TELEGRAMS. INTERPROVINCIAL. [BY TELEGRAPH.-PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1627, 7 December 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAMS. INTERPROVINCIAL. [BY TELEGRAPH.-PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

WELLINGTON, Last Night The illicit distillation cases concluded in tho Magistrate's Court this evening. Win. Thompson and Thos. Morgan, who were attested in town with 40 gallons o( j whisky in their possession,* were each' fined £100, or in default three months' imprisonment. G. Taylor,; r upon whose, farm at Pahatanu the still was discovered, was mulcted in a fine of £200, or six months' imprisonment. '"I he 1 charge against Thos. Taylor, a partner of the linn, was withdrawn. Arrangements for observing the transit^ of Venus to-morrow are complete, ami" there is every appearance of the morning bising bright and clear, purely New Zealand arrangement of observation and others are as follows :— At Mount Cook, Wellington, Mr McKerrow, surveyor, and ! Mr Adams, geological surveyor. Thorndon, Wellington, Archdeacon Stock- ami, Mr T. King. Mr Hid well's btation, W.iir.u-apa, and J. W. ,M,ichant, Chief Surveyor, and C.ipfc. Hewitt, K.N. New I'lymouHi, • Mr Humphrey's, Chief: • ; Surveyor. Nelson, a bi other of the, Co- > lonial' .Treasurer, Cliristehurch, Mr Kiutbou and Mr Muuro, .surveyor. Timaru, Yen. Arelid. Flirper. Dunedin, • Mr It. Gillies, Mr A. Buherly and Mr H. Skey. Clyde, Dr. Hector. Complete inteicominunieation by telegraph has been effected through the aid' of Dr. ? Lemon and his stiff, and for some days s and nights paht time signals have been, exchanged between the various observatories. At the Court of Appeal, before .Their Honours the Chief Justice and Mr Justice Gillieb, in the case of Connor \\ Mackay, Dunedin : judgment was delivered, in which Air Justice Williams concurred, affirming the decision of the Court below, in iiisnimini{ the present *ppe.il. with costs. In Connor v. Mackay (2) order was varied, and no costs of ,< appeal were allowed. Tn r* Hurry v. \ ]J»nk of New South Walci {(iisborne), the Court ordered a verdict to he entered for the plain tiff tor the value of > goods, as found by jury (I'SIO ih 8d), each party to be.ir his owu eodts of iule, And ost-i of action to bo apppitioned. Application was made to Mr Justice' Richmond, in Chambers, to-day, by H. D. Hell, counsel for /lefeuthint, for appointment of a commission to take evidence of British Consul at iSsmjoa, in th« case of W. J. Hunt i\ Sir Arthur Goulou. Edward Sh.nv appeared on behalf of thc«ipplio.mt. After arguing on both sides, His Honor agreed to the appointment -of a commission, on condition that Mr Shnfr f was allowed the liberty of reviewing the ordei made, by producing supplementary evidence. Kniir Bey has been scratched for the Wellington Cup. ,

The largest diamond-cutting house is in Amsterdam, employing 400 persons, where the Koh-i-noor was cut. The trade is difficult, and the wages are from £1 8s to -C 2 '2a, and even £2 IGs a day. The following are extracts from the engineer's, report on the tnuuels now, in ? progress under the Mersey. It seems 5 there are two tunnels— one designed for' traffic, and the other for drainage :—: — " The main tunnels have been Avell advanced, and are lined as they proceed with brickwork iv cement, the lengths driven up to the niiddle of August being as follows .—Liverpool, 2GO yards ; Birkenhead, 320 yards ;' making a total aggregate length of 580 lineal yards, exclusive of the drainage and standage' ' headings."' Bookmakers' at Flemixoton.— A correspondent of the Otago Daily Times described the scene iv the ring at the r V.R.C.' "Meeting, in- a. very amusing manner. He says :—' 'On the four days of the late Victorian Spring Kace meeting the paddock, the hill, flat were nothing but one mass of gambling. ' The rendezvous of the licensed bookmakers near the scratching board in the saddling paddock was like near the' madhouse. Mr Sutton, the bookmaker; one of these' gentleman, played a game novel to Victorians, receiving ' iuul paying out money after ,each event was ruu for. 'I saw him' pay 'one m'au £400 in one hop, His style is very simple. He holds "in his left hand numbered cards, which he gives to every backer of a horse, hisl clerk (a man as sharp as himself) putting down the same in a large' ledger open to the gaze of the public, No bookmaker has ever attempted this before ; therefore the "king of the ring" and his sisters and his aunts feel very much apnoyed, and consequently on #ie second day of the races others followed suit.' This is not the best of the joke.' Mr, Sutton (whd has a light baritone voice) > announces his odds in such a manner as to call public attentidii;"th'ns : f-i-v-k-s-t-o-o-h-e-b-a-k-o-x-e. He dwells for some seconds "on each letter. This went down very well on Cup day; but the last i two days of the meeting it was heartremliug. There was Jack ThQjnnsqn . quite hoarse^ , jipung. Stujiu a\iu half Vfdomi 1 others copyihgtthc ' * Euglish t and none f pf .my readerls bdx\ld ; 'have realised, it they ' had been th,er,e, (Whether, r metij hpd escaped from* the lunatic asylum or not. , A,^hii(esg; Eft'fpriiiaßpg^is ijfithingftx>jik "o" o ,this^the,Hwhole. of the, l)ookmak-