INTERPROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 97, 2 April 1884, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

•' [Per United Pbbss Association.] THE FOBGEBY CASES. ' ' Wellington, April 1. P. K. Watty was to-day committed for trial on another charge of forgery. The Criminal Sessions commence on Monday, 7th inst. The following is the calendar of cases up to the present time: —Daniel Sullivan, forgery, three indictments; James Joseph Wilson, forgery; Frederick Arnold, assault; Philip Kingcorle Watty, forgery, several indictments (number not yet stated); Graham Mayse, indecent assault; Arthur Brock, alias Young, assault and robbery; and Amelia Kerr, larceny. J. Goldsworth, who has for some years occupied the Commissioner of Crown Lands for Wellington District, has obtained six months leave of absence prior to his retirement from the service. The Directors of the Wellington-Manawatu Railway Co. have, it is’understood, accepted the tender of 8. Brown for the construction of the Paikakariki section. Price, about £57,000. ADDRESS OF CONDOLENCE TO THE QUEEN. An address of condolence to the Queen on the bereavement Her Majesty has sustained by the death of the Duke of Albany, has been forwarded by the New Zealand Government through His Excellency the Governor and the Secretary of State for the Colonies. The charge againt D. C. Maunsell, ex private secretary to the Premier, for embezzling Government monies, is being heard in the B.M. Court.

The agents of Shaw, Savill and Albion Company have received advice, by cable, of the sailing of the steamer Victory from Plymouth on the 29th ult. for Wellington and Port Chalmers. The Victory brings out 427 passengers. IThe annual meeting of the WellingtonManawatu Railway Company, Limited, was held to-day and was largely attended. The report and balance-sheet were adopted. The Chairman said that 58J miles, out of 88 miles were already under contract, the remainder of the line was very easy, the total cost would be considerably under the Engineers original estimate. A much better line than the original Government one had been adopted for 60 miles, the ruling grade to be 1 in 100 instead of 1 in 50. Great credit is due to Sir Julius Vogel for the successful floating of the shares and debentures in London. A poll for the election of directors and auditors is now proceeding. Votes of thanks were passed to the retiring directors ; Higginson, chief engineer; secretary, and officers of the Company. Latest. The charge against Maunsell was dismissed. The Bench holding that the evidence did not sustain the criminal charge. The Premier speaks at Hawera on Monday night. MB. SHEPHERD’S ADDRESS TO HIS CONSTITUENTS. NBiSON, April 2. Mr, Shepherd, M.H.8., addressed his constituents at Richmond last night. He spoke against making the Upper House elective and supported the freehold system as opposed to perpetual leaseholds.. He also advocated the. leasing of railways; but if the time was not ripe for that, then he urged that the management should be vested in a non-political board. He spoke fully on the Annexation and Federation questions, and opposed the giving, up of legislative functions.; and he did not think the colonies were called on to contribute to the cost of Annexation. Mr. Shepherd blamed the Government for lowering the railway tariff in 1882, and also for having neglected the re-organization of the Civil Service and retrenchment in. departmental expenditure till now, as bj; their present action they showed they might have done earlier without detriment to the service. He concluded by expressing a desire to see the best men from all parts of the house unite to restore the finances to a sound condition. He received a vote of thanks and confidence. Auckland, April 2. At a meeting of the University Council Judge Gillies announced that in conformity with the wishes of the late Mrs. Gillies it was his intention to place £3,000 at the disposal of the Council for two scholarships of £lOO per annum each, to be called “ The Sinclair ” and the “ Gillies ” scholarships, in memory of D. A. Sinclair, formerly Colonial Secretary of New Zealand, and of Mrs. Gillies. The scholarships are tenable for three years, and are for poor scholars only. Tawhiao has published a farewell address. He had an interview with the Governor prior to his (Tawhiao’s) departure for Sydney. The report presented to the annual meeting of the New Zealand Stud Co. yesterday showed a loss £4,000 for the year. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, described the unsatisfactory state of the balance-sheet as being due to the re-valu-ation of stock. The Auckland Gas Company have abolished the differential rates of gas in the suburbs. Fully 2,000 women have signed the petition for the extension of the franchise under the Electoral Laws to women. The Observer newspaper was sold by auction to-day, and fetched £1,500. Dunedin, April 2. The trial of Dr. Parry, for manslaughter of a woman in child-birth, is to be taken to-day. Later.—ln manslaughter case against Dr. Parry, Kaitangata, Messrs. Stout and Daniel Stewart of Kaitangata defended. Haggitt, in opening the case, said if ordinary care had been exercised by the prisoner, the accident could not possibly have happened. He attributed prisoners incompetence to the state he wa.s ,’hen in.