TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 105, 7 January 1880, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

WiSLLiNOTOJf, Tuesday 8"p.r0." TB"E DEFENCE MIXIS'I'ERThe Post l his evening iiialres the following announcement-: "Stories have 'been circulated to the effect that Bryce has been ap-, pointed " Defence Minister, vice Atkinson, who hasS-eaigned office, and * adds that rßryc-e will probably superintend pei^oually tbe operations! m the " Waimate District. /t' Jt l m ' 3 -'P il P*f further, aaya that it is with* tfvitsw to' (prompt and, decisive .measures that it has been considered' expedient , that he should at least for the present hold* thY two offices eg Native^ .iti^leri'; .""-""ow eiery^bp.d/^'with eyen the "slightest know-M-S8 i¥ t^t^W o^nte; tf*;- perfectly well fiias Uecn arranged froTri'the"nrsf'that" tfryla shiiuld take the portfolio of Defence, winch was temporarily liefd by the Premier,, jn|t by. -Major Atki"£%on at all-; for "■reasons' of Imcre convenience, and .the -silly yum above quoted would not. demand any eerioua nolie-e at all, but for tlie words quoted which are; obviously designed to I spread still further. misconception that has ,bee)ißo ; Bcdulpasij formented as- to the in- ? ni;.-n of *i<e Government regarding the i Wdijaate Pla£"«K

[PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION. ] sentences: .-. Atthe Supreme court to-day, Thomas Wisdom, alias, .'RA-msa-y,- for larceny, was aentenced to nine months' hard labor. G. Glee, slias Smith, convicted of larceny, was sentenced to two years' harel labor. '■■'.•• Denis M'Cormack, for unlawfully-wound-ing, was found guilty and remanded for