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Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1534, 4 July 1873, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, July 3. The Coal Company decided yesterday to send to a London agent the money to purchase a 300-ton steamer,: and eight feet draught. Mr Dransfield proceeds to Melbourne by the first opportunity to expend L7OOO in purchasing sailing vessels. The Customs revenue at Wellington for the June quarter shows an; increase of nearly LBOOO over the corresponding quarter of last year. ; The Independent says that Little Wangap vi is the best harbor for vessels' of small draught on the West Coast, with the exception of Westport. r The river is 45ft wide at the mouthybut widens inside the bar to 120 ft. It is navigable far small vessels for two miles, and for bojats for three miles further. The entrance is quite straight, and likely to remain so. Arrived— Rangitoto. Christchurch, July 3; The Crown Prosecutor declined to indict Miss Herberte and the others, charged with the manslaughter of Stiffe. The first case under the Agricultural Lien Act was heard in the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day. A farmer sold oats, which were under lien to Royse, Shead, and Co., to another person, receiving the money without paying oft any of the advance. Subsequently he filed his Royse, Shead, and Co. sued the purchaser for the value of the oats, and recovered, A criminal prosecution is probable. The first sbd of the White Cliffs exten- . sion of the Malvern Hills Railway will ! be turned shortly. . New Plymouth, July 3. The Waetara land sale was successful. Wanganui, July 3. The Municipal Council, by six to two, resolved that the Mayor should resign. • Invbrcargill, July 3. A new oyster bed has been discovered. Napier, July 3. In the cases in which Messrs Harding were charged with malicious destruction of a bridge, the Judge said the act was at assertion of title. That was no proof of the existence of malice. The defendants gave notice to the Superintendent, and fenced the road on both sides of the ciilvert. The Provincial Government should have brought a civil action to try the question of title and not a criminal charge. The jury acquitted the prisoners. The Crown Prosecutor said he would bring the action in a new form. Three absent graiid jurors were fined. They subsequently appeared, and pleaded the excuse of no official notification of the sitting in the; newspapers. The Registrar said a notification had appeared in the Government Gazette. The Government refused to allow the expense of advertising in newspapers, and he had formerly to pay such advertisement , out of his own pocket. A paragraph had appeared in the Herald. The Judge strongly condemned the parsimony of the Government, and said few persons; read the Gazette; newspapers were the proper medium. He remitted the fines, and said the grand jurors were perfectly justified in ignoring a paragraph in the Herald or any other newspaper in New Zealand.