LATEST TELEGEAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1138, 21 March 1872, Page 2

LATEST TELEGEAMS.

[pbh obeviub's telegkaph oompa nr, ■.•■■■ eeuter's agents. J Hokitika, March 20;- : William Pothan, who was convicted yesterday of cattle-stealing, was convicted again to-day on the second charge. -Heis now put on, his trial ; -on the. third charge. The challenges made exhausted the panel. ' The names challenged by. the; Crown were put in the box again,, and on the first name being challenged, the Judge called on the Cro^n Prosecutor to assign cause. Mr South made a statement that from reliable information from an official source, the prisoner's friends were tampering with jurymen from Hokitika, Stafford, and Ross, but declined to prove it in the case of any. individual juryman. Ultimately there, were entered nolle prokqui, and the prisoner was rer mahded for sentence tb-riiorrow. : : ■-.- : Chkistohoß.oh,; March 20. . The regatta is postporied in cpnsequeixbe of the. sudden death of Macfarlane, the bow oar of the Canterbury Club crew. Maning, the Auckland wrestler, has received a testimonial. ' , Dunedin, March 20.: M'Neill's farm buUdings at Balclutha have been destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at LIOOO. -They were insured for LSOO in the Australian Alliance office. ; : ' : ;' 1 A!t;CKiiANbj March ;19. r Caledonian shares rose considerably in value in consequence of the finding of a few specimens. They then fell to Lir.'" ■ ' ; "■ ■• " ■'■ T: -.} ; Shehan has been elected unopposed for Rodney as a member Of the Assembly. . Ou St. Patrick's Day 1300: children' assembled at a school gathering. The City Council have adopted a congratulatory address to the Queen on the recovery of the Prince of Wales. .