TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1454, 14 September 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(per jnitbd press. association. Christchubch^ Saturday. The adjourned application for change of venue m the libel action brought by Dr Stewart of Christchurch, against Bf r Boydhouse and Mr Wakefield, M.H.R., proprietors of the Wellington Evening I Press, came before Mr Justice Johnston, m. Chambers, yesterday ; mornings Mr Joynt, for plaintiff, stated that" were' the" venue changed there would be no trial, as plaintiff could not* afford to leave Christchurch. He stated he could produce affidavits to show that the house steward of the Hospital and two. other members of the Hospital staff, wlio were material witnesses, would aot leave Christchurch. Mr Stringer, for Mr Wilding, , defendants' solicitor, applied for a further adjournment, as Mr Wilding had mistaken the date to which the application had been adjourned. " His Honor, after hearing Mr Joyni;, said he would allow the question of change of venue to be re-opened, the; application to. be postponed till the first convenient; i day after the present session of Parlia-" menfc. Auckland, Saturday. : At a special meeting of the Mercantile Marine Association, the seizure of the barque Gazelle for smuggling, of which the master was convicted, came up for consideration. The following motion : was agreed on I— That the Secretary wire to the Hon. Mr Tole, asking hini if there is. time this session to introduce a Bill to alter the law re seizure of vessels for smuggling, throwing the onus oh the master only where the owner is not implicated, the penalty on masters to be .so severe that smuggling, such as m the Gazelle case, would not be likelj to be tried again. Tiha'RU Saturday. At the Harbor Board yesterday the. revenue for the past month was shown at over £1000. The question of raising a loan was postponed till next meeting. Dredging operations, to increase the depth of water m the inner harbor, will be shortly commenced, the trade of the port having so greatly advanced of late as to necessitate great depth of "water and berthing for ocean-going steamers. Wellington, Saturday." Messrs Buckley and Tole, the BryceBusden commissioners, met this afternoon for the purpose of taking further evidence, but adjourned until the afternoon, when the evidence of Sir George Whitmore will be taken, Messrs Izard and Bell, counsel for Mr Rusden, have cabled Home asking for extension of the commission on thej ground of furtherimportant evidence. It is k»owri.that? this request has been granted, although no official information has yet been received. ' ■-■••-■•