TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 975, 4 June 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(per press association.)

WELLINGTON. June 3. The assault case—Anderson v. Easby—was called on in the Police Court to-day, but counsel stated that the parties had settled their differences amicably. Anderson withdrew the information against Easby, and Easby undertook to offer no evidence against Anderson in the Supreme Court, the witnesses not having been bound over. Anderson said he was very much pleased that the matter was so settled. At the Court of Appeal, to-day, judgment was given in favor of the Dunedin Harbor Board, in the case of Proudfoot v. Dunedin Harbor Board. Counsel for the plaintiff obtained leave to appeal to the Privy Council.

DUNEDIN. June 3. A railway named Samuel Hodgkinß met with a serious accident this morning, while helping to discharge one of the trucks of timber. A log, weighing about 25 cwt., was being slung, when the brake slipped, and one end of the log struck Hodgkins and crushed him to the ground. He has received injuries to his head and side. He is still unconscious, and his recovery is doubtful. In a communication to the City Council the Government have promised to consider their request to place a sum on the estimates for p. Governor's residence in Dunedin,

GREYMOUTH. June 3. The Wealth of Nations Quartz Mining Company have declared a dividend (35th) of 3s per scrip. INVERCARGILL. June 3, The following are the vital statistics for the month of May Births, 50 > deaths, 14; marriages, C. GISBORNE. June 3. John Brodie has been committed for trial to the District Court for conspiring to evade the Arms Act; and Michael Boylan lias also been committed for trial to the Supreme Court at Napier, for feloniously selling guns to the Maoris.

WANGANUI. June 3. Wirehia Pemia, a friendly chief, who served with distinction during the late war, died to-day of consumption, TBIAEU. June 3. The Timaru School Committee resolved that it would be useless to enforce the compulsory clauses of the Education Act, as the Board of Education declined to provide sufficient accommodation. They als-> decided to take no action re the Penny Savings Banko, CHKISTCIIUIICH. June 3. An attempt was made about three o'clock this morning to shoot a warder at Sunnyside Asylum. He was aroused by thy lurking 0 f the house dogs, and went out. a n;aji started up, gun in hand. The warder iii»ui»:;li;iip?y shoj, round a corner, and the man tired an tie and missed him. The feilov,' thpii disappeared, and no ti'uco of him has yet been found. It was mooniiytu afc the time. , . At a meeting of the Canfcroury Minister Association, held on Monday night, a discussion took place on the Governor s actions in regard tc t tb.Q Sp.bbath Day. The Association exposes jte but emphatic disapproval of the course His Excellency has taken on two three occasions, and which, according to it, are now well known all over the Colony. NEW PLYMOUTH. June 3. The Governor does fic/t visit Aijekl/j-pd ijntil the 12th June, as he will be detained in Wellington owing to a full Cabinet meeting to bo held tim'H tp .cpnsider the native difficulty, and to decide what action should be taken in the matter.