The Globe. THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1875. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Globe, Volume III, Issue 269, 22 April 1875, Page 2

The Globe. THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1875. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(Press Telegraph Agency.') Auckland, April 21

Sir George Grey has delivered his award in the cases Shera v Reed and Brett and Reed v Shera. The alleged libel arose out of the publication of a letter from Mr Hannaford relating to the Tauranga relief fund. Mr Shera claimed £IOOO for a reflection upon him contained in the letter complained of, and a counter claim of £IOOO has been put in by Mr Reed against Mr Shera for an epuhet made use of in a letter to the Berald, reflecting upon Mr Reed. The arbitrator decided that a written statement should be forwarded to him within seven days by both parties; by Reed and Brett expressing regret that Mr Hanuaford’s letter had appeared and satisfaction that Mr Shera and the trustees were actuated by honorable motives in dealing with the funds; from Mr Shera withdrawing the language complained of by Mr Reed. These statements to be handed by Sir George to the parties entitled to them, with permission to make them public. No award is made regarding costs, thus leaving each party to pay the expenses incurred by them

Alexandra, April 21. Measles are very prevalent here. Deaths occur every day.

Napier, April 21. Sir Donald McLean arrived to-day from Mabia on the East Coast.

At the Mayor’s banquet last night, the Superintendent spoke - of the pending changes in provincial institutions. He said he was in favor of the abolition of provincialism He might say without boastfulness that on retiring from office he believed he carried with him the good wishes of the general public. He had performed his duty conscientiously, and could look back upon his connection with the Provincial Government with feelings of unqualified satisfaction. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court, judgment was given in the case Police v G tford, for a breach of the railway regulations in crossing the line in front of an approaching train. Two objections were raised for the defendant; first, that the bye-law 27 under wbiob tbe ioformatioa was laid was iu e*-

cess of power ; second, that under the section ' 4 of the Imperial Act (incorporated wilh the New Zealand Act 1870), the company or lessee in New Zealand is bound to erect a gate at the local crossings. The Resident Magistrate dismissed the case, giving defendant the benefit of the doubt, but said had the information been laid under the 79th cause of the Act of 1870, a conviction would probably have been obtained. Sickness still continues. Several new cases of typhoid fever have occurred. New Plymouth, April 21. The iron sand furnace is now completed, and only requires flooring on the platform. The foundation for the engine and boiler is now being laid. Invercargill, April 21. Mr Dillon Bell has been pushing into the Mataura country during the past week, and at three separate points, independently of Invercargill, has addressed large bodies of his constituents. On each occasion he gained an unanimous expression of confidence. The salmon ova from the ship Timaru, which arrived at the Bluff last night, are not yet landed, owing to a difficulty having arisen through the vessel being placed in quarantine. THIS HAY’S TELEGRAMS. Auckland, April 22. Two fires broke out within an hour of each other last night: one at the workshop of Oranwell’s furniture depot, in Shortland street; the other at Burke’s, a bellowsmaker, in Wakefield street. Both fires were extinguished before they got firm hold. It is suspected |thatj incendiarism was the cause in each case. At Burke’s a quantity of flax saturated with kerosene was found. The police took Burke into custody on suspicion. He is captain of the fire brigade. Wellington, April 22. Arrived—The Alhambra, from Nelson. She sails South to-morrow, at 2 p.m. [FROM OUR AUCKLAND CORRESPONDENT.] Auckland, April 21. A little boy, eighteen months old, a son of Holloway, the landlord of the Ferry Hotel, Woodside, was playing on a point near the hotel, when he rolled over a sloping cliff, a distance of about thirty feet. The accident was observedjby a neighbour, and the little fellow was picked up. A skiff proceeded to town and brought over Dr Stockwell, who found the child’s head and face much cut and bruised, and he was apparently suffering from internal injuries, but no bones were broken. The escape from instant death was miraculous. An information has been laid at the Police Court against George McCaslan for knocking down and breaking the leg of Thomas Lupton, at the Eden Vine Hotel. McCaslan has figured in the Police Court on several occasions. It appears that Lupton and McCaslan were drinking and barneying about their respective horses, and what they could do. The dispute waxed warm, till from words the parties came to blows, Mrs Lupton alleges that McCaslan first knocked her husband down, and then, when he was on the Aground, kicked him in a most brutal manner, breaking his leg, and otherwise injuring him.

[FROM OUR WELLINGTON CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington, April 22. The schooner Richard and Mary has been wrecked near Castle Point, and the captain’s son, named Hutchison, and another man, were drowned. The vessel, which is a total wreck, is owned in Westport. It is not known if she is insured.