SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Waikato Times, Volume XI, Issue 869, 8 January 1878, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

- ■- -Lst&ix&lk&g&i last night. In the S ipretne C»»urt the ju^^' m bis charge snid that the cases ulthoogh-mther greater inr-nuinbeiv than usual were of v less serious character -no hing indeed of particular, note. No troe .bill w»tfoitml m Movies case of aitempt>d suioiie, i'leite'lier for 'arceny watsentenced to six months ; Nelson foi ' horse stealing to eighteen months ; McMabon got eighteen. and'€oughlan got nine months for breaking into the Nottingham Castle Hotel. May Queen arrived from Loudon with the family of the Rev. Mi Kv&ns, Hew Presbyterian minister at Cambridge. * RotoruaV The first sitting of the Nativ< Lands Court closed satisfactorily. The next sitting will be held m February, 160,000 acres were |aßsed through and opened for : leas. I uuder Crown Grant. Blenheim, last night. A fire at rinvelock destroyed Dives' store ; Williams, shoemaker ; Kowlan, butcher ; Masted, blacksmith. Loss, £6000. Dunbdin, last night. In reply to a deputation, Mi M'Candrew said it would b« inexpedient and suicidal to re: ax tht ' restrictions on the importations • f stock to New Zealand from Europt aud America. 'I'Jie Australian Cricket Elevei. commence at Utago on the 12 h, Saturday next. W k i. LINQTON, Saturday. Owing to the fact that the Camei bury meu will not arrive m W» • ling ton m time to play on M jiul<«.\ .: the Interproviuciai Match has h.>. m be postpoui d till Tuesday nex It is generally understood tbe da wiU be kept as a semi-holiday. The newjy-organine«l Amalga ma.cd Friendly Societies-. Funera Ketortn Association is makiiig co - Kiderable progr-ss. It has beeii resolved that wives oi member of various Friendly Societies shoujl)e permitted to become member o the Association. The Association, it is thought, will adopt the rules oi the Vie orian Society, under whicl a person can be bnried plainly:: foj £2 15s, or w.th coach and pair fo £3 15.