TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5795, 25 October 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(PER PRESS AGBNOV.I Blenheim, Friday. An engine went across the new railway bridge over the Opawa yesterday. The deflection was very trifling. Hawera, Friday. At the R.M. Court yesterday, the case of the Waste Lands Board v. John Winks, for depasturing cattle on the Waimate Plains, was dismissed for want of sufficient evidence. Mr. Standish, a member of the Board, defended Winks. Lyttelton, Friday. The Eangitikei, 97 days from Plymouth, with 333 immigrants, has arrived. Dunedin, Friday. Waters was brought up on habeas corpus yesterday, and Mr. Dennistou applied for bis discharge, which Mr. Cook, who appeared for Charles Woodlock, opposed. An order was made admitting him to bail—himself in £IOO, and one surety of £SO. The further hearing was adjourned till Saturday. In banco yesterday, on an application by the Law Society, the Judge granted a rule nisi on a motion for striking a solicitor off the roll. Mr. Macassey, in an affidavit, showed large 1 misappropriations of the firm’s moneys and trust money, the former amounting to £1730. 8? There was a dreadful tramway accident today, by which a man was fearfully mutilated. The National Industrial Association have adopted a petition to Parliament. Grahamstown, Friday. The Star this evening, while repeating Mr. McCulloch’s long address to the electors, says —“ The decision of the committee on the Christchurch petition will do away with the necessity of an election for the Thames. We commiserate with the local candidates for senatorial honors in their bitter disappointment.” Ashburton, Friday. James Wells, an old swagger, has been committed for trial for assaulting with intent a child between four and five years of age near the railway station at Rakaia on Monday last. The chil i had been sent on a message to a store, when she was waylaid by Wells, but her screams attracted some railway hands in time to prevent a more serious offence. Owing to internal disagreements, some of the commanding officers of the newly formed volunteer corps have threatened to resign. New Plymouth, Friday. The Maoris at Waitara are suffering from fever ; fourteen are seriously ill. The Civil Commissioner leaves here to-day to'attend the session of the Supreme Court at Wanganui, on Monday, in case Kereopa is unable to find sureties to keep the peace. The last Parihaka meeting was a wretched affair, owing to the sickness there and the wet weather. Several horses died of starvation. Te Whiti’s influence is declining and Te Motu’s extending.