Telegrams.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1089, 20 June 1882, Page 2

Telegrams.

Napier, June 19. AT the Supreme Court to-day true bills were found in the following eases: Antoine Martini, horse stealing, three counts. Tamati Hautapu, forgery, four counts. Alexander Chase, forgery. James Conway, horse stealing. Puiwha, forgery. Hauitira, horse stealing. In tho case of Taniki Tupunu, charged with manslaughter, no true bill was found. Antoine Martini, found guilty on three separate charges of horse stealing, was sentenced to three years on each count, sentences to be concurrent. Notice of discontinuance has been served in case of Gannon v. Craig. In the case of Regina v. Tamati Hautapu, for forgery, a verdict of not guilty was returned. Finn appeared for accused. The Grand Jury recommended a Supreme Court sitting at Gisborne. The Judge promised to forward the recommendation to the Government. Alexander Chase got two years’ imprisonment for forging a cheque of £3B 10s., at Napier. The Grand Jury threw out the bill for horse stealing at David Milne’s house, Tologa. In the case of manslaughter at Waiapu and others true bills have been found. Auckland, June 19. Archibald, contractor, met with a severe accident in Dublin street, Newton, through falling on the scoria. Dennis Boyle, a very old offender, was committed for two years to Mount Edon gaol, under Vagrant Act, for begging. S.s. Taiaroa arrived to day from Fiji. Iler news is unimportant. The Mayor has given notice of motion of his intention to move in direction towards bringing the Contagious Disease Act into force. H.M.S. Nelson arrived off the Great Barrier on Saturday, and engaged in gun practice. She has not yet come into harbor.

Five long sentence prisoners have been sent to Wellington per Oreti to assist in the construction of the new gaol there, amongst them are the notorious Fred Plummer, serving 10 years, and A. D. Gorton, serving 10 years for forgery and horse stealing. Waller and Co., have received intimation by cable that the steamer Pretty Jane recently purchased by that firm, had become a total wreck near Sydney. The vessel was formerly of Auckland. Mr Gibbons, senr., of Poverty Bay, has gone ou behalf of the new owners to look after the vessel. A terrible tragedy occurred in Chapel-street this morning. A mill hand named Henry Foreman, aged 22, who has been married seven weeks, took down bis carbine and threatened to shoot his wife. She ran out of tho house but had not gone many yards before she heard a shot. Foreman was found dead with a hole above the region of the heart. Jealousy is assigned as the cause. Oamaru, Juno 17. A man named McGrath has been severely wounded in a drunken row. He is in a critical state, and his deposition has been taken, but nothing has been elicited from him beyond having a street row and being stabbed. A man named Monaghan has been arrested on a charge of stabbing McGrath. Wanganui, June 19. Two seamen assaulted Capt. Pope on board the steamer Tui, in the Wanganui river, on Saturday night, and tried to throw him overboard. They were brought up at the R.M.’s Court this morning, and remanded. Christchurch, June 19. The Comet was visible last night. The Italians in Christchurch who fought under Garibaldi purpose taking measures towards the erection of a statue to his memory. An experiment at lighting Lyttleton harbour with the electric light was made on Saturday evening, which proved successful. At a meeting of farmers and others, it was resolved to establish a European Flax, Fibre, and Linseed Oil Company, with a capital of £lO,OOO in £5 shares. Wellington, June 19. Large crowds visited the Manapouri last evening to witness the display of the electric light. It is probable that an Italian Working Men’s Club will be formed here.

Hearn has accepted a challenge to row Reynolds, of Sydney, for £IOO, and adds that he will allow £25 expenses to come to Wellington. Hearn also states that as there are no skiffs in Wellington, Reynolds should bring two with him from Sydney, and he will toss him for choice of boats, as he is willing to row him in the best boats for any sum over £IOO. The Government are satisfied at tho reception of the Financial Statement in the House, and anticipate that it will be carried without material alteration. They will push on as quickly as possible with the Public Works Statement. Members generally consider tho Financial Statement safe and trustworthy. The Government have received a number of applications from prospectors for protection, should they discover gold at Tuhua. The prospectors of tho King Country requested for a

promise of protection by the prospectors claim, should the goldfield be proclaimed. The Government could not at preeent grant a request in either case. The business of the Waitara Land Court is proceeeing satisfactorily under Judge Fenton. Bewi attends regularly. The Opposition to-day arranged for *two caucuses. One of Greyites, and the other of Macandrew and Montgomeryites to consider the basis of cooperation, upon the confidence motion. The following are the estimates of excess of revenue last year:—Colonial Secretary, £30,000 ; Stamps, £2OOO ; Treasurer, £12,000; Education, £BOOO Native Affairs, £25,000 ; Mines, £5,000 ; Defence, £25,000. The sum I of £SOO has been placed on the estimates for the removal of the Native Lands Court from Auckland to Wellington. Mr Luckie, Commissioner, is pressing upon the temperance society the temperance section of Government Life Assurance, in which Teetotal, lers are assured partly at ordinary rates, but with the privilege at each quinquennial investigation of , having policies valued separately, the r accrued profits to be divided among themselves. Dunedin, June 19. On the arrival of the eutter Jane the police arrested Charles Everett and Daniel Moore on suspicion of being concerned in a hotel robbery at Invercargill. The sum of_£3l was found upon them. A telegram reached the Otago Daily Timet from Sydney, stating that New Zealand producers, misled by market quotatations, are foolish to glut that market with potatoes and •oats. The telegram adds that a quantity of oats were withdrawn from r sale at 2s 8d per bushel. A Fortrose telegram brings word that a young gentleman named Slater, recently from home, who was on a visit to Mr, E. S. Vernon, of Toi Toi ■station, has been discovered dead, lying beside a creek in the bush. He had been out shooting, and his gun had evidently discharged itself, as the ■top of his head was blown clean off his body.