INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 82, 6 April 1880, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

; £Pke6B Association. 1 Wellington, Tuesday. ,At the Supreme CpurL this morning 3frank Hooke for obtaining money under false pretences was sentenced to nine months; James Harris for larceny to two years; Alexander M'Greagor for forgery lo eighteen months. The charge against John Thompson for stealing a cash box and £30 is pow proceeding. & r ' Auckland, Monday. Referring to the charge of rape against a ■ absurdity of the hTCiiiiiiffiHfifaßißlfflraSiß :- ' sbs^]2Bg^y^wjHHHßßHß^H|^^HnßnHH| r The Supreme Court opened to-day by Mr Justice Richmond, who, in charging the Orand Jury regretted the heaviness of the calender in which twenty-six persons were on trial, excluding five Natives, charged •with misdemeanours. Referring to the case of forcible entry at Otimemutu he said that persons might commit this offienca by violently entering upon a tenement even though they have a legal title to it. It appears that amongst, or in come way connected with the forcible entry caße, was a bailiff who pretended to distrain the right of distress was a somewhat barbarous remedy, and a landlord availing himself of ifc must do so in a peaceable manner. The persons who forcibly entered were natives and persona entered upon Europeans, which shows the danger of such proceedings/but as representing the Magistracy of the district he felt it his duty to say that if violent proceedings were instigated by the Europeans mover 3in the business they deserve censure, and should they be found to come within reach of the law should receive punishment. It was in--toterable that private persons in' pursuit private gains should jeopardise the peace of the country. <. Ho hoped publicity would be called to the matter and tho guily persons receive public reprobation.

Tuesday. At the Supreme Court to day, Frank Foxton, bank clerk, pleaded guilty to embezzlement, and was sentenced to. three years' imprisonment. A man named William Streeter, a bullock driver, was gored by a bullock which he was driving with a dog. The latter bit the bullock in the* heel, and the animal turned round suddenly, and gored the man in the abdomen. He was removed to the Hospital, but died this morning. Streeter was well known in the South. Christchurch, Tuesday. The Springfield Colliery Company have erected new machinery at their works. This coal is coming into very general use in Canterbury. At yesterday's meeting of the City Council a letter was read from the Government intimating that no further payment of subsidy must be looked for. Barringer, a New Zealand Bank clerk, who was committed for trial for embezzlement yesterday, has to be discharged, the Judge not having received an intimation of his commital before discharging the Grand Jury. He will be discharged and re-arrested, and proceedings taken de novo. A requisition was being signed at Lyttelton yesterday, asking the Defence Minister to organise a Volunteer Naval Brigade. An .inquiry into the stranding of the schooner Saxon will be held at the Custom House to-day. The following weights are declared for. the Auckland Autumn Meeting : — Autumn Handicap : Mata 9st 12lbs, Arial Bst 12lbsj Numa Bst 41bs, Soukar B at lib, Longlands Bst, Ohara 7st 13lbs, Vampire 7st I libs, Resolution 6st 12 lbs, Libeller 6st 12lbs, Laertes 63t B lbs, Saunterer 6st 41 bs, Piscatorious 6st 4lbs, King Quail 6st 4lbs, Malvern 6st 41bs, Otawa sst lllbs. Sorcerer 5St lllbs, Yantippe sst lllbs, Xantippe sat lllbs, My Dream sst lllbs. — Steeplechase : Grey Momus 12st, Loch Lomond list 7 lbs, Eversley list, Baron lOst 71bs, Otawa lost 4lbs, Sportsman lost 21b9, Young Stedmere lOst, Surrender lOst, Billy lOst, Jonathan Wild lOst, Hard Times lOst, Ne Name lOst, Handel lost. The case of the bank clerk Barringer, committed for trial for embezzlement, came up at the Supreme Court this morning, but it was found after argument that he was committed to the next, and not this, session. The Judge notified that he could apply for bail to the Magistrate. The number of bags of grain carried on Friday. Saturday, and Monday was 46,019. Gisborne, Moday. During the past few days a quarrel, which is threatening to terminate seriously, is prevailing among the Natives at Nuhaka, between Wairoa and Gisborne. The feud is one of long standing between the contending tribes, and relates to the ownership of valuable land. It is reported here that shots were exchanged, and one or two lives lost. On Saturday a meeting of Native chiefs in this district took place to determine as to the action to be taken, and the Native chief Wi Pere has been requested to procceed at once as peacemaker between the contending factions, but declined to do so without specific instructions from the Government. The late floods have caused comparatively little damage in this district. Tuesday. The latest information from native sources at Nuaka shows that the quarrel among the natives there still remains unrettled. The chief Wi Pere has been sent for by the contending factions, but declines to stir. It is rumored here that his Honor Judge Rogan is about to institute legal proceedings against J. A. Wilson, late Land Purchase Commissioner, for alleged slanderous statements contained in his official report, forwarded to the Government some two years ago, -which ultimately led to a Eoyal Commission of Inquiry being held into Judge Rogan's judicial conduct in regard to land matters along the East Coast, terminating in Wilson's retirement from the Public Service. Blenheim, Tuesday. Railway communication with Picton has been restored. Dunedin, Tuesday. Butler this morning applied for a change of venue on the ground that the public mind was prejudiced against him. The Judge refused to grant the application, considering such prejudice did not exist, but granted a postponement of the trial till Thursday week to enable the prisoner to prepare his defence. Gorman's Kirthburn Hotel nine miles? from Cromwell was totally destroyed by fire, it was insured m the Union office for £500. Invercakgill, Tuesday. Sir Geo. Grey in a letter to the Reform Association intimates his willingness to visit Invercargill and address the electors before Parliament meets. The police are actively enforcing the provisions of the Licensing' Act. This morning John Hughes of the Carriers Arms was fined £5 for permitting dinciog in his licensed house during prohibited hours. Balcltttha, Tuesday. The body of a new born infant was found in a water closet belonging to F. Hotson's Hotel, Stirling, on Sunday. Dr Reid Milton held a post mortem examination yesterday, and the police are investigating the matter.