SECOND EDITION LATEST

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2881, 20 June 1882, Page 3

SECOND EDITION LATEST

HEW ZEALAND. (Pkr Tress Association.) A Magisterial DecisionWanganui, Juno 20. E. Ward, Resident Magistrate, ruled to-day in a case of malicious. injury to property, that ‘where the police were informants, only a light penalty conld bo inflicted ; and to recover damages, information must be laid by the complainant in person, A Strong Protest. Wellington, June 20. • A petition, protesting against the teaching of trades in gaols. Will be pre sented to Parliament this afternoon. It contains upwards of 1700 signatures. , A Righteous Penalty. The captain and owners of the steamer Mohaka (which was engaged in carrying visitors to 11.M.5. Nelson Sunday week) charged with overcrowding their vessel, were fiped £5, and ordered to pay 2s 6d a head for 80 passengers estimated to have been Over their limi t. Steamer .under Sale. The little steamer Moa was sold by auction' to-day to Capt.,-Williams, f° r £950. The Weather. The weather is very boisterous. No damage is reported from Gisborne. Important DecisionThe Native Land Court has refused to subsidise Kaiti, in the absence of the assent of all ;the owne.is. If correct, this decision would mean that any one objector could stop any sub-division. Floods, &cGreymouth, June 20. There has been almost incessant heavy rain since Sunday evening. There is no sign- af cessation yet ; the rivers are running’ banks high, bigh tide. The lower part of the town is flooded, and it is blowing very hard in gusts to-day. 'No damage is yet reported, however. Sad AccidentChristchurch, June 20. A man named Bowman, in the employ of Mr Marmaduke Dixon, Eyreton, was driving a horse and dray yasterday when tbo* horse bolted, and Bowman fell under the dray, receiving injuries from which be died shortly afterwardsHe leaves a large family unprovided for. Shocking Juvenile DepravityAt the Resident Magistrates’ Court this morning, Robert Gray, 12 years, William Gray, 10 years, and Edgar George Thomas, 8 years, wore charged with having broken into McGregor Watt’s store, on Sunday night last, and stolen therefrom. The case was fully proved, and the Bench saM this was a very awful case ; if the boys were a little older they would have been convicted ns burglars. It was difficult to know how to’deal with them, they could not be sent to the industrial school because it could hardly be said they were neglected & children. The boys would be discharged upon the understanding that their parents gave them a good sound flogging with the birch in the presence of a police officer. The parents undertook to do this, also to restore the stolen money to the owners. Floods FearedDunedin, June 20. It has been raining heavily and continuously since daylight. Floods are feared. ■ ■ * ShippingArrived, at the Heads—Sarah Bell, barque, from London.