LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 1722, 6 April 1882, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[NE# ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, April 4. Tho Premier is somewhat better today, hut it is still Confined to his room. The steamer Penguin, which crossed the Manukau bar with the San Francisco mail at & oiie this afternoon, is expected to arrive about eight o'clock to-morrow evening. The steamer Hawea will be detained to cany on the southern 1 portion of the mail as soon as it can be transhipped. Dunedin, April 3. The first local option polling for the City Licensing district took place todistrict, only 40 votes were given, and to each of the four questions the majority of replies was against increasing licenses, but in no case did the majority exceed four. At the Supreme Court to-day Fredeiick Gilbert, for forgery an Oamarii, was sentenced to thiee years' penal servitude, He had heen previously convicted. Maggie Duncan, a girl of 15', was sentenced to two months for forgery at Falnierstou. She had written out a cheque for 10 guineas in her employer's name. John Elder, for burglary in a jeweller's shop at Port Chalmers,, was found guilty. Sentence deferred. ' April 4. A t the Supreme Court to-day, Frank Oliver, pedestrian, was found guilty of the larceny of a clmn and locket from a farmer whose house he stayed at while training for a match.—William Walker and John Adams were charged with assault and robbery at Dunedin, having left a man senseless, and taken his watch afnd money; Walker was

found guilty, and sentenced to 12 months Adams was acquitted.—Philip M'Barron waS found not guilty for horse stealing at Sling Valley, the. defence being a case of disputed ownership.— Gilbert M'Coll, an 6ld offender, was tried for larceny at ffillend. He got seven years. There was somewhat of a Autter in commercial circles of Dunedin to-day over the levanting of a Timam storekeeper, who deals largely with Dunedin merchants. He leaves heavy liabilities. A number of Dunedin firms are sufferers, to an extent in the total of about £4OOO. He is understood to nave departed by the San Francisco boat. In addition to the ceremonies iu welcome of Bishop Moran durin? the day, a very large number of the congregation attended tonight to present an address, which was accompanied with the presentation of a purse of 1000 sovereigns. The Bishop made a lengthy reply, staling that lie would use the money to advance the welfare of the church, "and making reference in his observations on the state of Ireland and of religion in Daly, he said the details of the out rages in Ireland were greatly exaggerated, and the people were in a deplorably depressed condition, whilst he hadtound religion flourishing extremely in Italy, all the churches being full of worshippers, thus giving contradiction to the" statements of the decline of the church in that country. A smart shock of earthquake was felt at this mominw. A warder named Binney and a prisoner named Paget had a narrow escape from drowning in the harbor last night. They were taking stores to the prison hulk and were met by a squall, arid the boat sank. The warder could swim, and the prisoner seized a bo£. They drifted down the harbor, and after being in the water an hour and a half landed tiu Goat Island, greatly distressed-. Napier, April 5. An inquest lias been held on the body of Henry Franklin, who was Fpitnd hanging On a tree on Wainby's Saddle* by a strap attached td his neck. A verdict of suicide while of unsdhnd mind was returned. Deceased and his brother were bushmen, and had breakfast together. They went to work as usual, and during the morning deceased went off by himself. He was not found till his brother was going home in the evening, when he saw hint hanging quite dead, his feet only four iudhes from thegronnd.