LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1165, 3 October 1882, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

i (PKB VXITED PRESS ASSOCIATION). DUNEDIN, This Day. i In the Supreme Court true bills were found | against Beattie, for the murder of Mrs Adams at Papakaoa. John Patrick Casey, , for larceny, was acquitted. John Madden, \ John Mason, and James Henry, stealing from : the person, were found guilty, and recommended to mercy ; sentence was deferred. The murder case will be heard to-day. George Grey Russell has given £lOO for the University Scholarship for pupils in the High School who have btun there one year. Ln the supreme Court John Mason and i Junies Hartley I’ur robbery from the person.

were sentenced to six months. John M den, 3 years. Mr Stout wished Mason’s | case reserved for Appeal Court as he con- ! tended that only a case of simple larceny had » been made out, but the Judge held that 5 there was sufficient evidence to support the | indictment. Mclntosh’s hotel at Blacks was burnt down ! last Sunday. The loss is estimated at £l2OO. ! It was insured for £5OO in Colonial office. ! In the case of the lads Williamson and | Ahern, charged with burglariously entering , serval offices in town, the Crown’s case rested : entirely on the unsupported testimony of I the accomplice Jones who yesterday pleaded j guilty. The Judge directed the jury to ! acquit the prisoners which was done. AUCKLAND, This Day. ! At the criminal session, Wm. Brownlee, for forgery, was sentenced to IS months. | Robert Marsh, for burglary (six charges) 3 I years. The petition to the Mayor and Council , against the Contagious Diseases Act has 1160 signatures. Mr Moss received a vote of confidence at • Parnell yesterday. CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. At the Supreme Court, A. Harding, for > larceny from the person, was sentenced to 2 ; years; Wm. Avenal, for arson at Ashburton, , was acquitted. TIMARU, This Day. A smart shock of earthquake was felt at ' Tiniaru and various places hi the district last night. WELLINGTON, This Day. At the Supreme Court criminal sessions to-day Thos. farrow, for larceny, was sentenced to 9 mouths’ with hard labor. Jno.

Francis Warneford, for damage to grape vines was acquitted. Robert Littlecofct, for horsestealing and larceny, was found guilty ; sentence was deferred. The comet was seen this morning to great advantage, although displaying marked diminution in size and brilliancy. The Hon. Mr Rolleston has returned from the South and loaves for Napier on Wednesday where he will meet the Hon. Mr Bryce. We are indebted to the Government for the following information : —The Hon. Mr Bryce reached Wanganui this afternoon, having been up the West Coast as far as Parihaka. It is understood that Native matters are considered to be in a very satisfactory condition there. Ai nnt daily, seed potatoes are being carted to other pares of the district for food. A short time ago it was reported that Natives going to Parihaka for potatoes were stopping to assist in the planting. As this might be used as a pretext for the Natives returning when the crop was ready, Mr Bryce directed that the Parihaka Natives should be told it could not be permitted to continue. Old Tumoake, the present chief there, seems to have received this decision in words to the effect that “It was quite right; there had been enough trouble already from strangers. ” The West Coast Maoris seem to be reverting to their old modes of cultivation that preceded the Parihaka or Te Whiti craze. They have done a good deal of substantial fencing by means of a ditch and bank aud in other ways, but there is no evidence of anything like undue planting, indeed the Natives now say that the monthly meetings being stopped, planting, as they recently did, would be useless. Several large canoes for fishing have been constructed. In all their fencing an I cultivations the Maoris have confined t'n :- selves to the lands assigned them and kept within the boundaries fixed, except in a single case to the extent of a few acres. This exception is believed to have resulted from an error, and no doubt the matter will be easily arranged. Titokowaru seems now determined to live at peace with us, aud on all | hands the Native Minister is said to have received assurances that the temper of the f West Coast Natives has very much changed for the better.

Captain Garth of the barque Gazelle, was arrested yesterday and charged with smuggling ten pounds of tobacco.