TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1225, 20 March 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

WELLINGTON. March 17. In the District Court this afternoon, the case of Gould v. Wallace and another, owners of the D'Arcy Pratt, was heard. The action was brought to recover L2OO for injuries sustained by plaintiff, through the alleged negligence of the servants of defendant, whereby a piece of timber on the wharf at Wellington was blown on to plaintiff with sufficient force to break his leg and inflict other injuries. Judgment wa3 given for the plaintiff, with costs. In the R.M. Court, judgment wa3 given under the Copyright Act for 40s and doable co3t3 against the Secretary of the Invercargill Garrick Club, for performing a farce without the author's license. The season in which native game may be killed i 3 proclaimed from March 29 to July 31, inclusive. The following addition to the Railway regulations appears in the Gazette: Volunteers in uniform and under arms, when travelling by rail on passes issued by the officer commanding, will be provided with second-clas3 accommodation, to be charged at the rate of Id per mile, payable by the Defence Department, to take effect from this date.

DUNEDDs. March 20. Mr. Daniel Haggart, an early settler at the Clutha, has died suddenly, aged 80. CHRISTCHURCH. . March 19. The Intel-provincial Rifle Match against Otago. postponed from December last until Easter, will probably be fired on the Cashmere range on Saturday week, at an hour so as to enable the competitors to take part with the remainder of the volunteers at the drill called for that morning. The number of competitors has been reduced to ten and a good representative team for Canterbury will be found from amongst Messrs. Cameron, W. • Hunter, J. Hunter, Appleby, Chapman, Buckley, Marshall, Fox, Hill, Strange, Judge, Parker, S. Manning, Thompson, and others. The Hereford has 15,500 sacks of wheat on board, and will tow into the stream tomorrow after taking some 1500 sacks of oat 3 aboard. At a special meeting of the City Council to-nttrht, to consider the charitable aid question, the "pinion was arrived at that the funds requisite should bo allotted on a population basis, and that the money sEu'tild come out of the consolidated revenue. March 20. 31 r. S. 11. Andrews, of Exeter, England, and formerly of Canterbury, has presented 30 acres of valuable land to the Itangiom Borough Council for the purposes of a public park, i Yesterday, 1031) loaded wagons passed through the Christchurch station to and from Lyttelton. This was the heaviest day's w»rk since the line opened. The Hon. W. Robinson's horses Foul Play, Grip, A'atator, and On Dit arrived ict town yesterday for the Autumn meeting. The animals appear to be in excellent condition. Constable Smith arrived yesterday from Wellington to superintend the distribution of rations to the unemployed of this district. Constable Donaldson will go to Duncdin for the same purpose.

AUCKLAND. March 19. The Native Parliament at Orakei was opened to-day. Paul Tghef'e .presided. Mr. R. De Thierry was retained as interpreter. A number of Europeans were present. Paul opened the proceedings in a lengthy speech, and handed round a printed programme of subjects for deliberation. The most important of these have been already telegraphed. They? are subsidies to chiefs, free passes and food and medicine, exclusion from Road Board taxation, and that. they should have, six instead of four representatives in Parliament. Speech-making Has been, postponed till-to-morrow. TIMARU. March 20. - The sheep riot cases were terminated this morning by the Bench declaring that they should never have been brought before the Court, and, without calling for any defence, simply bound M'Leish in LSO and two sureties of L 25 each, and Bull, the chief cudgelist, in L2O and two suf£tie3 of LlO, to keep the peace, HGEITIEA. March 19. At the Supreme Court to-day, the last case on the calendar—Regina v. Symonds, for manslaughter—was heard. It lasted all day, the jury bringing in a verdict of guilty. Judge Williams sentenced the prisoner to four years' penal servitude. \ ——■— i———