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Auckland, Oct. 7. The criminal sessions of the Supreme Court have been opened. The calendar is very light. The Judge announced that he knew of no prosecution in the Green Harp ease A false alarm of fire was given at the theatre on Saturday evening, when Miss Eose Evans was playing Hamlet to a crowded house. The panic was stopped j before any damage was done. One child went into hysterics. "Wellington, Oct. 7. It is understood that Mr Stafford has requested the Governor to grant a dissolution, which has been refused. The Ministry were expected to resign to-day, unless supplies are granted, which is not likely. The criminal sittings of the Supreme Court commenced to-day. The calendar is light. A meeting of settlers, held at Waluku, condemned the proposal to return the confiscated lands to the Natives, and the j withdrawal of the Road Board subsidy. ! Dunedin, Oct. 7. At the criminal Besßions of the Su- ] preme Court, Samuel Holly, convicted of larceny, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. George Sinclair, charged with horse-stealing, was acquitted. The trial of Plummer, the prisoner who escaped from custody, will take place on Wednesday. Plummer declines to plead till he has had time to consider the evidence against him. The Freemasons have subscribed fifty guineas to found a scholarship in the University.
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Southland Times, Issue 1645, 8 October 1872, Page 2
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222LATEST TELEGRAMS. Southland Times, Issue 1645, 8 October 1872, Page 2
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