Telegraphic Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1375, 15 July 1872, Page 2

Telegraphic Intelligence.

FROM GREVILLE\S TELEGRAM COMPANT Re liter's Agents, AUCKL A N D, Monday, July 15. Mr. Malcolm M'Gregor, the smallpox, patient, died today.

In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, Samuel Sykes, brought up on remand, was charged vvi!,h stealins: the sum of .£5 and an order for A:3 6s 3d from the person of VV. Shields, on the Bth July. William Shields deposed: 1 am a baker, residing at Haveloek. On Monday last I received an order for £9 8s from my employer, Mr Couper, and on my way to town called in at Reynolds' to cash it. Mrs Reynolds gave me £5 in notes, and an order for it 3 6s Bd. The prisoner and I went in company from one public house to the other for some time, lie said lie was going to Napier, but had no money; and I gave him £l. We then got into the coach. I felt eick after the nobbiers I had taken, and fell asleep. I awoke in the coach, and found the prisoner's hand in my pocket. I said " I have done very well Co you : you'd best let my money alone." I missed the money soon after, and asked him why he had taken it; he said, " I'jl take care of your money." I was afterwauls sick, and believe I was put out ot the coach, but I was too drunk to remember leaving it. When I came to my recollection—about 5 a.m. next day—[ was in the. lock up. I reported the robbery to the police. By the prisoner : You said you were out of work; and J replied that I believed I could you a job. . Besides the Ml I gave 3011, I paid for your dinner and your co.ich fare. 1 did not lend you auy money. You said you bad a brother in Auckland, and I said I believed I knew him.—Mrs Reynolds, the wife of Mr T. Reynolds, hotelkeeper, Havelock, deposed: I know the last witness; I saw him on Monday, and gave him change for a cheque ofj£9odd. I gave him £5 m notes, a cheque for £'3 6s Bd, drawn by Mr Chambers, half-a sovereign and some silver. The cheque produced is similar to the one I gave him. The prisoner was in his company. They had luncheon, and stayed about an hour in the house. Shields was more than half tipsy when he went away. By the prisoner : You told me Shields had given you £l, and you paid me 10s of what you owed me out of it.—Mrs Jeffares, wile of Mr R. Jeffares, hotel-keeper at Olive, deposed : I know the prisoner. 1 saw him on Monday. He came from the coach and had some drinks, for which he paid. 1 cannot say what he gave in payment. He gave me. 5s to keep for him till ha came bark. I changed three cheques that day; the cheque produced is one of them ; but I cannot remember who brought them.—Sydney Dyor, coach proprietor, deposed that he received the cheque produced with others, trow Mr Jeffares, on the 9th inst, and paid them into Mr Jeffares' account in the Bank of New Zealand.—R, Jeffares deposed that the cheque was given to him vrith others by Mrs Jeffarer, having been cashed in his absence.-—S. O. Brandon, Manager of the Bank of New Zealand, deposed that the cheque was paid into the Bank by Mr Dyer, on the 10th instant.-—Police Constable K Coghlan deposed : I saw the prisoner jump out of the mail coach

on Monday. He drew a number of notes from his left sleeve, and counted them in the street. He did not seem quite sober; He asked me to take a drink; I declined, and asked him where he got all that money. He replied that he was often getting money from home. He then left mo. I took Shields into custody that day for diunkenness,,.and found half ansovereign and sixpence on. his person. On Thursday I went tc>~ Havelock with a warrant to arrest tjbe prisoner. T found him drinking with Mr Cash more at M<Hardy's. As soon as he saw me he ran out at the back way. An hour and a half afterwards;! took him in charge at Cooper's. Ho had then 2s 6d in his possession,, which Mrs Cooper said she bads given, him to get liquor with. He wanted meto send for Shields,, saying he would work it out and make it all right with, him. Next morning, in the lock-up,, he told me had changed a cheque at. Jefiares' for £3 odd. He.told meif he had known, I was after hiui 1 would not have got him. By the prisoner.—l was about 50 yards, from you when you were counting the notes.—Remanded till 4 p.m. for further evidence. The Lyttelton Times reports that,, since the year 1852, the number of. births registered, in Chustchurcb „is 12,185. y i During the six months ending 30tU, June last, there was exported from theport of Timaru. the following quantities, of grain:—Wheat, 163,194 bushels;: oats, 1.2,468 bushels; barley, 2,757 bushels; total, 178,519 bushels. The Waikouaiti Herald says:—A large black bull whale was captured on Saturday, June 22, in Blueskin Bay, : and successfully towed into Waikouaiti Bay on Sunday. The " monster of thedeep " is estimated to yield six tuns of, oil, which is worth something like JE3O a tun. The fortunate owners of the prize—T. Pratt and party —expect to* net the handsome sum of <£2OQ, During Monday large numbers of the townspeople visited the whale, which, at low water, could be seen to advantage. The* Maoris mustered in strong force, evidently waiting until the whale- was cut up, when the jubilee fea-t would commence, all the accessories for cooking, having been brought on to the beach.. We must confess that no one envied them the feast they awaited with evident longing. By a telegram irom. Dunedin, we (Lyttelton Times) have the satisfaction ot learning that Mr J. Cracroft Wilson, C. 8., has been created a Knight of the Star of India. This special recognition, of Mr Wilson's valuable services in theEast is somewhat tardy, all things con--sidered, but it will nevertheless afford gratification to all who know how well it has been earned. We take the following from the Otago Daily Times, 4th July:~During the recent passage of the Nevada, from Honolulu to Auckland, her engineer—a new one—divcovei ed a flaw in the journal of the main shaft. On the arrival of tho steamer in Auckland, Capt. Blethen and her agents, Messrs Henderson and M'Farlane, reported the circumstance to the Government, and the machinery was consequently inspected by Mr Stewart, the local inspector. He reported that there would be no risk in the vessel's coming on to Port Chalmers, where she could be inspected by Mr Nancarrow, the Government inspector of steamers. Mr Nancarrow accordingly inspected her yesterday, and at the request of the Commissioner of Custom 1 --, called in Mr W. Brwnton and Mr W. R. Douglas to examine her at the same time. The joint leporfc of the three geni lemen named has been communicated to us by Mr Nancarrow, by desire of tho Commissioner of Customs, and is as follows .-—"Whether cracks are from the shaft 'not being; properly faggoted and only superficial, or from shaft having been exposed to a great strain and cracked through, cannot be said. We do not anticipate any danger. If it does ultimately break, it will give due notice of its going to do so. If examined, say after every port', we believe there is no need of fear. Vessel should proceed to San Francisco under easy steam, say 12 lbs in boilers.. Mr Stewart should again inspect it in Aucklaud. We find three dstinct cracksj not .two. We recommend the

shaft to be taken out and examined thoroughly by beating, on the vessel's reaching the first port where such a work could be undertaken. Till such time we consider she should nob be restricted from carrying passengers. If shaft should break, vessel must depend on sailing capabilities. A oew shaft cannot be made or repaired in New Zealand.—(Signed) J. Nancarrow, W. Brunton, W. ft. Douglas. The British Government having announced its intention to submit the proposed vote for ex-Governor Eyre's legal e*penses to the House of Commons?, the Jamaica Committee (says the Daily News) has been revived. It was decided to give the most active support to Sir J. Bo wring's motion for the rejection of the vote, on both moral and constitutional grounds, and also because the legal expenses in question have been already defrayed by public subscription. The opponents of the vote intend to raise a debate on all the lamentable occurrences which took place in Jamaica six or seven years ago.