TELEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1234, 16 February 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(fkoji ouk own correspondent.) Wellington, 14. The report of the Commission appointed to enquire into the best route for the extension of .the main trunk railway through the South Island was forwarded to Government this day, by whom it waff sent to His Excellency. It is understood that its purport will not be made public until after Government have had full opportunity of considering it, and perhaps not until the meeting of Parliament. Dunedin, 14. Thomas Watson, proprietor of the Southland Hotel, hanged himself today. No cause is assigned. Gisboene, 14. There is great excitement here and in the country about the pardoning of Te Kooti, aiid threats are freely made that- should he ever appear here he will be shot down like a dog, whether pardoned^r not. . CiißiSTcnußCir, 14. A summons returnable on the 30th March, was taken out in the . w uprenie Court, calling upon Duncan M'Callurn of the Tambour Major Company, to show cause wjhy his bankruptcy should not be annulted. The Mr Brittaiu upon whose conduct with girls ih his congregation tit ,'l'apanui an enquiry was sometime ago demanded, hus ivsignod Ins charge.

j Tiie Mayor will give a banquet to the Governor on Tuesday or Wednesi day*nexV ', '■ V^ " >/. • , .''v^-* %>* "*■ 1 Mr i Gpinness f President of the j Workihgr Menu's iPolitioal Association • is to bp.^omiftaiied for S^lwyn, V■■ v ' vChristohubch, 15, Last night the committee of the .BaUwftyXe^gue met at, .Mr^Weston'e Chambers, There was a long and animated discussion over the proposed routes and as to interviewing the "Premier next"'Monday. It Was ultimately resolved unanimously that the following gentleman form a deputation to wait upon the Premier, viz:— Messrs Weston, Inglis, Richardson, Tliomps^n v Holmes, ;Howland, Eeesj Meares, Wright, Vincent and the President (the Mayor) and the Chairman (Mr Chrystall), and that it be an instruction to those gentlemen "to recommend the Government to aban^ don the idea of extending the Middle Island .trunk via the East Coast, but to expend the allocation of the £180,000 in a westerly direction, with the view ultimately to connect Cantex*bmy with the West Coast. The Lyttelton Borough Council wijl present the Governor with an address on his arrival, and the same will be done in Christchurch, where a triumphal arch is to to be erected, but there is to be no procession as originally intended. ; The Union Insurance Company yesterday issued a tire policy, the premium on which amounted to £1016. ,11s, this is stated to be the lai-gest fire premium ever received south of the line, Dunedin, 14. j Mr A. Hill Jack, the General Manager of the National Insurance Cqinpany/, was, -entertained at lunch to-day 4)yHHc.ftitectors. He leaves for Europe to-day, intending to visit' America to develop the business of the company. Later. News ha&beeh received of the deathin New Mexico from small pox, iof Mr John M'Kellar, the first mayor of Tapanui. Wanganui, 14.' The arrangements for freeing the Wanganui bridge are approaching completion. Auckland, 14« • Epiha, >who> was- serving a term of imkisoniiientr jin Mount Eden gaol, for shooting a surveyor in the Upper Thames distric , was released to-day iv virtue of the amnesty. ' Auckland, 15. A meeting of the Law Society was held to day, specially convened by requisition of five members Messrs W. J. Hill, W. Coleman, J. M. Alex-* ailder and A. E. Whitaker, to consider the words used by Mr Justice Gillies, as to the defence of W. Gudgeon, ; by Messrs E. Hesketh and Thco. Cooper, the Judge characterising the defence set up as dishonorable. After considerable discussion, the following resolutions were passed , — *' That members of the profession here assembled express their regret that the Judge presiding at the trial of. the case of the Queen v. Gudgeon, should have stateqKq the jury in such a case that counsel- for the accused in supporting a defence on the ground of.. consent by prosecutrix, were not doing ' their duty as honorable men." ;Mr Alexander seconded the motion, which was carried. •■ On the motion of Mr Devore; it; was resolved :— " That a copy of the resolutions passed here to-day be sent id ) all the Judges and Law Societies in New Zealand." \ GISBORNE, lfe. The murder of a native chief near Tologa Bay is reported, but no'particulars are reported. ■ Wellington, 15. •A cable message was received\-fcp-idjayfrotaithe- Agent- General, conveying the" unwelcome intelligence of ti mishap to the ship Oxford, which* 'left London for Wellington toward' the latter end of last month with 802'eniigranfcs on board. All appears to jbive gone well until reaching the Bky of Biscay, whore a violent storm was'en-: countered, in which Sir Dillon! Bell states the ship was dismasted,-' the consequence being that she was compelled to put back to Cardiff for repairs. Tlio Agent-General further reports that all the emigrants- are safe and that they behaved Splendidly, The. result of the unfortunate detention will be that the Oxford and her passengers instead of reaching Wellington early in the coining autumn, will hardly arrive before the winter.