YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 1029, 12 October 1877, Page 2

YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS

[by submarine cable, per press agency.] Suez Mail at Melbourne. The New South Wales Parliament Dissolved. Melbourne, October 11. The s.s, Ringarooma has arrived, and the Arawata has sailed with the Suez mail. Sydney, October 11. Parliament was prorogued by proclamation to-day, and will be dissolved to-morrow. INTERPROYINCIAL. The Napier Stock Show. The Kumara Murder. Napier, October 11. On the second day of the Hastings Show the weather was fine, and the show was a great success. There were over 2000 people on the ground. £l3O was taken at the gate to-day. The winners of the champion cups were: — Thoroughbreds—Watt and Farmer’s Papapa. Mares -A. Buckland. Draught Stock—Van’s (late Canning’s) Dugdale. Mares —Bonnet’s three-year-old, by Little Joe. Bulls—H. E. Russell’s King Henry 111., two years old. Cows—Colin and McHardy’s Duchess of Edinburgh. Long Wools—Rams: Dolbeli’s imported Dudding Lincoln. Ewes Coleman and McHardy, with a provincial-bred animal. Kumara, October 11. The case for the prosecution of Ryan was concluded to-day. The evidence unimportant, except that of Dr Acheson, of Greymouth, who proved the skeleton to be that of a man. The prisoner, who reserved his defence, was committed for trial at the Supreme Court, Hokitika, in March, 1878. Dunedin, October 11. In the Supreme Court to-day Mr George Cook complained of a remark made by the editor of the “New Zealand Jurist ” with reference to the case of Chalmers v. Clarke. Judge Williams pointed out that the Court could not interfere in the matter.