COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 345, 31 August 1889, Page 3

COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

[f ROM OUR OWN CORBZSFOSDBNTS.J Auckland, last night. It is understood here that the place of the Centennial, which was recently wrecked, will be filled by one or two steamers in connection with tho Ellis line. Napibb, last night. The Supreme Court was occupied yesterday and today with the charge against Makore Wasta of murdering Robert Gollan at Mahia. It is expected that the ease will be finished tomorrow night. The jurymen slept last night in the commercial room of the Masonic Hole!, with a policeman iu charge, and will do so again tonight, Wellington, last night. The hearing of the charge of perjury against Detective Benjamin, concerning Chemis, was continued at the Magistrate’s Court yesterd iv, and today the shot pouch and knife found in a creek last Sunday, by Ellis Lowe, was produced, and Lowe gave evidence. He said he was quite confident they were not planted there for him to find. W. Skey, Government analyst, considered the pouch and knife had been in the water some weeks. This morning the Magistrate stated he had decided not to receive any more evidence respecting the ponch and knife found by Lowe as hot being relevant to the charge against Detective Benjamin. After some unimportant evidence had been given, Mr Jellicoe announced the case for the prosecution closed, and reviewed the evidence given, which he contended was ample to warrant the case being sent to a jury. In reply to S'r Bell, the Magistrate stated he was not prepared to say at present whether there was any case to answer. He would take time to consider the voluminous evidence and on Monday would intimate whether Mr Bell should show cause why Benjamin should not be committed for trial. The case. Bell v. Jellicoe, claiming .£5OOO damages for an alleged libel in connection with the Kawarra murder case, will be heard before Mr Justice Richmond next Thursday. The Intercolonial Parliamentary Rifle Match was fired yesterday, and resulted as follows - South Australia 642 Queensland 520 New Zealand 483 New South Wales . 435

A copy of Mr Samuel Locke’s report on his recent visit to the Ui’iwera country has been laid before Parliament. Mr Locke states,that when he reached Ruatoki he was received in accordance with the old Maori custom. After two or three days’ discussion the Chiefs agreed to their country being prospected, and otherwise partly thrown open to Europeans. It is estimated that the population of the Colony on June 30, was 612,039. of which number 327,270 were males. The Maori population, 41,939, is not included iu this estimate. Auckland, last night. A railway league has been formed here. The objects are the abolition of differential and mileage rates, the reduction of passenger fares and goods rates, and simpliftea tion, classification, and . amalgamation of terminal and other charges. Several prominent business men have joined the movement. A man named John Doley was found dead on the road near Kawakawa. Port Chalmehs, last night. The Coptic, which arrived on Wednesday and was quarantined; was admitted to pratique yesterday. A patient child in the steerage, suffering from scarlatina, has been removed to Quarrantine Island. The Coptic has sailed for Napier.