LATEST TELEGRAPHIC

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 153, 7 May 1879, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAPHIC

(TEE TRESS AGENCY,) WELLINGTON. Tuesday, Tlio Ilinemoa loft at four o'clock this morning for Lyttelton to bring back His Excellency the Governor. After leaving Lyttelton the Hinemoa will convey Sir Hercules and party to Akaroa, where a few hours will he spent 011 Thursday; the steamer will then come on to Wellington direct, arriving here on Friday, The Chief Justice to-day refused to consi l der an application by a bankrupt for sustenance out of his estate, until the question had been taken before the creditors for thoir consideration.

Councillor Hunter is expected to be chosen as temporary Mayor until a new one is elected,

The establishment of a new Public Library will be considered on Monday next, The sittings of the Court of Appeal commence on Monday next. There arc only three cases—one Auckland and two Wellington,

, John Hosomei'gy, for being illegally on premises at Kaiioke, was sontenced to three months' hard labor, : To'all appearance the man is demented. j It appears that Walters, who was partner with Gleich, the Adelaide absconder, is now doing'a term of imprisonment at Pentridge. The election for Mayor takes place on the 27th. Two brothors, named Maxstead, were brought up at the It.M, Court this morning for not contributing towards tho support of theiraged father, and further evidence showed that one brother owned 200 acres of land and 20 head of stock; the other about 70 acres and a lot of stock, and that for years they had not contributed in the slightest degree towards their father's support, or even enquired as to how he managed to exist. The Magistrate said it was the first case of the kind he over had in the Colony, and hoped it would be the last, It was a disgrace to the Colony to see men in the position of tho Maxsteads allowing a crippled father and a decrepit mother to be neglected, and ordered each to pay 7s Cd per week towards their maintenance, One brother said " I can't pay it; I have not the means," The Magistrate replied, " It is of no use your saying that, The law is more powerful than you, ■and will find a way to compel you," Information is to bo laid against another brother not summoned, TAURANGA. Monday,

On Saturday the remains of the liev Mr Grace were consigned to the grave at Te Papa cemetery. The Vcn Archdeacon Brown read with much feeling and pathos the impressive service for the occasion to a large and respectable body of mourners. The body was taken from the hearse by a select number of representative chiefs from Tauranga, Taupo, Tarawera, l'otonia, Thames, and Bay of Plenty. A large number of natives followed asmouinirs, AUCKLAND. Monday. A very successful opening of the football season took place to-day. E. P. Gardner, who has just built a restaurant on the reclaimed land, fell dead, lie had been ailing for some time past, A boy named George Petersen was run over by a coach across the small of his back, and seriously injured,

A Samoan correspondent writes: "Business is excessively dull; many storekeepers don't take a dollar a day, and the publicans arc no better off, The natives are talking fight again, and with the prospect of an early outbreak of civil war they will neither work to earn money by copra-making, &c,, nor spend any they have, except for firear ins and ammunition. There is no further news." NEW PLYMOUTH. Monday. In the Supreme Court to-day George Haywood was found guilty of maliciously injuring a cow at Kctcmarac on the 25th October ast, and was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment with hard labor. Sir John Coode's plans and report of the New Plymouth have arrived, and arc iu the hands of Mr Blackctt..

Tuesday, Mr Aitkens Ims been appointed Borough Surveyor. At the Supremo Court this morning, Carl Gringll pleaded guilty to killing his half, brother, Ferdinand Paul, at Normanby on the J 6th January last, and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard labor, GMHAMSTOWiY. Monday. The Government surveyor has completed the survey of that portion of the famous Tc Araho Block on the west bank of the Waihou River. There are now about 4005 acres of magnificent land ready to he proclaimed open for settlement, and this will be done in a few days. The promoters of the Karalca Tunnel have written to the Minister for LaJids, asking that the restriction which requires the capital to bo £40,000 to be withdrawn, as some difficulty is felt in raising that amount. If that request is complied with there is every likelihood of a company, which would' employ nearly 209 miners, being formed. 11EEFTON. Monday. The inquest on the late fire closed to-day. The jury returned a verdict"'That the fire was maliciously caused by some person or persons unknown. Warden Shaw left for New Plymouth this morning, Warden Price having been transferred, and taken official charge of the district. It is the intention of the constituents of Mr Reeves, M,Eli,, to present liim with a testimonial. OHRISTOHUROH. Monday. At Leithfiekl a lad named Fred Shrimpton, aged sixteen, was killed on Saturday by a fall of earth in a quarry, ibout ten tons of earth fell on him, breaking every bone. Another boy narrowly escaped.

Louis Schmidt, for entering a dwelling and stealing a watch and chain valued at £4 10s, was committed for trial. The directors of the Union Fire and Marine Insuranco Company of New Zealand have decided to postpone the due dates of calls Nos 7 and 8,

His Excellency the Governor, accompanied by the Mayor, Mr Fisher, and Captain St, John, visited some of the public institutions of Christclmrcli to-day, but had not time to go the rounds. To-morrow he holds a levee, and a ball mil take place in the evening, On the day following, his Excellency will resume the tour of inspection through the city. ;lt an inquest hold to-day on the body of Daniel Brecn, who died from the effects of an accident sustained at Ashburton on the 21st April, the jury returned a yerdict of accidental death.

At a meeting of the Christchurch District Drainage Board to-day, it was resolved to placo the remainder of the £200,000 loan ou the London market, : The Commission on the claims of Middle Island natives resumed its sitting at Kaiapoi to-day, but the business so far has been of a formal charaoter.

At the inquest on P. Shrimpton, who was killed by a fall of eartli in a quarry at Leithfleld, a verdict of accidental death was re. turned.

The Kaiapoi school committee to-day ob;ained judgment against several parents ;he compulsory clause of the Education Act. Tuesday.

The Belfast Meat Factory was destroyed by fire this evening—supposed totally. Insurances—Slew Zealand, £2000; South British, £1000; Transatlantic, £1000; National £6GO; other offices, £IOOO. The Colonial office declined several re-insurances. INVEIICARGILL, Monday. Macrorie and Cuthbertson held a highly successful sale of an Inglewood suburban property belonging to Mr Deabble, 687 quarter-acre sections were offered at an average of £2414s 8d per section, The highest price realised for a single section was £6O, The total sum realised was £1750. The examination of the brothers McMcnamcn on a charge of arson is proceeding at the Resident Magistrate's Court. PORT CHALMERS. Monday. The body of a seaman named johnsen, drowned from the Swedish barque Frederieka and Caroline, was picked up this morning in the harbor.