SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1859, 8 July 1874, Page 3

SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

;(Per Anglo-Australian Telegraph Press Agency.) "I' ' & • • — i . Wellington, Tuesday. I It is stated upon good authority that, a deputation of members waited upon the Premier ! regarding J the* duration of the session. In reply, he gave them to understand that as fa? as was possible to determine at present the session would not exceed two months,

'■ Chbistohubgh, Tuesday, 5.5. p.m. . ; In the Supreme Court the Judge,- inhis' charge to the jury, 1 referred' to the desirability of legislative action, being taken in making. the • inmates; of the' inebriate ward -in the -lunatic-asylum work, as cojaducing more to J i;he restoration of bodily and. mental vigour than idling about. JohnWalmshurstj surgeonsuperintendent of • the ship' Isle of the South,' for larceny as a bailee of medipal comforts, - was / sentenced/to "eighteen months' imprisonment.— Over 2,000 shares in the Colonial Bank were applied for here during yesterday.—The .members of the Eaiapoi Public Library decided 'By 38 to 37 to open the public library and , reading-room ,'from 2, tp 5 o'clock i on Sunday afternoons.—The Cbristchurch City Council decided last night to apply to the General Assembly for a bill of endowment' to the city of the proceeds,of the dog tax, auctioneers, and publicans' licenses* collected within the boundaries of (lie'city.