NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 226, 7 July 1881, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

fPBB PHBBS ASSOCIATION,! WELLINGTON, July 7. Supposed Shipwreck. A letter received by the “Post" states that for the past fortnight the hands belonging to Watarangi station, on the East Coast, have seen wreckage on shore belonging to a small craft, judging by the size of the mast. Amongst it is a buoy with the name Dido on it, also a part of a boat painted light blue on the inside. The spot where the wreckage was seen is about five miles west of Cape Pallisor. Sunday Trading. The police are still enforcing the provisions of the licensing law regarding Sunday trading, and the proprietor of the Prince of Wales’ Hotel, Tory street, has been fined £3 and costs for a breach of the Ordinance. The Law Society. The Law Society this morning brought an action against a solicitor to recover his annual subscription due. The Magistrate held that the Society, not being corporate, could not recover. Good News from HomeThe Government have received information from the Agent-General that he has, as instructed, completed arrangements for the efficient representation of New Zealand at the wool exhibition to bo held at the Crystal Palace. The Agent-General also sends word that the intelligence as to the amount of the New Zealand revenue for the year ending March 31st, including the statement that the railway profits represented 3J per cent, on the cost of construction, bad been received in London with great satisfaction, and it is thought it is likely to have a good effect on the price of New Zealand stock. NELSON, July 7. DrownedA boy named Orson Brooks, aged fourteen, together with his horse, were drowned when attempting to cross the Waimea river. DUNEDIN, July 7. Crime. Malaohi O’Grady, for fraudulent bankruptcy, was sentenced to a month’s imprisonment without hard labor, a point reserved for the Appeal Court having been withdrawn. When Moritzon, the embezzler, was brought up for sentence, there was a wordy discussion between the Crown Solicitor and the Chief Justice. The latter pressed that the other indictments against the prisoner should he proceeded with as,[if he committed a series of embezzlements, a long term of penal servitude should be passed. Mr Haggett insisted on the sentence being passed on the conviction obtained. The Judge replied that the usual rule was, that all information as to a prisoner’s antecedents, particularly as to Hs having committed offences similar to that charged, should be fully brought out, Mr Haggitt refused to state whether he would proceed with the other indictments against the prisoner. He knew there were others, but the Court was not supposed to he so aware. As the certificate of the Appeal Court directed that a sentence should bo passed at the present sessions, he firmly but respectfully pressed for judgment. His Honor then said it left him in the position of dealing with the conviction as for separate offences, and for which he inflicted a sentence of twelve months’ imprisonment. Mr Haggitt subsequently stated tha the would intimate to the Government what sentence had been passed, and inquire if they proposed to proceed with the other indictments, and if they did ho would apply for a change of venue, as his experience was that it was impossible to get a conviction in Dunedin for embezzlement, no matter how strong the evidence against the prisoner was. Besides this, the whole community had been worked onjto prevent Moritzon being punished as he deserved. He hoped the Court would acquit' him of strong language, but in the interests of justice it was absolutely necessary to do so. The Judge admitted the case was quite an exceptional one, and told the prisoner’s counsel that if he could find authorities, he could apply to have the other indictments gone on with. His Honor Judge Gillies had ordered he sentence to date from conviction, but he, the Chief Justice, ordered it to date from Monday.

j Sale of a Colliery. The Kaitangata Coal Company have pur- ' chased the Eliot Yale Colliery for £IO,OOO. LibelMr Thomas Allan, seedsman, has been com* mitted for trial for libel on Mr Massey, tho town clerk.