LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Wairoa Bell, Volume V, Issue 178, 30 December 1892, Page 5

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Auckland, Friday, noon, A Foolish Proposal. The London Daily Chronicle announces that it is proposed to form a Union of British capitalists with an aggregate capita! of two hundred million sterling to endeavour to boy cot Trades Unions New Year Honours. It is thought likely that Mr Percival, Agent General for New Zealand will be one of these selected for decorating by Her Majesty at tl le New Year. Hard Upon the Poor. Severe frost is being experienced in Great Britain. Four deaths from exposure have been reported, Another Irish Murder. The funeral of Sinnott, the constable, killed at the explosion <f the Detectives’ office Dublin, took place today. There was an enormous attendance and a great public expression of sorrow at the untimely death. Mr Gladstone, who is at Biarntv on bearing of tue Dublin outrage said it was both ao account able and idiotic.,

In consequence c i the outrage all houses in Dublin are being searched in the endeavour to trace the culprits. A Missing' Steamer. There are five hundred passengers on beard tue missing steamer Umbria, but the agents are confident she will turn up safely. Terrible Explosion. While some persons were engaged in warming frozen dynamite cartridges before a fire in a tunnel in course of construction at Long’ Island, New York, an explosion occurred destroying the tunnel and wrecking the Post office, All houses within a radius of several miles were severely shaken and furniture injured and almost all the windows broken. Three women were killed and eighteen others injured. Troubles in France. Boulangists and Bonapartist agents are very active in the French provinces urging the peasants to get rid of the form of government which has despoiled them. A committee is being formed in Paris for public safety and members are divided over eighty districts. Marquis Mores is taking a prominent part in the movement. Zoh' con -i levs tire Press is creating an artifiei .• exeii.- m -at, an i !<• ■ ir <u ,t polities everywhere are murkea \vr,., airty business. The Panama Scandals. Letters found in the Panama Canal Company’s office implicate many members oE the Chamber of Deputies and disclose the names of ambassadors of high rank who sold support for 300,000 francs. Le Gaulois asserts that the late Baron Reinacb. promised Claes, an inventor, a sum of one hundred thousand francs if he poisoned Herz and Claes after receiving a fifth of the amount confessed conspiracy to Herz. Le Ceil states that those in custody in connection with Panama Canal disclosures will shortly be released on parole. The analysis of the viscera of late Baron Reiuach discloses traces of poison. English Mail Burnt. While the mails per Ornba were being fumigated;in Adelaide they caught fire and a numbes ot packages were destroyed before the flames were extinguished. The fire was caused by an escape of burning sulphur. Cricket. Otago v. Auckland. The cricket match Auckland v. Otago is causing- considerable interest. Auckland’s first innings closed for 78. Three batsmen made 4,3 but the tail fell to pieces completely Otago opened badly, but Fisher 50, Johnston 24, and Croxford 24 brought their total up to 121, Auckland in their second innings stand at 47 for two wickets, Moresby and Gardiner not out, [IiATEK.] Auckland’s second innings closed for 80 runs and Otago won by eight wickets and three runs. Australian Cricket. Victoria beat N. S, Wales iu their intercolonial cricket match by eight wickets. Racing’ Items, The Trotting meeting tomorrow promises to be a great success. iom Yum should run well for Big Trot and Ben for btee.de chase. For New Year’s day races a . fancy Fiukem for Hurdles ; Reflect ,r 1,,1Summer Handicap ; Workman for Newmarket Handicap ; Impulse or Brigand for Racing Club Handicap ■ Octopus for County Handicap ; and Warrior for Welter Handicap. Scooping the Pool. Walter Bentley's season at the Opera house is wonderfully successful. Silver King was played for last time on Thursdaynight. The police stopped money being taken as the building was crowded. The Jubilee Singers are also playing to g'ood business in the City Hall. The Markets. General business is at a complete standstill owing to the holidays. Gum returns for year show largest export for years ; nearly half a million of money. Prices are equal to last quotations,

are the wairoa liquors any BETTER? In the Summons division of the Central Court, Sydney, before Mr C. JDdohery. S. M., Inspector Eenthal summoned Henry Bacchus, licensee of the West End Hotel, George -street, for knowingly keeping on such licensed premises liquor mixed with a deleterious ingredient injurious to health Inspector Lenthal stated that on October 24th he went to the premises occupied by defendant, and obtained samples of the draught brandy, whiskey, and rum kept for sale. The samples were sealed up in defendant’s presence, after being taken from bottles exposed in the bar. The samples were subsequently handed to Mr Hamlet (tue Government Analyst) for analysis and report, and upon the report being received, the information was laid against the defendant. W. M. Hamlet, Government Analyst, stated that on Gctober 24th he received from Inspector Lenthal a sealed bottle marked ‘ Hy. Bacchus, West End Hotel, Georgestreet West, draught rum.’ He analysed the contents of the bottle and found the gravity of the distillate to be 9532, contain i«g 32.6 per cent absolute alcohol by weight, or about 68,5 per cent of proof spirit, equivalent to 31.5 per cent under proof. Besides the ordinary alcohol of the rum he found evidences ot the constituent parts ot methylated spirit, which rendered the rum totally unfit for human consumption. It would produce delirium and stupor. The defendant stated that he had no questions to ask the witness, as lie knew nothing about the contents of the rum. He only sold it as he received it from the merchant, excepting the addition of a little water. Mr Delohery : You should know what was in it. Defen .an ■ A iv.ow o . •>*, -u, Mr Duo.u i„. > u • ■ ,■ own it or put it there yourself. George Pick, storekeeper for Tooth and Co,, and in charge of the spii it store with that firm, said he knew the defendant as the keeper of the West End Hotel, and hati supplied him with liquors since he went into the house. He had some draught rum in October —2ognl. altogether. No met by lated spirits were kept on Tooth’s premises,

and unless there was any in the rurn at tue time it was imported, none was in it when sold to defendant Witness produced a sample of the rum as sold to defendant, and tasted a sample of that taken from defendant’s hotel, and pronounced the samples to be distinct in flavor, '[’lie sample of the rum obtained from defendant’s hotel was not the same liquor as that supplied by his firm, The defendant had nothing to say, except that ho had only added water and colouring matter to the rum obtained from Tooth and Co, Inspector Lenthal asked that a heavy penally should be inflicted, as cases of the kind were very difficult to bring into court. This was the first he had obtained out of of nearly 600 hotels visited. He had lately heard that whiskey was being imported at Is •id per gallon, and it was such rubbish that caused nearly all the cases of drunkenness brought before the police courts. It was inferior liquor lhat caused all the misery amongst the unfortunate men who had to obtain their refreshment from public houses. Selling adulterated liquor was worse than Sunday trading. The Bench inflicted a penalty of £2O, with £3 19s costs added, or in default, two months’ imprisonment.