TELEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1222, 19 January 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

I (PBOM OUll OWN CORRESPOFNDENT. ) DuNEDIN, 17. At the Supreme Court "William Foreshaw, who yesterday pleaded guilty to two indictments for stealing sewing machines, was sentenced to six months on each charge. It is stated that prisoner was the tool of a gang of men who by misrepresentations got possession of machines let out on hire, and against whom .proceedings will be taken. Timaru, 17. The heat during thjs morning and afternoon has been most intense. The themometer at one time registering 150 deg. (?) in the sun. Several cases of sunstroke are reported, one being fatal. In one case a nian named Sul livan, was stricken down in the harvest field, at Katikihi, and was brought into town by train and conveyed to the hospital. He lies in an unconscious state. In the second case a young man named David Hutcheson, working in a field at Pike Flat was struck down, and died in a few minutes. A number of milder cases ai'e also reported. ; Oamaku, 17, A Dairy Factory Company has been successfully floated here, and as soon as the necessary buildings can be erected operations will be commenced. The Woollen Factory Company has accepted a tender for suitable buildings ' and it is calculated that within six months the company y, ill be able to place their mauufactuies in the market. Ashburton, 17. The weather is magnificent for the harvest, which is now general throughout Ashburton County. Numbers of men are arriving daily, and demanding high wages, and which farmers are compelled to give. The rates are, for ordinary harvesting, £3 10s and found, and for ' machine drivers £i and found. There will, notwithstanding, be a great want of labour, as the crops are very heavy, and there will be an enormous yield. Auckland, 17. The Native, eviction case at Cambridge is completed. Messrs E. B. Walker, Grace and 6 others have been committed for trial at the Supreme Court, bail being allowed for £100, and two sureties of £500 each. Messrs E. Hewett and J. O. Thompson became sureties for the lot. The decision was somewhat curiously given. Mr Wells as a J.P. has sat on the Bench with Mr Northcroft, E.M. since the opening of the case, Mr Northcroft determined to convict, but Mr Wells held there was nothing to commit upon, and declared his intention that when he should go on the B ench, he would express lrimself against Mr. NorthcrolVs decision. The latter contended that anything Mr Wells Ijad to say would have to be said through lain, and he would say nothing about, tl'.c. dissension on the part of Mr Wells when giving his decision. He further contended that he was the senior justice, and intimated to Mr Wells that he could not say anything. Mr Wells cous^ut-Uy jofus:d to b.

ignored, and left the Court. The KM, came into Court by liiniself and gave judgment as above. Wellington, 18. The new Governor is expected Lore to-morrow. Great preparations for liis reception are being made.