The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1883.

Kumara Times, Issue 2059, 5 April 1883, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1883.

The following telegrams have been kindly handed to us for publication : To R. J. Seddon, Esq., M.H.R. Kumara and Ross will open to-night, between 7.30 and 8 o’clock for receipt of ordinary messages from Hokitika, at urgent rates. Postmaster - General regrets he could not agree to the collection of only single rates. W. Gray. Wellington, April 4, 1883. The arrangement wo understand, will be continued during the Supreme Court sittings. The other message is as follows : To R. J. Seddon, Esq., M.H.R., Hokitika. Mr Rolleston has sanctioned the expenditure of the vote £IOOO on the road

Kumara to Beach by county. The Chairman (J. M‘Whirter) is informed accordingly. J. M‘Kerrow, Surveyor-General, Wellington. Wellington, April 4, 1883. The trial of James Wylde, late Town Clerk, treasurer, rate collector, &c., of the Borough of Kumara, for embezzlement of moneys and cheques belonging to the Council of the borough, was continued yesterday, and at half-p<ist three the jury retired to consider their verdict on three charges of embezzlement. After an hour’s consideration the jury brought in a verdict of guilty of larceny on three counts, as clerk of the Corporation, with a recommendation to mercy on account of the loose way in which the books of the Corporation were kept. The accused is remanded till Friday, when the Crown will proceed with three fresh charges against him. Sentence on the former indictments is deferred. Several gentlemen having interested themselves in collecting moneys for the relief of the sufferers by the late fire, a public meeting will be held at the Town Hall to-morrow evening for the appointment of a committee to allot the funds so raised. All subscribers are invited to attend.

Captain Edwin wired yesterday at halfpast one in the afternoon as follows : “ Watch the barometer ; bad weather is approaching from any direction between west and south and south-east; glass to rise but falling again after 11 hours, and considerable and increasing sea within that time.”

A change in the Police Force at Kumara will shortly take place. Sergeant Emerson will be removed to Paeroa (in the Thames district) in the place of Sergeant Russell, who comes to Kumara. The quarterly criminal session of the Supreme Court opened at Christchurch last Monday morning, before his Honor Mr Justice Johnston, The following cases were disposed of : —lsaac Levy, forgery and uttering, four years’ penal servitude; H. Doom, larceny from the person, twelve months’ hard labor ; Robert Carl, larceny in a dwelling, penal servitude for three years ; W. Connor, larceny from a dwelling, remanded for sentence. In the case of W. Leake, indecent assault, the jury returned a verdict which the Judge directed should be received as one of “ Guilty,” and his Honor reserved the point of law for the Court of Appeal. The trial of the Kaikoura murder case, Regina v. Ratima Jacob, commenced on Tuesday morning, and, after hearing evidence, the jury found Ratima Jacob, the Maori, guilty of murdering his wife and strongly recommended him to mercy, the crime being instigated by the wife’s infidelity with accused’s brother, and committed during a quarrel. The Judge said said he did not think it would be his duty to make any representation at variance with the recommendation of the jury. In our report of the fire yesterday we omitted to mention some damage which resulted to the telegraph wires and poles. One polo was so completely burned that the four insulators with the wires fell. The wires thus lowered, were either cut to drag away a house or make a general passage in front of the burning buildings. Eight poles have been forced out of their perpendicular position, whilst some ten or twelve insulators were destroyed. With commendable promptitude the Department despatched the lineman, Mr H. Smith, from Hokitika, and communication with Greymouth and the north was restored yesterday afternoon. A new kawhaka pole was substituted for the burned one this afternoon, and complete reparation will probably be effected before evening. At the inquest on the fatal accident which occurred at Nelson on Friday night last, by the fall of a willow tree which had been only partially felled, one witness deposed that though the tree was cut down after dark, he considered there was no danger, but another witness considered it was not felled in a workmanlike manner. The verdict was that Henry Thomas was accidentally killed. The Manawatu Times says some precious stones have been discovered at Stony Creek, near Palmerston, on the property of Mr Roberts. They consist of a turquoise, value 30s, and a good cornelian. The stones were tested in Wellington.

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