LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 1511, 1 August 1881, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[new ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, July 27. At the District Court to-day the case of Maher v. the Corporation was heard. It was an action to recover the sum of £2OO, being damages in consideration of a coach accident caused through alleged negligence of the defendants. This evening the jury returned a verdict for the amount claimed. Christchurch, July 30. The police have received orders to prosecute people catching, having, or offering for sale, flounders or soles under 9in. long. Great complaints are made, about the wholesale destruction of young fish in Lake Ellesmere. New Plymouth, July 30. The Court of inquiry into the wreck of the Sampson gave judgment this morning, to the effect that the loss of the vessel was due to an error of judgment on the part of Captain Harvey, who took the steamer in tow early on tide. The Sampson, however, had been taken into the river successfully at the same slate of the tide by Captain Harvey on previous occasions. The Court considered the practice of vessels entering the river, without waiting for signals, should be discontinued. The captain’s certificate was returned. The natives have again commenced to construct roads near Parihuka. Yesterday morning the men constructing a bridge on the road between Pungarahu and Kahotu were stopped by the

natives, who had assembled in great numbers A messenger' was at once despatched to Putrgareiru, and the Con stabulary were ordered to proceed to protect the workmen* The natives refused to leave after the Constabulary arrived. Mr Parris and Major Take were sent for, and they took their departure from camp this morning. The reason the natives have obstructed the work is, they say, because the Government are encroaching upon their land. Cottier (sen.), father of Cottier of the Masonic Hall, dropped down dead last night. Auckland, July 28. Captain M‘Liver, of the schooner Nerval, arrived to day, reports picking up a Frenchman to the westward of New Caledonia in a state of starvation. Landed him at Noumea. He had been subsisting on the island on birds’ eggs. A petition in favor of the abolition of County Councils has now obtained the signatures of 51 Boards. The Hon, James Williamson offers the Surrey Hill estate to the City Council for .£IOO,OOO in debentures, with the proviso that the entire estate is to be reserved as a public park. July 30. At the annual gathering of the District Grand Lodge of Oddfellows, M.U., the Secretary stated that the property held by the Order in Auckland district is £20.000; district goods, £3516; members, 1993,