LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 269, 15 August 1877, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[press agency.] Wellington, August 14. . The Tararua sailed for the West , Coast and Nelson at 6 p.m. Passengers for the Coast—Messrs Greenwood, Hig- l gins, and Sims. ! Augußt 15. 3 In the Supreme Court, this morning, ! the following members of the Bar were present:—Messrs Brandon Senr., Hart, Travecs, Allen, Moorhouse, Izard, Quick, Ollivier, Chapman, Edwards, Fitzgevald, and Brandon Junr. Before proceeding to business Mr Brandon read a paper to the effect that having learnt of the action taken by Mr Barton against the Supreme Court Judges, he wished, on behalf of the Bar, to prevent the public being misled, and to state that was done without any previous consultation with the Bar, that they were ignorant of his statements, and had. no sympathy with a course so unprecedented in its .pharacjfcr. The ? Chief 1 .Justice thanked the assembled Bar for f their expressed sympathy and confidence but desired to say nothing to deprecate i inquiry into his conduct. It was the privilege of every British subject, if he had a well grounded complaint aguinst a Judge, to ask for his removal at the haudsof theL^gMainre. Mr Jnsiiceßichmond concurred. He gloried in the liabi'iiy of leaving iholr conduct investigated at any time. It was a 'guarantee tc the public of the administrit-kR of JnßL ; c3. At the proper time and place, he should be glad to meet any ac cusation against him; Martgn, August 14. The barque Robina Dunlop, bound' to Batavla from Wellington, is a total' wreck off the mouth of the Turakink river. The crew, numbering fourteen, are Bared. AtrcKLAjre, August 14. The hat and stick of William :Crt>Bß (husband of Mrs Crosn, who died: from mysterious pbisoniric three months ago in nursing), were found close to the banks of the Tamaki River, and he-Js supposed to have committed suicide through remorse for the bad treatment to his wife. Alfred Darham has been missing since Tuesday, and his wife has received a letter saying that by the time she received it he would have blown his brains out. The police are investigating.; The Rotorua brings Australian News to the Bth inst. J. K. Emmett, (Fritz) threw himself into thesea, from Glenelg jetty. He was dragged out by a fisherman, and laughed heartily, denying that he attempted suicide. He said he only wanted a bath. A grave charge has been made against Dr. Beaney, Senior-Surgeon of the Melbourne Hospital, that he admitted nonprofessional witnesses to see a delicate i operation on a female under chloroform. The Victorian Government intends to invite the neighboring Colonies to co-operate in enacting Legislation against runaway husbands.