TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5794, 24 October 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Gisborne, Thursday. Great disgust is felt by many people here at the way in which last night's meeting was conducted, the so-called “Repudiation” and Standard partizana packing the hall with a lot of rowdies. The public trust that the Government will grant the sittings of the Supreme Court petitioned for, and that some satisfactory Bill will be passed to facilitate the settlement of the land claims. Mr. McDonald's Native Lawsuits Bill is not approved of, because it is not thought that the clause provi !- iug for assessors is workable. We want three independent assessors with fall power to accept evidence, whether strictly legal or not, and to hear settlers’ claims without payment, (PER TRESS AGENCY.) Donedin, Thursday. At the City Court, Benjamin, a furniture dealer, was fined 20s. and costs for neglecting to stamp a receipt. The offer of £IOO reward by the insurance companies for detection of incendiaries has had the desired effect. Two persons at Mataura were arrested on suspicion. Waters, who was charged with murder and incendiarism, at the Supreme Court, was attacked by a crowd of men and women, and had to be lodged in gaol by the police for safety. In banco, this morning, on the application of the President of the Law Society, a ride nisi was granted by Judge Williams on a motion to'strike off the rolls a late member of one of the leading legal firms in this city. REEFTON, Thursday. The charge of perjury a-;lnst B. J. O'Connor, after occupying the Magistrate for four days, was concluded yesterday, and resulted in the committal of the accused for trial. Bail was accepted. The prosecution arose out of a case of disputed ownership of cattle. Christchurch, Thursday. The Christchurch Chess Club, by 12 to 5, decided not to break up the club. A new chess club has been formed, called the Canterbury Chess Club, which has received a number of members already. A man named John Davis was arrested at Kowai Pass, charged with attempted rape in Christchurch on 17th October. GrahaMSTOWN, Thursday. The formal opening of the Orphanage took place to-day amid great enthusiasm. There was a ball this evening in the Academy of Music in aid of the institution. An inquest on a man named Peterson was held to-day, but no new facts were elicited. A verdict was returned of accidental death.