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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 279, 11 July 1874, Page 3

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From our own correspondent.) - Duuedin, Thursday Evening. Eleven cases are down for hearing; at the ensuing civil sittings which commence on Monday : h'extJ i The total amount of gold received 1 j escort ntnounts to. "10.'(577 'ounces 1 . The crinnntl sessions are pTp<vfed to close to-morrow;.

"Lucy Leighton, ; rqbbt'ry. from the. person/ was sentenced toionei.year'sß imprisonment;.-Thomas-Conley constable /Eooney,two years'-' imprisonment.; ; Alexaudei-' G-iilon, ; forgery, two years' imprisonment; John After- : nethyi* obtaining money underjMso pretences, three : and; half years' iinprisqriment;' 'John Morrison,, fqrgeiy mid littering,. eight : yenrs' imprisonment.; Ihercasa of: Louis Bousson, for attempted miirtlor, occupied tTie.Courtithe whole of Wednesday and to-day, and is "still wifiuiSEeiL'-'"* ~~^""""~." :::'~T"i ~::z ■:.:r*~.*-'.?.r"':

The Mary Ball sailed from Glasgow on the7th May,' for Otag'o; with~4i;<) '""' - eKAHAMSTOWtf; v'--'- :; - ■ ■'■}-: *■■■' - " The Vu'cau r Cy>. Jl. Company's batteiy, with all; the. appliances,-, was cold under distress warrant for £l2O. i .The plant cost £3OOO. - CHEiaxciirucH. At the Supreme' Court -tho ? Ji'UlgVj' in his"' charge to the jury. referred; to the..desirability. of legislative action being taken in making'the inmates of the inebriate wards in lunatic, asylums work, as being more conducive to the : restoration of bodily and mental vigor than idling about. John Wrilmshuraty-surgeon-superintendent-of the «hip ißles of tbe South, for larceny as ; » bailee in medical comfort*, was sentenced to eighteen months', imprisonment; 'William Eood, forgery and uttering, five years' imprisonment. The indictment against Robert Fineko, for manslaughter, was thrown out. The members of the Kaiapoi Public Library haye decided by~>*4o 37 votes to open the public library and reading room from five to seven on Sunday afternoons. Thr- Christchurch City Council have decided to apply to the General Assembly for a Bill' for the endowment of the city with the proceeds of the dog tax and the auctioneers and. publicans licenses collected within the boun. dary of the city. AUCKLAND. At the Supreme Court,_ George Smyth, for larceny as a bailee, was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. The Grand Jury, : after twelve hours' deli-; Deration, returned a true bill against Alex- 1 ander Brown, for incendiarism, o

John ; Hawkins, convicted of specimen stealing at the last session of the Supreme Court, and whose case was submitted to the: Court of Appeal for the settlement of certain points: of law reserved, was. brought upi for judgment, the verdict being'fully affirmed by the higher Court. The prisoner was sentenced to eight years' penal servitude. John Judge, for an unnatural offence, was sentenced to five years; Henry Armett Digby, larceny; three years; Henry Brody, house-breaking, twelve months; Edward Jones, embezzlement, two years; Felix Seymour, five years; Charles Wetherell, malicious injury to property, six months; Heta (a Maori), horse-st>;aling at Hikuti, two years; William Johnstone, nameless olFence, five years. WELLINGTON. The schooner Dauntless has .arrived; from New Caledonia. : y She. reports that the schooner Mary Stuart is a total wreck at the New Hebrides. The crow were pisked up in an open boat at sea, and taken to Noumea. Admiral. Ribout has arrived at Noumea from France. . _

The result of the inquiry into the escape of Rochefort is that all the Communists are to be removed from the Island of Pines to .another island to be selected. " Bat«inan will be sent to prance to fulfil his •term-of imprisonment. ..The convict,,executioner murdered one of the convicts on June 20th. The murderer was afterwards guillotined. ■''-•■ Duels are very prevalent in New Caledonia. Three took place, on June the 20th. Permission was given to fight by 1 the Governor,' who, attended the ftmc-ral, and addressed the soldiers upon the ilutjj of upholding their honor even at the cost of life. ..- ~

Five publicans have been fined £5 each for selling liquor on Sunday. " The t Posts's' assertion that Thomas-Bus? sell is likely to be called to the Council as a reward for his services"in connection with the mail services, is correct, but giving him portfolio of the Postmaster-Generalship is problematical. . . (J . AUCKLAND. !'-.,""' The schooner Papua has arrived from Ra•rotonga..-: The-master reports; the. total .wreck ;of the schooner Tanner at that island.-. • ; -'The schooner Heiald arrived, from Fiji ; She brings newß to June 28. "'•'■-■' The Government troops have achieved another victory over the nswuntaiiieers of Yiti Levu. Eighty of the enemy were killed.

PARLIAMENTARY NEWS. (From our special correspondent.) Wellington, Friday, 8 p. m. On the House meeting this afternoon, Mr. Shepherd called the.Speaker's.attention to the fact that a person representing, as re- : porter, some small northern paper, had sent telegrams' of a character the House should not tolerate, and which would not be tolerated in America. The continuance.of such conduct would necessitate members carrying horsewhips. The Speaker replied that he himself could take no action in the matter, it: being under the control of the Reporting, Committee.; •: The telegrams were so insulting offenflrve'Wat, had he thepower, he would have excluded the person referred to from the ;'

• ; The telegrams complained of appeared in the Auckland VStar.' • ; t

The only business of importance this afternoon was the debate on Gillies' motion for th'eproduction of Judge Wai-d's telegrams, in to which VogeL expressed 'a hope nthat .'this 7 'scandal,''"tie-' cpuldCcall:it nothing else, would'be soonforgotten; therefore he ; deemed it. unnecessary" to have the telegrams and correspondence bpund up with the Journals. He would /producethe papers as early as possible. ' Fox expressed a similar hope, ibut said that the importance of the matter tdenianded an inquiry as to how\ the telegrams got into; the possession- ; of the* * Daily : Times;'' "Gillies,"m replying, said that, if her saiy a he wouldmove for a Select Committee to inquire into the whole matterv The motion was then agreed'to./, .' \ .

_ In answer: to ;Steward, ; who, asked whether attention. had'-been directed; to i the Maerewhteriua- T difficulty,;>■ arid it was intended to ihkoduce a Bill dealing with rip>ariati rights, Vogel said tie Goyerriment had not been corresponded with on the queatio*.

~ In "the Council Waterhpuse. carried a niotion in favor, of the Assembly dealing with confiscated lands, and not the. Government, who.ppposed the-motion. '.:...: ..-

;; Carruthersis to report on the Kiverton and Orepuki ■ Harbors...,., '■., It, is that.'. fiusVell will : be called Mtheppper-Honse as a reward for his negotiations with reference to' tlie Californinh service,: but not ..with portfolio of Postmastf*Greneral. ' .; •"'••:••"'■="- -.-^'r-'--: ■■■ ■" .t: "*''.■■.