LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 538, 18 June 1878, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[press agency.] Dunedin, Jane 18. In response to an invitation from Ml* Wa'.t, R.M., seventeen Justices of the Peace met to-day to consider the most convenient manner of disposing of the business of the City Police Court in accordance with present arrangements of Government. M,r Watt explained the programme of the Government, and objected to the meeting departing from it. Several speakers expressed their decided disapproval of the- course taken oy the Government in not having ■.ommnnieated with the Mayor on the subject, and also with proposing to limit the functions of justices to dealing wiih cases of drunkenness amt such like. It was reso’ved that tlm Mayor should he the presiding Magistrate in the absence of,Mr Watt, and that* another Justice" be selected Irom the list to sit with him, , The Dunedin election will be hotly contested, and t is now supposed . that the uitra-Alinistralits will support Oliver. New Plymouth, June 18. The Native census return for Taranaki shows the feral uumoer of Natives to be 4450 (1837 males and 1603 females). Although this shows an increase upon the last session, the Civi[ Commission t says he knows from his own kuowiedege that a steady decrease was going on. This has been the most complete census ever before able to be taken.

Auckland, June 17. Work on the Te Awamutu extension of tlie. Waikato Railway commenced toI day. • ■ •

: The remains of Donald M'Kenzie, aged. 77, an.old Waterloo veteran, were ■ interred with Masonic honors yesterday 1 at Onehunga. A public meeting was held to-day to consider the advisability of having the railway station in a mure central part 1 0! the town. U was moved that'in the opinion of this meeting immediate action should he taken to bring the railway to the c ntre of the. city, and after some dixj cu-simi the motion was carried by a j large majority, and an hifluentia*! c imI mil tee headed by'the Mayor, will wait ; upon the Minister of Public Works | upon Ins arrival. ! Guahajistown, June 18. ; A number of companies interested have subscribed .£2400 for prospecting drives and deep I ev.d from the big pump shaft 650 feet level. ! LATEST UNPUBLISHED. Guhymoutii, June 18. A fire was discovered at; half past six this morning, in a fonv-ioomed cottage occupied by Mr A. M. Huutor, tobacconist. The fire had full hold of the I building when it was discovered ; and after it was put out, the body of Mr ! Huutei was found dead in bed, much i charred. There is no knowledge of how the fire orL Listed. Mr Hunter was ' universally respected. Wellington, June 18. I An attempt is about being male to induce the Government not'to sell the present Court House oii'Liinbton Quay, but to convert it into a Post Office, so as to allow the present Custom House

bmluings to be used solely for Custom House and Telegraph prices. Applications, have been made for 160;000 Colonial Insurancfe Company Shares. Only 100,000 are to be allotted. The Presbyterians of Wellington intend to erect a Church and School on the Adelaide Road.: Twenty-nine Municipalities are to be represented at the Conference, to be held here. The Customs authorities have offered to have all parcels of kerosene tested here upon their arrival, provided the Corporation rendered the necessary assistance. It is understood that it is the intention of the Government fco call in all the arms and ammunition fiom the Civil branch of the Constabulary, throughout both Islands. H APIi:r, Juue 18. In the Supremo Comt, last night, George Rdw.a-d Toop who was found guilty of absconding with moneys which should have been divided among his creditors, was sentenced to 12 months’ hard labor. When charging the Grand Jury, Judge Richmond referred to this case, as an instance that the ana of the tft'v could even now reach a long distance, the prisoner having been arrested at a place more than 200 miles beyond ‘Sydney ; an 1, he added, the time might arrive when it would reach to the furthest corner of the, civilized world. In every case tried this assizes, convictions have been'.obtained.

Christchurch, June 18. Two large sea-lions were captured on the beach,' near Lcithfiel.J, last night. Roiian Lockhead has been arrested at Wadonga Victoria, for embezzling m.mey, while clerk in the employ of the Benefit Building Society, - 'in reply to an advertisement, 120 applications was received, fur'the'appointment of assistant librarian to the Public Library, at 30s per week and free board.