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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5389, 5 July 1878, Page 2

The Amoy and Shanghai cable is again interrupted. Yesterday being the anniversary of the declaration of American independence in 1776, fla"s were hoisted at the office of the American consular agents (Messrs. D. Mclntyre and Co.),'and in various other parts of the town. The trial of Wm. O'Connor, tor the attempt to murder Mr. Wm. Light, lessee of Barrett’s Hotelj occupied, the whole of yesterday, and terminated shortly before six o’clock in a verdiet of guilty. The prisoner will bo brought up to receive sentence on the re-opening of the Supreme Court at. ten o'clock this morning. The following appointments are officially notified in yesterday’s Gazette:—l?. G. Downes, Esq., to be Registrar and Returning offioer for the.Eleotoral District of Port Chalmers, in the room of T, A. Manaforcl, Esq.i ra-igned; Jacob Monteith, Esq., to be Public Vaccinator in the Wellington District; S Parsons, Esq., to bo a member of the Licensing Court for the district of Poverty Bay, in the room of C. Westrup, Esq., resigned; W. Wills, ISsq., to bo cleric of the 11. M. Court at Temuka, in the room of R. M. Buchanan, Esq.; Henry Blackett, Esq., Mayor of Rangiora, to be a Justice of the Pe icci under , the Municipal Corporations, Act, 1876. The resignation by Daniel Rolfe, Esq., of Port Chalmers, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the colony, is accepted by. his Excellency the Governor. R. Garliok, Esq., is appointed aoortifioatod accountant in bankruptcy within the Northern Judicial District. The Rev. W. Booth, of Taratahi, is appointed a Commissioner under the Einancial Arrangements Act, 1876, for tho County of Wairarapa West. There will be" a mooting.of-the Wellington Teachers' A s .elation in the Thorndoa-School on Saturday mxt at 11 o'clock, when subjects of importance will come ou for discussion.

At the Supreme Court yesterday, Henry Schmidt, for larceny, was sentenced to nine calendar months’ imprisonment at hard labor. yesterday .morning the Cabinet met Mr Burns, the Postmaster-General of New South Wales. They had a long interview, and considered various proposals respecting postal and telegraph.business. . . It was finally resolved -tb'; refer the questions to Mr. Barns and Mr. Fisher, the Postmaster-General of New Zealand, to report, when the Cabinet will decide. It is rumored that Government i< inclined to join in the duplic .tion arrangement agreed to at the Melbourne Conference. It is believed that the result of the Conference will be satisfactory to New Zealand. Messrs. Levin ond Co. yesterday received a telegram stating that the Orient Company’s s.s. Garonne had arrived at Piy nouth, and the splendid s.s. Lusitania, belonging to the same line of steamers, left Plymouth for Melbourne and Sydney on the Ist July. The " Woman in Mauve" was repeated at the Imperial Opera House last evening tea moderately good attendance in the stalls and pit. This evening “ David Garrick" will be reproduced, under the patronage and in the presence of his Excellency the Governor and the commander and officers of H.M.S. Nymphe. Patrick Oonrey, convicted of stabbing Philip Ritchie, was sentenced yesterday to 12 calendar month! 1 imprisonment at hard labor.

There was only a short sitting of the Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Charles Bause, a seaman on board the Jane Douglas, was charged with assaulting another seaman on board the same vessel. The assault was fully proved, and the defendant was sentenced to two months' imprisonment.—David Dawkins, for an offence against decency, was filled 20s.—The’ following civil business was then disposed, of: —Crease v. Much, jnn., claim £1 10s. 3d.; judgment for the amount claimed and costs. W. Austin v. J. Campbell, claim £3 45.; judgment for the plaintiff for the amount claimed and costs. Croshie, Woods, and Co. v. I*. Mclntyre, claim £8 os. fid.; judgment for the plaintiff for the amount claimed and costs. Paul’s estate v. Fordham, claim 13a. fid.; judgment for the plaintiff for the amount claimed and costs.

Mr. F. H. Wood, of Greytown, and Mr. Jas. Browne, of Gisborne, havebeen appointed certificated accountants in bankruptcy within the Wellington Judicial District. Mr. W. Pinnimore will sell by public auction at his. auction mart, Lambton-quay, at 2 o’clock this afternoon, the Wairoa Hotel, a cottage and land, and 90 sections in the rising township of Waverley, on the main line between Wanganui and Patea. The locality is a most de-nrable one, and the terms, as will be seen by reference to the advertisement, are exceedingly liberal, viz., one-quarter cash, balance by bills at 3,6, 9, and 12 months, without interest. Lithographed plans of the property, which is well worth the attention of investors and speculators, can bo obtained at the auctioneer’s rooms.

The Presso t the 29th June says;—Objection was taken by more than one ratepayer to the ratepayers' roll used for the election of a member for the Mandevilie and. Kangiora Hoad Board on Wed esday. Several of the burgesses asserted a right (which was however not allowed) to vote at the election, on the ground that under the Beads Ordinance, 1872, all persons whose names' are on the roll of the district in respect to any property, are entitled to take part in auy election. Since; the formation of R.angiora into a municipality, (as the Municipal Corporations Act, section 81, provides that auy district constituted within a borough under sections 17 and 25, shall thereafter cease to be a part of the road district within which it was theretofore included), it was not competent for anyone to vote in respect of property within the municipality. But the technical claim made appears to have been pretty well sustained, from the fact that the ratepayers’ roll used for the election (which had bean duly made and signed by three members as'required by law), contained the names of all the burgesses. Had a new roll on the division of the district been made the confusion would have been avoided. The Roads Ordinance under which the election was conducted, clearly justifies auvoue whose name is ou the ratepayers’ roll in force in a road district to claim his right to vote, aud the public will no doubt be curious as to the issue.

The inaugural meeting of the Highland Society of New South Wales took place at the Temperance Hail on the 10th June. The society was founded upon the remnants of some other institutions of a like character, which have' not lately showed much vitality or influence. Tea and the usual condimeutary accompaniments were partaken of by about 100 persons. The chair was occupied by Sir John Hay, the president of the society, and several other gentlemen, prominent in public and social life, were present. The society’s ofijeots are of a benevolent nature ; it is intended to receive as members, not only Scotchmen, but all of Scottish descent, wherever born, ihe social and intellectual improvements of the members, the cultivation of Scottish literature and music, the assistance of strangers arriving in the colony in the way of information and obtaining employment, are also among the purposes aimed at by the society. The Hon. Alexander Campbell, M L.C., presented some valuable books of a national character to the society, for the initiation of a library. The Sheep and Cattle Inspector has sent in the following return of cattle arriving from foreign porta into the port of Wellington from the 81at December, 1877, to the 30th June, 1878:—Four Berkshire pigs. Mr. D. Wilkie; one bull, Mr. Meredith; one merino ram and three merino ewes, Messrs. Bethune and Hunter—all imported from Melbourne, and arriving hero in a healthy condition. We have been requested to call attention to Messrs. J. H. Bethune and Co.’s sale this day at 2 o'clock of a consignment of choice plants, ornamental shrubs, and fruit trees, including some new and rare specimens of camellias, &e , from the well-known nursery of Messrs. E. Fergusson and Son, Campden, New South Wales, just received ex Easby, from Sydney., Mr R. J. Dnnoan will sell tb-day wines, spirits, and sundries, particulars of which will be found in our advertising columns. Messrs. Beauchamp, Campbell, and Co. will sell at auction this afternoon furniture, books, &c., &o.