YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 856, 22 March 1877, Page 2

YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS.

IMPORTANT APPEAL CASE. Auckland, March 21. At Onehunga to day Gra.it, schoolmaster, was charged with assaulting Robert Vause, ■Aged fourteen. The magistrate held tha; iiome degree o£ p.niihmeut was necessary, and diemiastd th. case. The trial of t' c waterworks machine is now pr jceeding, McGrath was c' urged with a brutal assault on hi.) a ifo at coa. : to day. Inspector Pardy afi-ced taut the v Oman ties extremely ill, v»id If erysipelas .es ia death war, covum. ue prisoner war remanded. 3ail was ref iced At the Supreme Court today an appeal ease, Backham v llilJ, collector of customs, was heard. The appeal was against a con 'notion by the E-indent Magistrate, with ft ii.j-j of £IOO, mitigated to £25, for making a mbs declaration. Mr Bcskefc, for the appel laut, raised the objection that the proceedings were taken unde, the Customs Taiiff Act, 1858, which was jepealed oy the Act of 1875, t was admitted that the deolm atioa was not loved to be wilfully false, and counsel •herefore contended that proof of intent was 'loocssai.y ; atoo tuat the deciam ioa was uue

proved to be false in fact, inasmuch as it did nob state that it included all the goods mentioned in the invoice and contained in the I aekage, the words of the Act of 1373 being " mentioned in invoice and contained in ewtry." He contended also that the Resident Magistrate acted wrongly in refusing to admit the defendant's evidence. The Attorney-General for the respondent, in reply, contended that the appeals from Justices Act, 1867, provided there nhould be ( iO appeal on the ground of improper admission or rejection of evidence ; also that the Acts of 1858 y.ud 1873 p.ecmnulative, on dealing wuh eases of misstatement in deela ration, other with wilfully falsa declarations (sic). The judge held that the fact of a false entry was sufficient proof of intent. Actual knowledge of its falseness was not necessary. He took time to consider whether section 150 of the Act of 1858 was applicable to the Act of 1873, but he was quite clear that the two statutes could be read together, Wellington, March 21.

The s.s. Easby arrived this afternoon. She left Sydney at noon on the 15th; ex perienced strong head winds most of the passage. Passengers for South—Captain Condy, Mr Robinson, Mrs Grace Payton ; nine steerage; 1100 tona coal for Ounedin ; 500 for Wellington; 132 tons miscellaneous cargo. She leaves for the South on Friday. The following vessels had arrived at London on the 13th inst: —Duchess of Edinburgh, Malabar, from Melbourne ; Ethiopiaa and Br<mhilda, from Sydney ; lnvercaigill, from Port Chalmers. Dunedin, March 21.

Attorneys for Mrs Oatta served ltgal noiice on the Waste Lands Board this morning against proceeding with the oale of McLaggau quarry until her claim under a New Zealand Land Company order, issued 1834, be satisfied. The quarry reserves are the only sections over which she can exercise her rights. The sections were withdrawn. There was) a long discussion on the subject re leasing the runs. The policy of the Board is to cut them up into much smaller areas than formerly. The Fever Hospital is to be removed and probably abolished. AUSTR\LIAN NEWS. [Per s.s. Easby.] Sydney, March 15th. The cable steamer Kangaroo is now engaged laying the shore end of the cable to connect Piinang with Rangoon, giving duplicate communication between India and Penang. The main cable will be laid on the arrival of the steamer fliberuia. The work is expected to be completed by the 28lh iuat. The flagship Wolverine arrived at Hobart Town on 14th.

'1 he Vic orian Minister of ttailwaya s»ys that individually he is in favor of running Sunday trains, but that; the majority of the representatives of the people in Parliament were against it Seven hundred and sixty Chinese were landed at Cooktown on 14th from HoDg Kong ; five hundred more were to leave on Itt iust, and eight hundred shortly after also for Cooktown. Further very extensive Chinese emigration to Queensland is expected.

{From a correspondent of the Press.)

THE MOAN ATA IRI MINE. AUCKLAND, March 21

A charge was made against v.he Onehuuga schoolmaster, Mr Grant, formerly of the South, for excessive flogging of a boy, which was dismissed, evidence showing that the lad's father had encouraged his boy to strike the master between the eyes with a slate, if beaten.

There is still considerable excitement regarding the Moanatairi claim. Shares have advanced to £l2, Some speculators who bought at 30a a fortnight ago, have netted enormous) rams, The rise represents to one holder £l6 000 as compared with the price three weeks ago.

Dunedin, March 21

The Land Board to-day showed its determination to adopt the policy of small runs. Run 51 was cut up into 9000*8000, and 4000 acxea, the largest holdings to be put up for ten years lease, the smaller lor three years. Mr Mansford gave nominal damage? against the Oity Corporation re the Fever Hospital. He holds that proper nurses were not providi-d, but acquits the maoter of the institution from blame. The council have determined to abolish the hospital. Much opposition ia shown against the proposed eighteenpenny rate.

TEMUKA. AGRICULTURAL SHOW. TiMARU, March 21.

The annual show under the auspices of the Temuka and Geraldine Agricultural and Pastoral Association was held on the grounds near Winchester yesterday. The weather waß vary favorable, but the show was exceediagly poor—far worse than its two predecessors. The only explanation that can be found for the failure of the show is that it was held at the wrong time of the year, farmers now bring too busy threshing to spare time to attend, and some of the principal exhibits, notably entire horses, not being in show condition now. There were several agriculturists from Ghristchurch present, and the disappointment they experienced at finding such a poor show after coming such a long distance was great. The floe weather caused the attendance to be pretty good during the afternoon, the leaping match being the most interesting feature of the proceedings to those who were on pleasure bent. The principal exhibitors of sheep were Messrs VV. sad G. L. Marcroft, Bnsor and Smith, W. Grant, and R. A, and A. L. Barker ; in draught horses, of which there were only three exhibits, Mr John Grigg; of other horses, Messrs Darenzy, J. Marshall, W. Grant, B Thompson, and G. P. Williams; of implements, Messrs Elder and Henry aid Findlay, and John Hay hurst ; and of agricultural produce, Mr John Kdland. A lunchson wiiS provided on the ground, and •'.i'. j!ow dinner was held in tLe evening at T'MTT.kR.