TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5366, 8 June 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(per press agency.) Auckland,. Friday. . The £40,000 voted by the Assembly- for Auckland will be paid;oyer bj the Treasury to-morrrow, and will; be equally divided between the eighteeen operative counties in the provincial district.' : ■■/;>, : . i - New PtTMODru, Friday. Mr. Sheehan left by the Hineraoa this evening for Auckland. _ _• Tmistr, Friday. The downpour' of " rain ■ has ■ now ceased, though it is still cloudy. Christchurch, .Friday. The weather is clearing upi Dunedin, Friday. It is understood that- Sir Joh» Goode’s report is adverse to the Harbor JBoard, 'and that it recommends'. that < a.< portion of the Board's reserve, which recently led to so much discussion, should, be.set aside as, reserve. It is also believed that’Sir.'John Goode is of, opinion that/the dredging, operations will have an injurious effect on ths bar at the Heads, and otherwise. _ The Commissioner of Police has had prepared a' return of criminal : offences in the Middle Island, for tho year 'ending 30th April last. Canterbury heads the list with 3955 offences, Otago aud Southland following .with 3556, ■ Drunkenness has been the .most prevalent offence in each provincial, district. The Serald this morning states that Messrs. Rees and Hislop’s bill of. costs; in the'Jones’ trial covers 23 pages of foolscap. In addition to the items previously telegraphed, there are the following ones in connection with.striking the jury list“ Attending' Messrs. StouV ond Reed, and submitting list, . and. conferring thereon, long attendance,'£}.-la r having received deed from Mr. Creagh with instructions, and perusing, &c., 6s. Sd.; .attending Fenwick,and conferring, jury.Ksf.having; heou - sent, * going carefully through came with you, and attending on various, persons as to jurymen, £3 25.” v The total amouuVof the fees alleged to. have , been paid to Mr. Bees is £920 135., and the total amount to Mr. Hwlop ; £419 Bs. fid. Among the larger items pw » Mr. Rees, in addition to that for brief and ! refresher, occur the following “.Paid, Roes on demurrer, £ls 15s. ; Roes to argno “®* murrer, £21." Tho following items, also appear in tho hill, ot costs " Instructions for brief, £52 10s.;drawing brief, £75; engrossing : ditto, £7O; copy for Mr. Hislop, £7O. ; An influential meeting waa.held here to-day i in reference to the construction of a railway • from Gore to the;Elbow,, a distance of 35 1 miles. It was represented by several ■ that it would open up a largearoaof aCTCuI--1 tural land. A company with * taffW 01 £lsoiooo was' formed to carry • In consequence of landslips,- traffic issus i pended on the Otago railways, except between 1 Port Chalmers and Mosgiel. • , , , . . : Sir J. Goode’s report is published, but m [ substantially the same as telegraphed. ■ The : Board thinks that a mistake has by the clerk who copied the report.'; H so, the Orawford-atreet block would not bo a*ectad. Friday. The Southland .Licensing Board; met to-day I to consider the' applications .for the olhco-of I £s-?ssrt. I "Xny aU Mr. J. G-f Smith,; school. ' ?"S °^ weather has prevailed for the i Jt^d^K-dydrisLgrsinforthe , last twenty-seven ourS ‘jjj LtcLUTHAj ..priday. ■The'nun still continues, but appearir to be - The river has risen. 6ft.during “ od^s t S ’i s mw almost level with the banks, rising; but there to considered,to immeSate^danger of a fldoa,-Tbe 7 ; 35 fM.hi for Dunedin has- just -arrived* having , 4npedbya break in thelineat Levelto Plat The station-master has .sent off, men , to effect the “eoesß.vry repairs. The stationmaster at Levelto Flat was flooded out of.ins house last night’ No damage m the Clutha District is reported as Mday . Mr D. MoKellar’s stables at Brooksdale were burned down last night. They are valued

' at about £IOO, and ,wero insured in tbe Victoria for £IOO, ' The floods at the time pro- ’( vented assistance reachiug,,the place, although the’ Are was, 'plainly seen from town. The chaff-house and machinery adjoining were insured; the buggies and harness were totally destroyed . The Pomahaka River is. veryjsjjigh, and is rising. The roads are impassable, in'many , directions. - ' : ■ , ' LAWRENCE, Friday. During the last three days the weather has . been very unsettled, and heavy rains have fallen most of the time, yesterday the rain commenced to fall at dawn, continuing incessantly until an early hour this morning, and in consequence the river,has been swollen cou- & siderably, and has done some damage. The last up-train was delayed owing to slips on the line, and it.is reported that a portion of the Bound Hill tunnel has caved in.- i.j The school committee, at a meeting held on Thursday evening, discussed the advisability of adopting the compulsory clauses of tho now Education Act. ’ .