TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4168, 30 July 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[Press Telegraph Agency.] Auckland, Wednesday. In the Police Court a charge has been brought against James Parrel], of wounding George Joseclyne with a tomahawk. Farrell was committed for trial. The hearing of the case showed gross immorality on the part of Joseclyne and a woman named Goldie,free immigrants who had just landed from the-Miltiades. The Magistrate remarked that the present immigration was making objectionable additions to the population, and that the Government should ship a few thousands hack. Finlay, who fired shots through Young’s window, has been committed for trial. The medical evidence showed that he is a homicidal maniac. The complete returns for the Waitoinata election give Von der Heyde“a majority of fifty. GIiAHAMSIOAVN, Wednesday. The Pumping Association’s claims for drainage contributions were*"proceeded with to-day in the Warden’s Court. In several cases orders were made with costs. In the case against the Central Italy Company, Mr. Brassey, for the defence, objected to the action, as the certificate of incorporation of the Pumping Association was not produced. It appears that the Association was incorporated under a Victorian Act. The Warden took a note of the objection, and stated that, if sustained, it would be fatal to the orders made. 8 p.m. When the Warden’s Court rose at half-past four, the Central Italy case was incomplete. It appears that it was the Tookoy Company’s certificate of incorporation that was wanting, not tiie Pumping Association’s. New Plymouth, Wednesday. A boat has returned from Mokau, with a cargo of pigs and fungi. The crew report that the Natives were most friendly, cooking food for them, and made them most welcome. The land is well timbered at Mokau, and there is coal sixteen miles up the river. The Natives want a store. They have horses and cattle in abundance. They will permit the boat Go-Ahead to make two or three trips before deciding upon opening the Mokau to all. Two of the crew remained behind, to go up the river, and to visit the coal-field. Natives were sent back in the boat, to fill their places. The Natives say that they do not mind a schooner of about forty tons going into the river, but they object to a steamer visiting. Before the boat was allowed to enter, the ceremony of removing the tapu from the river was gone through. The country is described as broken, but a fine table-laud lies behind the ranges. Chkistch urch, Wednesday. A Sunday observance league, with a very influential committee, has been formed. The object is to agitate for preserving the sanctity of the Sabbath, including the closing of public institutions on that day. Hokitika, Wednesday. The rush to Greenstone is proceeding. Gold has been struck in a shaft behind the terrace previously opened, at a depth of four feet. The prospects are excellent. The : wash is estimated to bo ten feet thick Other shafts are being vigorously proceeded with. Lyttelton, Wednesday. In the case of Buckeridge v. the Now Zealand Shipping Company, a verdict was given for the plaintiff, for £250. Invercargill, Wednesday. After being closed for more than a year, the lands in Southland were opened to-day for selection at £1 and £2 per aero. A large area has been applied for, the land office haring been thronged all day.