LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 4, 4 January 1877, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[Pkess Agenct!] UfTEEPEOVINOUL. Westpoht, Thursday. The first meeting of the County Council v/m held at noo^. It was resolved to adopt the entire Act. Wellington, Thursday. Mr Broomhall has arrived in Wellington overland from Napier and Tauranga. The letter from fche Auckland Waste Lands Board only reached him at Crofton while inspecting the Fielding block. It is understood that he agrees to the resolutions of the Board as to the purchase, deposit, and cultivation of oneiiftlfcof the block in five years. Rodolph Laurent, a youth of 17, for a •criminal assault on a little girl was sentenced 4his morning at the Supreme Court to eight jeax? imprisonment antUwenty lashes.

The Agent-General, under date December 29, telegraphs the despatch of the following shipments of immigrants:— Oxford with 239 for Auckland; Fernglen, with 340 for Napier; Northampton, 334 for Westland and Wellington, ; ; Auckland, Thursday. The news by the Hero is anticipated. The quarantined passengers of the Australia express strong dissatisfaction at- the alleged neglect of the Government in not providing the necessary comforts and medical attendance. On Tuesday evening an attempt to construct a raft with the intention of escaping was made. They were with difficulty dissuaded from seizing a boat and coming to complain to the authorities. When Dr Philßon visited the Quarantine Station the passengers used a threat that if their wants were not attended to they would violate the quarantine regulations. ■ Nominations for fche Derby of 1879 and Mare's Produce Stakes 1881 must be made to the Secretary at Auckland by eight o'clock on Friday evening. Napier, Wednesday. An action for libel has been commenced by the proprietors of the Telegraph against the proprietors of the Hawke's Bay Herald this afternoon. Messrs Carlisle; Dinwiddle, and Morrison we're served with three writs at the instance, of Messrs Kennedy, Knowles, and Newton respectively, proprietors of the Telegraphi each .claiming £1000 damages, for an alleged libel contained in a letter published in the Herald respecting the Gazette advertising contract. ; . Chkistchdrch, Wednesday. At the Supreme Court to-day, H. Fleming, for larceny of £80 from a dwelling-house, was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment; Macpherson, for forgery, was found not guilty. This concluded the criminal sessions. The following are the highest scores in the competition for the selection of representatives: —Carbine representatives— Sergt Fox, Christchurch Artillery, 174; Sergt. Hill, Christchurch Artillery, 171. Rifle representatives—Corpl. Pen-in, Kaiapoi, 167; Private Parker, Christchurch City Guard, 164; Private Hayraan, Kaiapoi, 163; Corpl. Campbell, Kaiapoi, 159. A motion has been tabled in the City Council for applying to the Government for an endowment of land. At the skating rink last night, Lillie, wife of Professor Taylor, was presented with a massive gold medal, purchased by public subscription. . Dosedin, Thursday. William Harry Wood, the defaulting secretary of the Colney Hatch Gas Company, who was arrested on the arrival of the ship May Queen at Port Chalmers, was brought before the Resident Magistrate yesterday. Detective Dalton, of the London police, identified the prisoner, and- produced the deposition of the Directors of the Company, which showed that the accused had embezzled over £600. He was committed to Duuedin gaol to await the arrival of the Governor's warrant for his transmission to England. Mr G. M'Lean, Commissioner of Customs, leaves for Wellington on Monday. Greymouth, Thursday. Greymouth Jockey Club Handicap. Declaration of weights:— Hercules Bst 71bs; Danebury, Bst 4ibs; Tommy Dodd, Bst; Strongbow, Bst; Lady May, 7st lOlbs; Kiugflsher, 7st lOlbs; Nero, 7st iolbs; Middieton, 7st 8lbs; Isaac Walton, 7st 6lbs; Septimus, 6st lOlbs; Black Eagle, 6st7lbs; Mignonette, 6st 71bs; Showden colt, 6st 4lbs; Doncaater, 6st; Harriet, sst lOlbs.