LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 675, 26 November 1878, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

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Wellington, November 29

In reference to the O'Connor poisoning case, the Minister of Justice causes a reply to be sent to the Mayor* in which he says—" The Government, after" careful consideration, sees" no reason for remitting the sentence passed on this prisoner. The jury who saw and heard the witnesses believed their statements, and it is not thought their verdict should be set aside.

Mountain, of the New Zealander" Hotel, while walking along the beach at the rear of the hotel foUnd a sealed bottle, which he observed contained a paper; on bding opened the bottle was found to contain a paper on which the following words were written—" H.M; Screw Corvette Firefly; Captain Harmer Jones, wrecked Nov. 2, 1878, on the Auckland Isles; all lives saved except three A.B's. and second engineer—-Signed: H. Jones, Commander, H. send relief at once; provisions all exhausted ; living on raw penguins. The Lord help us." Generally considered this is a hoax.

In the Divorce Court, Ryldy v. ttyley, which case" was heard last week, but was postponed as a doubt arose as to the 1 domicile of the respondent i if he had forfeited or supetseded his domicile Fiji or elsewhere, the court would have no jurisdiction. When in New Zealand he wandered ab >ut for seven years but vvas held to have acquired a domicile. At Fiji he became ft member of Parliament, and appeared to have 1 settled permantly there, but a witness named Power, noW on a visit to New Zealand, who knew* Dr Byley when in 3?iji, stated that he always spoke of New Zealand as his home' and intended to return. On 'leaving jyi he went to and there accepted a permanent Government appointment in Sydney. Sievewr'ight for petitioner, argued that the respondent must be held to have his domicile in New Zealand.' The Court reserved their decision until Friday. Balcltjtha, November 25\

The Horxs. Macandrew and Fisher, accompanied by Captain Fraser, Thomson. M.tLR., Blair engineer for the Middle Island, and others visited Balclntha to-day. The Minister received a deputation from - the Borough Council and the Coimty Council of Bruce', and of the Clutba Board of Conservators for liich.Clatha,- the Rived- Bank Protection Committee and the Athenaeum Committee. The Minister inspected the township, and fully expressed much sympathy with the snfferers through the flood, and from what trarispi red at interviews it is believed the Government will carry out the river protection works, and that the counties of Bruce and Cluthst will unite to erect a bridge, the Government giving the money ott loan for five years* without interest.

A tckLAND, November 25

It is understood that Conyers and Lawson have" reported in favor of the inland route for the Kaipara line. Cholmoncfely Srfiith, teacher, has ohtained a verdict against the Board of Education for .£IOO damages, for wrongful dismissal on the grounds tha't he was discharged without consulting the local committee.

Dunedin, November 25

At the conclusion of the sitting in? bankruptcy this morning, the Registrar was directed to call the attention of the profession to the provisions of " The Debtors .ind Creditoi-s Act, Amendment Act, 1878," now in force, and pointed out that no meeting of the creditors conld take place until na affidavit had been filed, netting forth that the provisions of the Amendment Act had been complied with. The clause to which he referred, was the tenth clause of the new Amendment Act.

LATEST' UNPUBLISHED.

GfiEYTbwN, November 26,

A man giving the name of' JamW Murphy has been arrested here charged with having last night committed a violent rape on a little' girl named Cawper, at Mora, near Gfreytown. Thfe child is abouc nine years of age.

Wellington, November 26.

The report which has been circulated that the Hon. Col. Whitmore is aboSfe to resign his seat in tire Cabinet and go home is entirely without foundation. Ksq., M.H.K., has been appointed' a member of tho Jackson's Bay Commission-.