TELEGRAMS. [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2244, 25 November 1886, Page 2

TEL EG RAMS. [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

CHKIaTCHURCJfI, Tuesday. The op< ning i act- of the dnterhury Y.k ht Club was won by little Wonder; \1 illt i'h ncn hoit, Pastime, 2; Moa, 3; (iow.iii, 4. Little Woihllm'h time was 5 houis 47 minutes .">;s seconds'. Wednesday. To flay Mr Beetham, R M., dismissed with cots the appeal of the New Zealand Tiust aud Loan Conipany against the Property Tax Commissioner. The company objected to pay the tax on £;{."), 000 interest tianamitted to London. Mi Bceth.un held that as the money was collected in the colony it was liable to taxation. JJAWKRA, Wednesday The ca«sf ngain&t J, I). McLean, charged with being in po^ses«>ion of a gun with unlawful intent, has assumed a new form. The charge i^ for an attempt to murder Frederick Iredale. At the Court, this morning, tlic e\idence showed that McLean fi-ed at Iredale, who was 20 yards of! him, but missed. The crossexamination for the prosecution has not yet been entered upon, but it is understood that the rtason alleged by the prisoner for hh action is that Ireda'e seduced hia wite. Iredale denies that he did bO. DUNEDIN, Tuesday. The Acclimatisation Society has resohed to petition the (Jovernmtnt to prohibit netting in the Upper Harbour, owing to the lar<»< number of small h\sh, especially flounders, which are caught. At the request of the Piotection League, Sir Julius Vogel has consented to address a public meeting on " Protection ' before he leaves here ; but he intimated that his \iews would probably not go the length that the requi&itioniats debired.