TELEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1286, 18 June 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(from our own correspondent. )

Christchtjrcii, 16,

A petition is being circulated for signature praying the General Assembly to provide for grants hi aid being made to denominational schools, subject to their coming up to a certain i standard in attendance and instruction. Also, to provide for religious instruction being given by minister in the public schools. Dunedin, 16. A deputation of citizens waited upon Mr Fish, M.H.R,, this afternoon and requested him to question the Government on the first opportunity as to whether it was their intention to revert to the nominated system of Licensing Benches. Mr Fish stated in reply that he would table motion on the subject on Tuesday. Mr James McDonald, the proprietor of the Milburn Lime Kilns, is announced as a candidate for Bruce, in opposition to Messrs Gillies and Mosley. Auckland, 15. The cases against John Purcell and James Mills, for obtaining money by false pretences, by selling casks of water for whisky and brandy, to ceitain publicans, was heard to-day. Two cases were dismissed and three adjourned. The Magistrate held that there was not sufficient evidence against Mills, and the information against Purcell was laid under the wrong section of the Vagrant Act. Nelson, 14 The Supreme Court sittings opened to-day. True bills were found against T. H. Hodgson, for stealing £500 from the National Bank, John Tyrrell, of the Westpovt Evening Star, for libel, Joseph Busch, for wounding and maining a horse, and John Davidson, for the murder of D. Quinlan, at the Lyell. Hodgson pleaded guilty, and after a long speech from his counsel in mitigation, His Honor deferred sentence. The libel case, Wright of the Buller News, against Tyrrell of the Westport Star, has been proceeding all day, and will be continued to-morrow. Several law points are raised and His Honor has expressed his opinion that provided the verdict is against the pris- ' oner, the offence does not call for severer punishment than a fine, and the Crown Prosecutor concurred. The murder case will not commence before Monday. 16. At the Supreme Court to-day the Grand Jury returned a true bill against Mary Gramatica, for an accessory after the fact, in the Lyell niurder. Owing to the non appearance of Mr Cook, from Wellington, the Grand 1 Jury adjourned till Tuesday next to consider the bigamy case, I

His Honor passed sentence on F. H. Hodgson of 12 months hard laWr. He said that the fact of prisoner having given evidence of contrition, and having shown where the balance of I the money was, had been taken into consideration. ;\; The Westpjjfet libel case is still proceeding. ''- I Wellington, 16. Members continue to arrive in driblets. Some half-dozen more put in an appearance at yesterday's afternoon sitting, ibut even with this addition there was scarcely half a House. The business only occupied an hour or so. j Sir George (frey asked the Colonial Treasurer for am explanation of something he had s^id at the sitting with regard to a tnoiion of his. Major AtkiiSßon'at once offered the explanation soiijght for. He said, the motion given w|s that referring to a Land Tax, wl^cli Sir George Grey wished to mov^-on the first occasion on whic^h*4ihe 'Hope was moved in Supply. Had tne' Address in Keply been passed by the House, he, (Major afternoon that Supply be~"broiigh t' up, so as to take the opinion of the House upon the question at once, and so soon as the Address had been carried he would move thfc House into Supply, in order to have- this question properly discussed and decided. (Hea*-).

Sir George thereupon protested that this same motion stood on the Order Paper last year for 2 months without exciting any feeling of this kind, and he would not be hurried in bringing it forward. If the Colonial Treasurer moved the House into Supply, he would not brihg it forward at once. He would collect his own facts, and take his own opportunities of doing so, as he thought] proper. (Opposition Cheers). \

Half a dozen; Bills, or more, wer c then introduced Sand read a Ist time, and one or two motions for returns were agreed to. V

]n reference jo the papers moved for by Mr Feldwjck in connection with papers printed last session, with regard to gaol punishment, the Minister of. Justice saidj r , these papers were already in the - printers hands, and would be laid o^ the table in a tew days, as an appendix to the reports of the Inspector of Prisons.

After some formal business, the House adjourned, till 2.30. p.m. on Tuesday next. '