TELEGRAMS

Patea Mail, 14 July 1882, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

TO THE “ MAIL.” ■ • ♦ (PER . UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Sentence on Natives. Auckland, —Shortly before midnight, tlie jury brought in a verdict of guilty against Epiba, and he has been sentenced to three years’ penal servitude. Pakara was acquitted. Te Whiti at Nelson. ........... Nelson, —Te Whiti and Tohu are at present quartered at. the Trafalgar Hotel, whilst a house in the north suburb is being made ready for them. They were taken for a drive yesterday afternoon, and will take up the quarters preparing for them in a day or two. Ships Overdue, Dunedin,—There is no sign yet of the Serocco, now 45. days out from Newcastle, It is feared some casualty has overtaken her. The Lohengrin, from Liverpool, 139 days out, is also looked for: with some anxiety. Inward Mail Wellington.—The City of New York, with the June English mails, left San Francisco.for Auckland on the Ist instant, time-table date ; the Zealandia, with the Home mails, arrived at San Francisco on the 10th instant, three days in; advance of time-table date. Chinese going Home, Wellington.—About 60 Chinese, who arrived from the West Coast, will leave for Foochow by the steamer Bowen ,on Saturday. ’ .. Fiji Trader Shot. Advices at Auckland from the Duke of York Island state that a trader named ■Martin, while maddened by- drink, threatened 1 to shoot the crew of the cutter Lcelia. and ; kept them in terror for some time. At length the master of the Lcelia, William Stephens* fired off a rifle toward Martin* who got into a boat and was pursuing Stephen, whom he had- thrown overboard. Whether the shot took effect does not transpire, but Martin fell off-the boat and sanL His body was not recovered. Electric Light in Woollen Factory. Dunedin.—The electric: light experiment at Ross and Glendining’s. Woollen' Mills, Roslyn, is eminently successful. There are nine lamps in. the.main building and one in the finishing room, and it is proposed to light the: smaller rooms with Swan’s incandescent lamps. The lamps used are the “ Joel,” and the power is supplied by one of Siemens’ D. 2 dynamo machines driven from the main shaft. Five-horse power is required for the ten lamps, and the machine is driven at the; rate of 820 revolutions a minute. The light has no glare, is steady and mild, and casts no deep shadows. An estimate of its cost shows this to be less than oneseventh that of gas, at the current rates in Dunedin, and it is calculated that the saving effected will in six mouths pay the entirecost of the plant. Hokitika.—A preliminary meeting held here to consider the advisability of introducing ;the electric light.has resulted in an influential committee appointed to ascertain cost and all information. Frozen Meat Company. Dunedin. The ■ Refrigerating Company’s works at Burnside are now finished. The reservoir has to be constructed, which is expected to he done in a fortnight, and then a start will be made to: prepare the 'shipment for the steamer expected in September. Cruelty to AnimalsDunedin.—A society for the prevention of cruelty to animals was successfully established to-night. Mr Justice Williams was elected president. Hawera Mayor’s Resignation- ; Hawera.—McGuire, mayor of Hawera, resigned his post yesterday in consequence of a resolution to discontinue road works in the Borough until spring. Upsetting a Hotel LicenseChristchurch.—A license had been granted in a country district to an hotel near a church, to which the inhabitants objected. The legal opinion obtained

is that action must be taken in the Supreme Court, and funds are being raised to upset the committee’s action.