TELEGRPHIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2859, 28 March 1888, Page 2

TELEGRPHIC.

"Cooking" a Sale. Christohurch, March w To-day Alexander Dunbar waswmmilted for trial on a charge of unlawfully offering £SO to T. Brydou, manager at Dunedin for the New Zealand Australian Land Compauy, to abstain from bidding for a section of Crown lands at auction on February 29th. The charge was bused on certain letters written to Brydon by.Dunbar, who pleaded ignorance of law on the subject. A Bright Sportsman. Dunedin, March 27. Mrs aud Miss Joseph and two children were accidentally wounded on Saturday by a young man named' Conn discharging a gun, Though in one case the shot penetrated to the ribs, fatal results are not anticipated. /' Departure for Home. T^ Judicial Travellers. Wellington, Wednesday. Judge Johnston, and District Judge Beth Smith leave in the England next trip. «n Parliament further prorogued. A Gazette extraordinary further prorogues Parliament to the fourth of ■ April. J. Burrow v C. E. Halloran. The motion against Mr C. P, Skipper. Wellington, Wednesday. In Banco, J. Burrow v C. B. Halloran, judgment has been given for £3OO with costs.on the medium scale, viz., £lO 10s costs of motion and fees out of pocket. The motion by the Law Society re C. P. Skipper was adjourned. Storm in Christohurch. The English Cricketers. Chmstchurcii, Wednesday. ' • A very heavy sou'-wester has been blowing all the morning, and liHerable damage has been done to'the windows and trees. The tramway company's stables were wrecked at five minutes to twelve and the front blown in; also several sheets of iron slipped off the roof. No one was hurt.

' Ilie English cricket match will be resumed to-morrow it' weather permits.