PER ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN PRESS TELEGRAPH AGENCY.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1888, 21 January 1875, Page 2

PER ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN PRESS TELEGRAPH AGENCY.

i Auckland, This day. Edward C. Martin'.chargedwith stealing £14 from his motber-in law, Maria Marringe, was arrested on the Derwent bound for Sydney, and committed for trial at the Police Court to-day; The A.S.P. Company paid ££500 for the Go-Ahead, the owner taking half in sjbares. '"■"■ : ." ' '' 'r "' '•• '■■. Warriner's store, Kaipara, was burned; 16s»£3OOO.

Jennie Anderson, Magician, drowned at Oamaru, is stated to be Jennie Whiteside, formerly barmaid at Scotia Hotel, Thames.

A store in the Wairoa was burned, belonging to Brown, Campbell arid Co. It is insured for £3000 in the New Zealand Insurance Office.

The Supreme Court has been occupied all day with the case of Jollie v. Chitty —not concluded. •"■..-■

The [Representatives proceed in the Luna to the Thames on {Saturday at noon. J . ;

Wellington, This day. It is stated the General Government have offered to Major Palmer of the Boyal Engineers, and that he has accepted the appointment to examine and report upon the state of surveys throughout the Colony^ witha-riew to assist the Government in the introduction of a general system of survey.

.Napier, "Wednesday.

Sections at Woodville, in the Seventy Mile Hush, fetched good prices, from £300 to £400 per acre, most of the purchasers are local men; but Mr Wilson, from Wellington, purchased several sections for West Coast clients. Ten sections at Awatotara, near TJareha's bridge, were bought by Ben Smith at the upset price, £20 per acre. William Miles and Alexander Cameron Trere committed for trial to the next Supreme Court sitting, for stealing a piece of greenstone valued £150,. the

property of J. Gotty, of Palmerston. The prisoners stole the stone from a cart at the Spit, and buried if; in the sand on the beach. The Inspector of Police obtained a slight clue, and followed it up very cleverly.

Gbeytowit, Wednesday. The body of a child was found tied up in a sugar bag in a well here. An inquest has been held. The jury were of opinion that Alice Macartney, alias Euth Miller, was the mother, and that the child died through her wilful neglect, and that some person or persons aided her in concealing the child. The woman is at present on bail on the first charge of concealment of birth. The Wairarapa Standard severely criticises the procedure in hearing of the case Eegina v. Alice McCartney, alias, Millei*, on the charge of concealment of birth; also the action of Mr Wardell in taking case to Featherston, whereby his own convenience might be served, not that of the witnesses and doctor. It also says: "Occurrences of this kind are becoming too frequent to be agreeable, and the Minister of Justice ought to at once officially inform him (Mr Wardell) that he has no right, and can in no way be justified in making public convenience subservient to his own."