LATEST TELEGRAMS

Kumara Times, Issue 1063, 26 February 1880, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS

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February 2‘(S. A man named John Kofinplly, ex Telegraph operator, was charged at the R. M. Court this morning with imposing on the Relieving Officer, by obtaining half-a-crown And spending it on beer. He Was sentenced to four peeks’ hard labor. On another charge, of imposing on a tradesman, he VeceivOd a sirdilar sentence.

; DuNEiilx. February 25. The superiority q! Grejjrinquth b'oal over Newcastle coal for gas-making purposes, received a striking proof at Jthe Dunedin gas Works. The engineer has been enabled to report that for the 20 days ending February 18', the Greymouth coal has beep used. The consumption has been 50 tons lesS .than during the corresponding period oi last year, when Newcastle coal was used, while the quantity of gas tiianafactured is 165,000 cubic feet more; besides the gas from Grey coal Is of two dmdle greater illuminating power than that from Newcastle. The statement was made at the Coitricil meeting that a saving eti[ual to £6OOO yearly w£s effected.

A setious accident occurred this forenoon at Port Chalmers to Michael Tighe, who, whilst removing an old, chltnliey froth the hack of the George Hotel, fell from the scaffolding; a height of 15 feet, on to a heap, of stones; and Sustained Cither a fracture of the skull or a concussion of the brain, in. addition to having one of the fingers of his right hand broken; He was Attended by I)r Drysdale, but he dofr lies in h very precarious situation'.

Latest betting oh the Dunedin C.up : 2 to 1 Titariia b to 2 Mata) 0 to 1 Grip; T to 1 Hornby, 8 to.I Ndtator, Libel lor, dnd Foul. Play, ld() to 10 Camballb and Betrayer, 100 tj 6 lidiiglands, 100 to 4 Atlantic.

Namier,. February 24. At the conclusion of tlie parade of the Engineer Volunteers, tonight, Major Topsa, chief of the (Murimotu) Natives, addressed the corps, saying that, as they \Vere aware; there had been a dispute at Milrihiotli, but it was a purely inter-tribal affair; and was not in any way aimed db the Government or Europeans, whose rights would be respected. The affair might have been serious had not the Government stepped in and undertaken to settle the dispute, and he hoped that they would be successful. He and his people would render every assistance possible. When Mr Harding’s fencers returned to work this morning, 100 Maoris were drawn up along the line of fence to prevent its erection. He telegraphed, to Major Scully for police assistance, but Scully refused lb giVe it, pending Mr Hamlin’s report tb thb Government, as be was making ail inquiry into the dispute. Both sidGS then agreed to await the report.

Auckland, February 20; William A,'Baker, a respectably connected yonng man, was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment, with hard labor> for obtaining goods under false pretences by means of cheques on the Colonial Bank of New Zealand. He fainted on being taken into the corridor of the Court.

William H» Binden, head master of Newton East School was charged with assaulting Edward Golding, a pupil teii years old, by flogging him for truancy. The case was dismissed, each party paying their own costs. The boy had been flogged last quarter for the same offence. He was absent last quarter 68 times out of a possible 106 j this quarter, 17 times out of a possible 30. Six French Communists have gone to Whangarei to seek work as coal miners or at the gum fields, and the local police have been instructed not, to interfere

/with them in any way that would prejudice their chances of employment Gisborne, February 24. After heai'ing much evidence, the steWards of the Poverty Bay Club arrived at the conclusion that, in regard to the malpractices at the late races, 'the trainer and jockey, Rolls, of Mama, also the rider of Little Wonder, should be disqualified from riding on any course under their control. Harry Hastings, bookmaker, being found of malpractices in regard to the .County Stakes, is not to be admitted in future to any grand stand or saddling paddock under their Control, In consequence of the evidence given by Mr Thompson, rider of Sylvia, exposing.the swindling transactions, his disqualification only extends to the IBth August '/next. Public confidence in the district has been severely shaken m turf fnatters owing to late disclosures.