TELEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1188, 4 October 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

. (FROM OUK OIVX COKIIKSPOXDENT.) I E Auckland, October 2. 5 Tho Auckland marriwl women's - petition to tho Mayor and Council , against tho introduction of the Con--3 tagious Diseases Act has 1,1 GO j signatures, and will be presented by i Drs Wallis and Kenderdine. ■ Edwin Stone, of Stone Bros, ship- • owners, and merchants, died today. In reply to a deputation of clergyt men re the Contagious I diseases Act, f the Mayor said lie would endeavor to pro vent prostitutes obtaining certificates j> of cleanliness. t The Supreme Court session opened i to-day before Judge Gillies, the calen- , dar is a light one. 'here were 18 * prisoners charged with 34 offences, none of an aggravated character. I homas Binnie pleaded guilty to two charges of stealing from the person and was sentenced to ore years im- !. prison ment for each offence. William e Brow for forgery, got 18 months i t imprisonment. Robert Marsh, for - burglary, on six charges got three years. October 3 Mr Moss received a vote of coni fidence at Parncll last night. i Captain Garth, of the barque t Gazelle, was arrested yesterday, s charged with smuggling ten pounds of tobacco. Dunedix, October 2. 'I he sanitary committee has recom- - mended the city council to erect a , fever hospital. 3 At the upreme Court to-day, Jno. e I Patrick Casey, was charged with steal - s ing a horse saddle and bridle, at v Arrowtown. There was a presumption that he had committsd the act as a drunken freak, and the jury found him not guity. John Maddon, John Mason, and James Henry, were charged with stealing £20, from Alexander Leckie, at the Hunt Club races. - The jury found the three guilty, but 5 recommended Mason to the leniency ' of the Court, sentence was deferred. I | The Papakario murder case was 1 ] heard on Tuesday. No true bill was found in the case of Thos. M'Gill, I charged with arson in the arcade. There are 27 witnesses in the murder - case. " October 3. 1 At the Supreme Court to-day, John P ' Mason and Jas. llenry,were sentenced i to 6 months imprisonment, and John j Madden to three years. \ i Mr Stout wished Mason's case rej served for the Appeal Court, as lie contended that only a case of simple , larceny had been made out, but the : jury held there was sufficient evidence to support the indictment. | In the case of the lads Williamson \ | and Them, charged with burglariously ( entering several offices in town, the , ! Crown's case rested entirely on the un- , : supported testimony of an accomplice, j Jones, who yesterday pleaded guilty. t ! The judge directed the jury to acquit the prigoners, which was done. Ixvehcahgill, < ctober 3. A meeting of citizens was held last ! night, to consider what steps should be . \ taken in the matter of the assertion , made by a correspondent to the Western Star, re alleged maltreatment of patients in the Southland Hospital. I A strong feeling was expressed thatno : notice should be taken of an anonyi mous letter, but ultimately it was : ; decided that the Government should , j be asked to appoint a Commission to j enquire into the allegations, as the only | steps of restoring confidence in the ' institution. Auckland, October 3.. Capt. Garth, master of the. barque Gazelle, was charged with smuggling, j and was lined ,£IOO at the Police . ! Court to-day. The vessel has been I seized by the Customs. The vessel j belongs to Elles, of ewcastle, N.S. W. '• j Samuel Joy was charged with . : b'gamy. The jury brought in a verdict i ' "guilty in the eye of the law," but . ; with a strong recommendation to , ! mercy, as the first marriage had not been concluded when the first wife a half-caste, having eloped 20 minutes : after the ceremony. The jury believed 1 the prisoner, and thought the marriage ' was null and void when lie contracted ■ the second marriage. The judge reserved his decision. I New Plymouth, October 3. F. Gledhall an old settler, formerly an auctioneer here, and one of the first men who was returned to the House of Representatives after the constitution, ] died last night, at the age of 79. Tima.hu, October 2. A smart shock of earthquake was felt at Tiniaru, and various parts of the district, at 10.45. last night. Nelson, October 3, Colonel Reader having secured a residence in town for e \\ hiti and Tohu, these natives were removed thither this evening. Wkllix«ton, October 3. Tho Ministerial vacancy is not yet filled up, but the announcement is daily expected, rumor has now added the name of Mr Edward enm'son Connolly, v . H. R. forPicton, to those of Messrs E. C. Wright, and J. ft wan Brown, among the list of possible coming Ministers. ]t has been arranged, that the trial of James Jonathan Adams, and Genevieve Elizabeth Adams, on a charge of

conspiracy, shall commence at the .Supreme Court to-morrow morning,