TELEGRAPHIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2916, 5 June 1888, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

Wellington, June 5,

Judgment in the case of Shaw, Savill and Co. v Timaru Harbor Board was given this morning. Judges Prendergast, Gillies and Rich, mond wore unanimous. Judgment was given for the Harbor Board on the ground that sufficient notice of the action had not been given. Leave to appeal to the Privy Council was granted.

Ohristchurch, June 4.

A number of the salmon hatched from the ova imported per s,s. Knikourain 1885, and kept since in the Acclimatisation Society's pond, have been stripped for ova, which is supposed to be the first obtained in this way in the Southern hemisphere. The salmon were in splendid condition, and the ova shows every probability of hatching out strong fish.

Dunedin, June 4,

Tho Sterling and Bavensbourne Licensing Committees have adopted prohibition. Ohristchurch, Tuesday.

At tlio R.M. Court this morning, before Messrs R. Beetham and J. H. Hall, Jonathan Koberts was sentenced to twelve months hard labor for escaping from gaol at Timaru. He pleaded guilty, Mr Beetham contrasted his case with that of Crabtree, saying that lie was entitled to more mercy than that offender, as after his escape he conducted himself decently and attempted to earn a living honestly.

Hawera, Tuesday,

George Bate, Clerk of the County Council was arrested last night,charged by the Government Auditor with the embezzlement of two sums, each of under 17 of County funds. He was remanded for a week, bail was accepted in two sureties of £IOO each. The arrest has caused some stir, owing lo the position of accused,

The (Min Moth Act.

Auckland, June t

At a meeting of fruit-growers held at Birkenhead on Saturday it was resolved to petition the Upper House that the Codlin Moth Bill be- not passed in its present form.

The Auckland Industrial Association liave agreed to the following resolution: That this Association deprecates the Assembly's haste in pushing the Codlin Moth Act through all its stages, without giving those interested an opportunity to meet and express their opinions; and we also view with alarm tlio great injury which will result to an important industry if the Act becomes law in its present form, especially as m are informed that the raotli has attacked native trees and thorn hedges, thus fe'oving the impossibility of eradicating any system of inspection. Prlic Boyal Horticultural Society passed a resolution to-night condemning the Codlin Moth Bill as a harsh and offensive measure, which did not provide an effective remedy.