at him, and foully demanded a chair. ThS Chief Jnstioe allowed him to sit in a «* th# counsels* table and,to give his Wellington Harbor Improvement.' Wellington, December 16.—-The ru—mittee of the City Council agreed at a mj^ gTofl ! terday to an expendEnre of L 20.000 I movement and extension of the wharf. acoordWto I ihe plan which hae'been approved by the^Pulilic Works Department. The City Sanworm instraotedto prepare the necesaaiy speoifloations. I and tor tenders for the proposed work/mS speedily as possible. , worx, as I Importation of Stock Prohibited, ? Wellington, December 16.— The * Gazette * nub. lishes an abaolutolv the importation to New Zealand from 15th ArfJu 1 next, and for the waff sheep, or swine from Great i continent of Europe. or “• J Strange Behaviour. : r ' k 1 Auckland. December 15.—A man named Tobu I QQbee, ea-yinor he suspected bis bankwac I B ® cn Jf» si-d had. drawn out with a view to I taking B hip for his own country. • At thesanibl tune he commenced tearing up note, I t v°irS4 be was not sane. Defoe- I t.ve Jeffrey was sontlorand took Eosa I his pocket hefoundgoJd amounting to L 202 10s, and in another ndc&t S ?£ 0 * waking Ibref He l a watch and albert chain, totlmatod iat LSO. He: 1 1 has been considered a traveller, and has been ensued I, maflsbmgexpedition. Aa aiarmer deal of money. Ross has been di|a]dnklSavnyfrm ; I eomstimo wvgtftndauffetieg'toma^^mtoeffiffiSl • s^^isaKswsagd^S! bI “ ,BU tariftinSK !

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