TELEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1374, 14 March 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

■' " .''♦■* ..'■■ ■ — - ■ (PROM OUB OWN CORRESPONDENT. ) -'.'■'HoKitlKi, 12 v At the Supreme^ CbuVfc to-day, a large number of witnesses foi 1 the -*Crowh in the caseofmurdet against .John Donoghue, were examined, the Court adjourned until to-morrow. Three witnesses for the Crown are yet to be called. ' Auckland, 12. Mr Justice Gillies, to-day refused to grant a discharge to a bankrupt in whose estate there were no assets, His Honor pointing out, that the object of the Act was to distribute the estate amongst the/ creditors, and not to release debtors. . < Dunedin, 13. Wise's corner was offered at auction to-day, the first bid was -£25,000, the second i>30,000, when the property was withdrawn, the reserve being -£160,000. At a bankruptcy sitting to-day, Judge Johnstone questioned the locus standi of the official assignee, saying it was doubtful whether he could examine the bankrupt, but gave no decision on the point, and agreed to receive suggestions from the assignee in the course of the examination, THAsrasjj 18. Two men named Andrew Thorbhrn,. and Robb Guy, employed in the deep level of the Cross mine, were caught iv a body of gas last ev«n:n:j and narrowly escaped: suffocation, they are now, however, but of danger. Welungton, 18. It is rumored that further prominent changes are pending in the Public Works Department, notably in the railway establishments in various parts of the Colony, ttis probable n foat very little saving, ifany^willbe «ffeoted in next years Goy.ernm.ent _ expenditure, through .the -reduJ^ons7yin /Jouj*se of. beingjmade. in the .gyil ..jSecv.ice, as the compensation payable to officers summarily dispensed with for.no fauit of their own, will most likely swallow all the first years savings, a large difference will, however, be made in the following years estimates, provided the reforms are not undone in the meantime. According to current re- . port, the coming bill for the reorganisation of the Civil Servioe will reduce . the number of heads of departments • by about one half,