SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 457, 22 April 1875, Page 2

SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

Wellington, Tuesday. In the Bankruptcy Court to-dW/tn th^case of a bankrupt contractor, his Honor JnfH'go Jotfnson Hiiid ho wished it to be .generally, un^frsbood u>s boing u matter of much importanc^usbiuow, that, if people without capital took coiitracts too low/ kind buun kept other raen wjftti capijUil l anii'smord^exporie|ic^' from taking such opW'adi^ heritfo cauißJjig tuildl'i public loss and incohveniepe, they ihusfe not at all consider it a matter "of course that the Court would release them from the obligation so incurrod. Tlin Court had the power to inflict a substantial punishment for such conduct -when proved'; aftd it'\fr&H very necessary for the protection, of the public t^huL it should exercise that power when the case was a bad one. The Governor and Lady Nbrmanby and suite proceeded this afternoon to Canterbury. They will remain during the I'ace meeting. The late drought 'has so denuded the. Hutt and Waivaivipa of grass that a rise in the price of meat will take phce.

Nelson, Tuesday. In tjie actiou brought by Mr Redwood iigiinst Mr Hi^gh Stafford and Mr Andrew Richmond, to recover' stakes won by the plaintiff at a race meet- i ing in 1874, the Resident Magistrate decided that Act 3 and 4, Victoria, relating to horse racing, i-. not law in New Zealand. All such matters are therefore regulated by Act 13, George 11., and by that law no stake for less than .£5O can be recovered, and further that the stewards are not liable for the stakes. The plaintiff ought to have sued the stakeholder, in this instance, William Stavert, and he had been so appointed by-the Jockey Club, of which plaintiff was a member. 7 That- one of the stewards sued was not a member of the Club at all, but that neither as steward nor as members of tho Club wore defendants liable. Tho sole remedy in this case was against the depositoiy of the money.

Chnstchuroh, Tuesday. Yesterday an inquest was held up,>n the body of the iu%it son of A. W. Martin, a Christian Isrealite who, according to his faith, circumcised the child when ei^ht days old, from the effects of which it died/ Xj*e jury returned a verdict; of accidental death, b\\\ reprimanded Martin for circumcising the child without medical aid being at hand. A two-headed cwlf and a four-leggejil fowl, both alive, are now on exhibition here.

' * Dunedin, Monday. A murderous assault, with intent to commit robbery, w.is committed at two o'clock oa SjUrttrday upoil a German stone-breaker, named Hawp Timai, living m a tent on the roadside, abpefl; four miles from Balclutha Bridge. The pffh, charged with the offence, is named D. Angler, a sailor, who came out in the ship Scimitar..^He "entered Timai'a tent, and told him to give\uj^?ll he h&f. Timai refused, and upon his proceeding, to dress, prisouer kickeu him violently in/che faca*^STtfnai escaped, an. sought shelterjypra, house close^b^. " Soon a.'&tu- d.»vlight he info^ned the polic^of the occurre ice, ami Sorgeaii^^nigciTr^i-i^es^eCled Angler a 1 } Stoney Creative miles from Balclutha, two hours afterwj^ls. . -

TuesdayJohn Hearty, charged with rape upo i a married woman named Caversham, has been sentenced to eight months (? years) hard labour.