SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 751, 10 April 1877, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Auckland, last night.

Ivi the Supreme Court, to-day William Gibbaus, charged with

indecent assault on Elizabeth Treth- V away, aged 8 years, at Ngaruawahia, was found guilty. Sentence deferred. E Peter McGrath, for a brutal assault on his wife, got three y^££fj£\ penal servitude. .-' -f & %W ,-' Eliza Simmonds chatfggd wi||i ' receiving stolen goods was^quittljp j there being no evidence^sof "gui^ j knowledge. v *> RAILWAY ACCIDENT. >« The down train from ,M£V£§lVi z 9&. Saturday night, soon after passing the Tuakau crossing, struck a heifer which was asleep on the line. The engine and three trucks went over* the body, cutting it nearly in two. The break drew the animaL on to the rail and the passenger^ car- 1 riage was thrown off the ti-acte. JflPhe, shock was violent, but no one w,as injured. The engine-driver ajid guards with great promptitude, pre-. vented any more serious 'consequences. The alarm sounded ;ahd ! attracted the notice of the> platelayers, and after one hour 1 the carriage was got on the track. .. :-:, ! At the South British hilf-yearly meeting to-day, a dividend of £2 per share, equal to ten per cent... per annum, was declared, and. .£lo,ooo' carried to the reserve fund. ; [Press Agency.] . . : Taupi, Saturday; There is a lull after the great native meeting. Inspector Crap and thirty Native A.C. are to. arrive here shortly to be be stationed. The natives are busy getting in crops, which are of a good average. •; Russell, last night. : A large ship and barque .passed south. They will probably be the Electra and Emily Chaplin, from London. . ri Foxton, last night. . Randolph, a settler at - Kaiere, was accidentally shot dead- by his partner, C. W. Walker. Both were out shooting when the accident, happened. ', _ . GrahamstoWN, last nignt. Kuranui shares in request, in consequence of a find in. the -640,.feet level ; price 355. Piako snares have not sustained their late^rJLse ; price 12s. . • , H MOANATAIRI. The mine manager's weekly rel' port does not add to the increased firmness of the shares, latest „ price Oamiru, Saturday Handicap Hurdle Race. — Distance 2^ miles. Eclipse, aged, 10dt,.,!;Budjo, aged, list 101b, 2.; Wi&ijF-I-. can, syrs, 9st, 3, ' ■ Publicans' Handicap. Distance, a mile and three-quarters. Fishliook; 4yrs, Bst 121b, 1 ; Templettn', '6yrSj -. 9st Blb, 2 j Guy Fawkes,.syrs, 9st 81b, 3. Hospital Race, won easily by Sir William. Flying Handicap. Distance, 1 mile. Titan. a, 3yrs, 6yrs 101b, 1 ;>, Panga, 4yrs, Bst 21b, 2 ; Fishhook," 4yrs, 9.st 3ib, 3. Rob Roy and' also Fishhook were backed to win largely but Derritt, who was riding him; appeared to be puiliug the horse, aud when he rode into the saddling paddock, the crowd hooted, yelled, and cried out "Shame! Swindle!" and at one time it seemed as if the rider would have been pulled off the horse. Immediately after the race, the stewards held a meeting to cousider the case, and resolved, "That in consequence of his being distinctly pulled in the Flying Handicap, Fishhook be not allowed to run on tho Oamaru Racecourse again ; and that the Secretary be instructed to transmit this resolution to all Jockey Clubs in the colony, and request them to endorse the same." Consolation Handicap; a- mile an I a quarter. Punga, 9st, 1. Wellington, Saturday The Government steamer Luua has been just sold, though not yet taken over, to the Bruuner Coal Mining Oompany for ,£4,000. A thousand shares in the new Brunner Coal Mining Company have teen allotted to Wellington, which is to be made the depdoot' the company. 1,800 shares are for Grey mouth, 1,000 for Duuediu, and 500" for Christchurch.

M.ijor Atkinson, Premiei 1 , "writes to the ' NewZealand Times N a letter, apparently a copy of one written to the Agent-General in reference to certain JNew Zealand statistics published in Westgarth's Circular of January, 1877. He first points out that the circular publishes the amount of the New Zealand revenues for 1873-4 instead of that for 1876. The table in Wesfcgarth's Circular made out that the revenue oi New Zealand for 1875 was £1,677,626, while that of Victoria was £4,236,423. The Premier, quoting from New Zealand statistics, siiows that the receipts in New Zealand for 1875 amounted to £2,841,953 (instead of only .£1,677,626), as compared with the £4,236,423 received in Victoria. He also points out that although there was a note in the circular stating that the amounts givon as New Zealand revenue was ex-provin-cial revenues; still there was an error of £30,000. He requests the AgentGeneral to make a personal explanation to Mr West.garth, and gee him to rectify the error pointed out, and also inform him that he cau obtain all statistics of the colony, and information relating to its progress, at the Agent - General's office. The Premier appends to the letter a tabulated statement of all sources of j revenue of Victoria and New Zealand for 1875. The totals are :

Victoria, £4,236,423 ; New Zealand, DISCOVERY. i|j OhJiistchuroh, Saturday j||tj • ihe opening of the annual sffflMpti of : the Philosophical Institift|X) : r Haast, in his presidential B N= aVe an accoun^ °* l* ne s * coy^r of ancient rock jjpaih-ftngs in Weka Pass ranges. 'He exhibited careful drawings of them, made by S S Cousins. Some or FhV*rock paintings are 15 feet long. They represent animals of foreign countries, weapons, and Jdi?esses*.^of semi-civilised people. Underneath them are characters like those of the Tauil language, resem(^ingr those on an ancient bell found in.bhei &orth Island. ™Ati t'the Supreme Court Edwartj'ipboley and Albert Bramj^aft^ 14 ' English cricketers, were charged with having wilfully, unInw'f upland maliciously committed daniagdf^to certain articles, the propecfc|sn6f Ralph Donkin, at Warner's Hotel, between the hours of nine and midnight, on February 28, .ap-d^ 6 o'clock on March 1. There was no new evidence for the ; prosecution. Mr Garrick, wlio appeared as counsel for defendants^ ;ried hard to get the case dismissed, ' in order jthat the latter could give evidence for Pooley, and the Judge agreed * there was not a particle of .evidence to connect Bramhall with £ooley oh the night the damage was done, but after a lengthy argument, 'hegrarited the request of the Crown Prosecutor, that the case against -Bpamfhall should be allowed to go to the jury. Several witnesses were called for the defence, to show that Pooley : and Bramhall when, seen in the passage of Warner's Hotel, near iDpnkin's bedroom, just prior to the damages being discovered, might easily have been mistaken for other 'members of the Euglish cricket team, as, for instance, Selby, Greenwood, or Armitage. One witness atso^tated that at the time of the row about the bet he heard Ulyett say, '"We are all in it." Selby said " We will have it out ot you before tnoruing." The Judge summed up at "great" length. The jury retired, and after an absence of half anhour, returned a verdict of "not The Board of Governors of the Canterbury College have decided to ad.verrise for a lady principal for the * girls'" schools, salary £450 per year, •anjcl .house and 5s for each pupil. -Also to a'ak the Government for an eti'dowinent of 5;000 acres of agricultural • land for the school. The Board appointed a committee to ;selejt a farm for the purpose of an agricultural school.