Auckland Telegrams. (From our own Correspondent) Railway Regulations Regarding Luggage. Action against Captain Casey. Gangs of Roughs in Queen-street. Brutal Assaults. Sir George Grey's Expectations. Monday evening.

Waikato Times, Volume 491, Issue VIII, 13 July 1875, Page 2

Auckland Telegrams. (From our own Correspondent) Railway Regulations Regarding Luggage . Action against Captain Casey. Gangs of Roughs in Queen-street. Brutal Assaults. Sir George Grey's Expectations. Monday evening.

The Railway Regulations allow each passenger to cany free of charge^ fifty-six lbs of luggage. Over that quantity the charge is one shilling for tvery additional nfty-six pounds, or fraction of that weight. Thus, three passengers travelling together can take half a hundred weight each, but, if they take one hundred and seventy pounds, they will have to pay a shilling for the extra two pounds. In the Supreme Court the act ion Clark v. Cas«y, to recover £2000 damages for scalding Mrs Clark on the steamer Lilly, resulted in a verdict for plaintiff with .£4OO damages. \JMiere I^is a great row in Queen-street on Saturc[ay^ikcNi>N»A crowd of forty roughs forced their hiaxA^p^K>rd£n*s hotel, and afterwards into the Greyhound, after the house was closed. The police arrested the worst of tho party, but an effort was made to rescue them. The two ringleaders, for an assault on the police, were to-day sentenced to two months' and one month's imprisonment respectively. A brutal assault was committed in Queen-street this afternoon. Patrick Ryan struck an unoffending man named Edwards, who was standing at Oopeland's corner, a severe blow on the eye, damaging it frightfully. Sir George Grey proceeds to Wellington in the Luna on Saturday. In distributing the Grammar School prizes to-day, he said he looked to the unselfishness of the rising generation to appreciate his efforts. He also said he had collected manuscripts which would be of great advantage to future historians.