TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.
DuHEDiN, Dec. 8. ■In the Supreme Court to-day, Hatchings was sentenced to sir months' imprisonment; M'Donald, for forgery and! uttering, 4 years j M'Ewan, for larceny, 3 years; Roberts and Dods, for obtaining money by false pretences, were acquitted. I The Council has been prorogued. In his prorogation speech, the Superintendent recommends an alteration in the Executive, and concludes, by stating his belief that an earnest desire exists throughout the country for the immediate commencement of public works, which, in addition to developing the re* sources of the province, will offer abundant employment to labor for years to c6me.< To mitigate the evils of delay as ;%r as possible he proposes to refer the question at once to the people themselves, with which view he intends to apply'for an iirimediate dissolution of the Council. : . ; The Escort has brought down 16,150 ounces. ; - ; The Governor intends to accompany Commodore Stirling on a visit to Otago in January. - ■ - ■ - °; The Provincial Council elections are to i take place in, January. . ,
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Southland Times, Issue 1345, 9 December 1870, Page 2
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168TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. Southland Times, Issue 1345, 9 December 1870, Page 2
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