LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 1394, 21 March 1881, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[new ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Dunedin, March 19. Downie Stewart withdraws unreservedly all the statements made by him reflecting on M'Dermott’a professional conduct, and regrets that, under misapprehension of the facts, he should have made them. The action will therefore be stopped. March 20. It is rumored in town to-day that intelligence has been received that J. F, Jones, of the Grand Pacific Hotel, reported to have committed suicide at Ocean Beach a month ago, has been seen in Melbourne. The rumor is sent for what it is worth. Christchurch, March 19. The entries for the Ram and Ewe Fair closed this afternoon. Over 1600 entries have been received. The fair promises to be a great success. Ab Foo, Chinese cook of the barque Mabel, was fined £9 at the Police Court, Lyttelton, to-day, for attempting to smuggle four boxes of cigars. Auckland, March 19. Dr. and Mrs Harvey, master and matron of the Home for Neglected Children, have written to the Committee, asking for a reconsideration of the recent notice terminating their engagements. Mr Horne applied to Judge Richmond in Chambers for authority under the Fraudulent Debtor’s Act to prosecute John Purkell, an absconding debtor. The object of the application was that the costs of the prosecution might be paid out of the funds set apart for the purpose. The Judge deferred the consideration of the application, as he had great repugnancy to acting in a case in which he would try the prisoner.