TELEGRAMS

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1278, 12 May 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS

(per press association.) WELLINGTON. May 11. At the Appeal Court to-day, His Honor the Chief Justice and Justices Williams and Johjiston referred in feeling terms to the lamented death of Mr. Macassey, of Dunedin, and of the loss to the bench, bar, and public, sustained through his death. Mr. Stout, on behalf of the bar, spoke in similar terms, and felt sure that Mr. Macassey's family in their bereavement would have the sympathy of the whole profession. In re G. B. Barton.—An application was made on a rule reserved from the Registrar at Dunedin to strike Mr. Barton, a barr rister and solicitor, off the rolls of the Supreme Qourt, No counsel appeared on either side. The various affidavits made in the case went to show that the subject of the application had been guilty of misappropriation of the funds of clients in England while acting for them under power-of-attorney. The rule 'was made absolute. May 12. Gleich, alias Fisher, proprietor of the Te Aro Club, has been summoned on six charges of sly grog-selling, The cases were partly heard to-day, but adjourned till Saturday. There was a heavy downpour of rain last night and this morning. It caused slight damage to the roads and drains. CHRISTCHURCH. May 11. The Rev. Father Binsfield, Roman Catholic priest of the Ashley District, was nearly drowned to-day. No particulars have come to hand, but he seems to have been crossing the Ashley, when the buggy was upset and he was washed down the river. The horse was drowned, and himself saved only with difficulty. May 12.

Yesterday Mr. Donald Munro, of Green Park, while returning to Lincoln with a cart load of coal, was thrown off and had his left leg fractured. He was brought to the Hospital, and is doing well. The settlers of Mount Somers have called a meeting to protest against the alteration of the route of the Mount Somers railway. The Canterbury Rowing Club held a meeting yesterday. The finances were shown to be most satisfactory. It was decided to order a new boat from Swaddle and Winshop, of Newcastle. At Leeston Messrs. Wills Brothers had 1300 bushels of wheat damaged and destroyed by fire. One stack and a combine elevator machine were completely destroyed. The machine was insured, but not so the grain. The cause of the fire is unknown, AUCKLAND. May 11. Arrived —Te Anau, at Russell. Mr. Fairclough and Miss Clara Stephenson are passengers. At the Police Court to-day, H. Whitaker Duval was charged with forging and uttering a cheque. The members of the Civil Service Commission left for the South to-day. The Auckland Domain Board resolved yesterday to levy fees for stalls in the Domain building during holidays. The Native Lands Court was opened by Judge Fen ton at Cambridge yesterday. "Very large areas of land are to be passed by Messrs. Whitaker and Sheehan (his agent). The Hikurangi native meeting is concluded. Rewi returns to Kihikihi. The Kingites sent Toipotahi, who' was in Wellington last session, to represent them at the Cambridge Court. The settlers of Waibato are greatly enraged at the action of the South Auckland Cattle Board in indiscriminately slaughtering cattle. A combination to prevent slaughtering by force is threatened. The sale by Mr. Firth of 5000 acres of the Matamata land for L 30,000 is denied.

The annual meeting of the Society for the Relief of the Neglected and Destitute Children was largely attended. The Mayor presided. The report showed that there were 168 children in the Home, of which 95 came from the Police Court, in addition to 22 boys and 14 girls out at service, but still under control, and 12 who submit to moral control of the master and matron, although their terms have expired. Donations are L 122 more than last year. The children make and mend their own shoes. The unfortunate 'young woman. Mrs. Ward, who jumped down a well in Chapelstreet while suffering from low fever, died last pight. Mrs. Ward was only 22 years of age," NEW PLYMOUTH. May 7A heavy north-east gale, with occasional thunder storms, has prevailed since Monday night, preventing the steamers calling or being communicated with. The Rangatira and Hawea from Manakau passed on. 'i he rain has been so heavy that th.e road between Hformftuby and Stratford has b.een rendered impassable ever; for a horse, and th,e southern mails have been detained at Jlawera.