TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5192, 12 November 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(PI£B MESS AGENCY). Christchurch, Saturday. The Agricultural Show yesterday was ac immense success. The total number of entries was 922, as agaiust 895 last year. The competition in nearly every department was exceedingly keen. The New Zealand and Australian Land Company, and Gillies and Street, both Otago firms, took the bulk of the prizes in Leicester and Lincoln sheep classes. The display .ri sheep, cattle, and horses, and also of implements and manufactures, was very fine. The attendance was largely in excess of that of any previous year. Over £7OO was taken at tire gates, representing nearly fourteen thousand visitors. TIMARU, Saturday. A fatal accident occurred yesterday at Fairlie Creek. A son of Mr. Young, of the firm of Elder and Young, fell from his horse. He was insensible when picked up by the driver of the mail coach. He only spoke a few words, and then expired. Duxedix, Saturday. In response to a requisition, the Mayor calls a public meeting for Monday evening to take into consideration the present condition of affairs in the House of Representatives. Napier, Sunday. Arrived yesterday : Barque Mataura, from London, with 160 immigrants, all well. Two deaths and one birth occurred during the passage. She has made a good run of 88 days. The larger portion of her cargo is for Wellington, where she will go after discharging her Napier cargo. Nelson, Saturday. The Agricultural Show yesterday was a great success. Over 3000 visitors were present. The weather was beautiful, and all the arrangements excellent. Grahamstowx, Sunday. An old Maori named Te Pakewa was arrested last night as a lunatic. This is the man who accused himself of bewitching Te Moanauui and causing his death. Meetings have been hold concerning his conduct, and at one of these, held at Ohiuemuri ou Wednesdaylast, it was determined to kill him. A party was told off to do this, and three men came down this morning and fired about ten shots into Pukewa’s whare, and he only escaped being murdered by his arrest last night. The matter has been reported to the Government. SUPREME COURT—IN BANCO. Saturday, November 10. (Before their Honors the Chief Justice and. Mr. Justice Richmond.) THE CORPORATION OF WELLINGTON V. SCHULTZS. This was an argument on a rule nisi obtained in this case to restrain the defendant from proceeding in an action against the Corporation of Wellington. Mr. Travers appeared in support of the rule, and Mr. Barton to show cause against it. The facts of the case are these :—Mr. Sohultze, the owner of a flour mill at Kaiwarra, brought an action against the Corporation of Wellington for alleged damages sustained by the diversion of water caused by the damming up the Kaiwarra Creek. The case .was tried in July, 1876, and the jury returned a ve'rdict for Mr. Schuitze, with £OOO damages. He was, however, deprived of the benefit of the verdict which he had obtained by the judgment of the Supreme Court, on the ground that he should have gone, under the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, to arbitration, or before a jury to assess damages. Having lost the action, he now gives the proper notices to go under the above Act. Mr. Travers, for the Corporation, now applies for an injunction to restrain Mr. Schuitze proceeding, on thtground that the notices were too late. The Court, after hearing the arguments of the learned counsel on either side, reserved judgment.