WELLINGTON.
■■«*..... featurday. revenue received hero for
the month of June is £12,202 as against £12,782 for the same month last year. For the financial year ending to-day the total Customs receipts are £185,884, as agains £167,855 last year. /During June there were 70 births, 15 deaths, and 20 marriages registered in the city of Wellington. This day. , The storm on Saturday, evening which raged along the west coast of this island did some damage to the Wanganui telegraph office. A flash of lightning.struck the office, melting and setting fire to till the leading wires, and completely fusing all the connections of the test board and roun'l the wall, setting fire to the office in several places, and rendering unworkable all the principal instruments. The operator, who was just entering the office, was thrown violently backwards the wo 11 a»d rendered senseless for a time. On recovering himself he managed to extinguish'the flames in the ...office.' A The wires across the river are down, and several poles close by are shattered to pieces. The mechanician went off in thei Stormbird yesterday afternoon-to repair; damages. Commufiication with New Plymouth and Waitara is expected to be open to-day. : The criminal sittings of the Supreme Court opened this raorning. Amongst the cases are charges of obtaining goods on false pretences, larceny,- sheep stealing, fradulent bankruptcy, attempt to murder, indecent assault, house stealing, assault with intent, cutting and wounding and robbery. Keferring to the charge against O'Connor for attempting to poison Light, landlord of Barrett's hotel, the Chief Justice, said as long as the Jury thought O'Connor put poison in the glass, no matter what object, they could find a true bill against him. \ : Later.
The Grand Jury, instead of finding a true bill against O'Connor for administering poison With intent to kill William Light, found a tiue bill that the prisoner was guilty of administering poison with a xiew to injury, which is only a misdemeanour.
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2925, 1 July 1878, Page 2
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