TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES,
Hokitika, 22nd May. — Seven prisoners found guilty of rioting and were recommended to mercy, excepting Larkin and Manning. All were sentenced to a fine of £20 each, or a month's imprisonment. Larkin and Manning pleaded guilty to the charge of seditious libel, and were each sentenced to one month's imprisonment. Satisfaction is felt at the leniency of the sentences. Mr Ireland is to be entertained by the members of the bar at a dinner to-day. The judge paid him a compliment by saying, that " no defence of Fenians at home had approached his in the present instance in ability." "Wellingtok, Thursday. —Mr "Watt has resigned his seat in the Assembly as representative of Eangitikei, in favor of Mr Eox. Dunedin, 22nd May. — In the Provincial Council, at a little before 2 o'clock this morning, the following amendment was moved by Mr M'lndoe, and carried : — "That the general policy of the Government does not meet with the approval of this Council ; therefore it cannot support the present Executive:" Ayes, 18 ; noes, 17. Wellington, Eriday, 22nd. — Intelligence from Opitika and Whakatane, to 10th inst., says : — Every available man was ordered out on the previous afternoon, to form an expedition for the relief of a party which had previously left the camp and fallen in with a body of Hau-haus. A fight had taken place, at which several were killed and wounded. When the vessel left, firing was still going on. Eurther news expected by the Ahuriri. — Referring to the Thames Goldfield, Auckland say that from Cape Colville to some distance south of Shortland township there is a vast receptacle of auriferous quartz. The great complaint is the want of machinery to work the ground. — Panama steamer not yet signalled. DuNEDrff, Saturday. — Mr M'lndoe has I been sent for, and consented to try and form an Executive. — The Council is adjourned until Tuesday. — A great loyal demonstration ia to take place on Monday, in. honor of the Queen's birthday.
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Southland Times, Issue 957, 25 May 1868, Page 2
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328TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES, Southland Times, Issue 957, 25 May 1868, Page 2
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