Telegraphic.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3330, 9 October 1889, Page 2

Telegraphic.

bupbehdToqiwt. Wellington, Tuesday. Tho grand jury found no bill in the Benjamin perjury ease, Wednesday. Charles Edward Becljuian.foruiei'ly a publican atEketahuna, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having attempted to quit tho Colony after being adjudgod a bankrupt, with intent to defraud his creditors by taking with him £2OO which ought to have been divided among them, Mr Bell conducted the prosecution, and the prisoner was defended by Mr Skerreit, The evidence far the prosecution was the samp as that gjiyep in the lower Court. Mr Skenttt asked, when the case for the prosecution was closed, whether there was any case to answer, The indictment was brought under section lGlofthe Act, which provided that if any person who has been adjudged a bankrupt, after the prcsejiiatipji of the petition, 2 m ' s Cobby pr * attpmpjD tqrjuit it, taking with him property to the amount of £26 or upwards, he is guilty of felony, It mn.st 'bp proved, first, that there was a valid bankruptcy petition; and, second, adjudication upon that petition, He submitted that the petition produced wasnot[a bankruptcy petition, and could not be so, for it purported to be tli« pejitian of Mr Castendyke and Mr Focko,'"aiid was only signed by one. ''"'■. ''" His Honor, having heard Mr Skerrett,' Eaid he did not' think he

could stop the case on that ground, but he would reserve the point, Mr Skerrett asked his Honor to ; direct the jury that the purchase ; money of the sale of the hotel and property was not the property of the bankrupt. His Honor said that was so. No evidence was called for the defence. Counsel for tho dofenco having addressed tho jury, aud His Honor having summed up, the jury retired. After an absence of au hour they returned with a verdict of not guilty, and the prisoner was discharged. There are few suchNew Plymouth, Wednesday. Mrs Such, who arrived by the " William Bryant," pioneer vessel to this settlement, died yesterday at the ago of 103 years, She leaves twenty-five grand children and fiftytwo great grandchildren. The Electnc Light. Dunedin, Wednesday, Sraellie's steel works at Burnside, have been lighted with electricity. Howluig Association. Dunkdik, Wednesday. The Victorian Bowling Association send over a team of sixteon. Heavy Winds. Gisborne, October 8. Very heavy westerly winds have been prevalent hero since Saturday, To-day a heavy gale was blowing, and from the country districts come reports of numerous small damages, such as tho blowing down of outhouses and the uprooting of trees, This morning half the roof ot the , newly-'erected grand stand of the Gisborne Racing Club was torn off : aud scattered around. Another Rich Find. 1 Auckland, October 8, 1 A find of rich silver and silver ore i at Puhipuhi is reported. Fraser, one of the working party engaged in devi eloping a gold-bearing reef at Puhipuhi ': was prospecting generally, when ho i foil upon silver in the creek, and also 1 stono apparently of great richness. ; A Council's Reaoonsibility.

Auckland, Oct 6. The Hokinnga County Council were the defendants in an action brought ly Alfred Amnion at the Hokinnga Resident Magistrate's Court. Plaintiff claimed £27 damages for an accident to his liorse, wliich fell into a nolo on n bridge under the control of the council; An application was made for a non-suit on the ground that the defendants, having no funds in hand, had advertised that they would not be responsible for any damages through accident on the roads, and that the plaintiff was guilty -of contributory negligence. Judgment was reserved. Fatal AccidentsOamauu, October 8. A child, 17 months old, named Mullison was accidentally poisoned to-day by drinking somo sulphuric acid. The acid had been placed in a shed at the back of the house; and the child got at it, and died half an hour after the doctor's arrival. Auckland, October 8. A man named Willi&m Gilley, a locomotive driver at the Kimihia Coalmine, at Huntley, fell on tho railway line whilst attempting to put down the break, and one of the trucks phased over his leg, almost severing it. He died at the Waikato hospital owing to the shock to his nervous system. The Purchase of BotoruaAuckland, October 8. The Natives of Rotorua have appointed a committee of twelve of their number to confer with Mr Lewis in regard to the hitter's offer for the purchase of tho township. It is said that the Natives are now willing to accept £9OOO. Horticultural Dukkdik, October 8. At a meeting of tho Horticultural Society it was decided to seek tho cooperation of the socioties between Christchurch and Invorcargill in the show to be held during tbe exhibition so as to make it representative of the present state of colonial horticulture, it being desirable to make aa good an impression os possible on visitors.