LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1276, 15 February 1883, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[PBB UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION]. WELLINGTON, This Day. The report of the Commission appointed to enquire into the best route for the extension of the main trunk railway in the South Island, was forwarded to the Government yesterday, by whom it wu sent to His Excellency. It is understood that its purport will not be made public until after the Government have had full opportunity of considering it, and perhaps not until the meeting of Parliament. James Mcßriarty was to-day committed for trial on a charge of forgery and uttering. The Agent-General cables to the Government under date London, Feb. 14th, that the ship Oxford, which left London for Wellington at the end of January, with 302 immigrants, has been dismasted in the Bay of Biscay, and that the vessel had to put back to Cardiff. The immigrants are said to have behaved exceedingly well.

DUNEDIN, This Day. Two German schooner* coming to Port Chalmers from Hong Kong are now 148 and 141 day* out respectively. Their names are B. H. Steinken and Neiderhof. The former was heard of on November 35.

Themes Watson, proprietor of the Southland Hotel, at Gore, hanged himself yesterday. No cause i* assigned. News has been received of the death at New Mexico, from smallpox, of John Mackellar, the first Mayor of Tapanui. CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. The Bev. Mr Brit tan upon whose conduct with girl* in hw congregilion at Papanui an inquiry wae *ome time ego demanded, has re* •igned his cliaige, The Mayor will give a banquet to th* Gevernment on Tuesday or Wednesday next. The Lyttelton Borough Council intend to present the Governor with an address on his arrival, and the same will be done in Christchurch. The Union Insurance Company has issued a policy the premium on which was £l,OlB 16*. This is stated to be the largest Are premium ever received south of the Lins. AUCKLAND, This Day. A meeting of the Auckland Law Society was held yesterday. It was specially convened by the requisition of five members, vie., Messrs. W. J. Hill, W. Coleman, J. M. Alexander, and A. E. Whitaker, to consider the word* used by Mr Justice Gillies as to the defence of Gudgeon by Messrs. Heeketh and Theo. Cooper. The Judge characterised the defence set up as dishonorable. Mr E. Tyler, Vice-President of the Society, presided. The following resolution wm earned: —“ That the members of the profession here assembled express their regret at the Judge presiding at the trial of H. M. the Queen v. Gudgeon should have stated to the jury in such case his opinion that counsel for the accused in supporting the defence on the fonsent by prosecutrix were not doing their uty as honorable men. ” On the motion of Mr Devore it was agreed “ That a copy of the resolutions passed be sent to all Judges and Law Societies in New Zealand.”

INVERCARGILL, This Day. A boy named Archibald McPhee, aged five, the son of a settler at Longbush, fell

into a zinc bath containing scalding water, used for cleaning a pig, and received such injuries that he died next day.