TELEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume XI, Issue 1695, 23 April 1886, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(fkom our own corukspondbnt. ) Auckland 19. One hundred and twenty jurors were in attendance at the Supreme Court this morning, only to be told by the J Registrar that on account of the illness of the Chief Justice the Court was further adjourned till 10th May. Mr Albert Beethain, on behalf of the jurors, expressed their annoyance and dissatisfaction at 3uch treatment. He Said that for his part he would not attend agaiu aftor his sentinif nt was applauded. TLe disgusled jurors then left. Gl 50RNE, 19. Yesterday afternoon a man named John Culvey, in the employ of Mr J. Or, Rungitiri met with an accident, which has since proved fatal. Decensed, with auother man left Ormond for the Bangatira station, and was riding a horse and leading another. It appears that deceased's mate crossed the Rangatira river first, and after going some distance noticed that Calvey was not following On returning he found deceased in the river, having evidently l»een dragged from the horse he was riding by the one he was leading. Assistance was at once procured, and Calvey was taken to the station, where he expired at 6 this morning. It is supposed that one of the horses trod on deceased, as he complained of pains internally. New Plymouth, 19. At the Police Court to day a charge of conspiracy was preferred l>y Joshua Jones against three. Justices of the Peace to the effect that they did on sth February last at New Plymouth amongst themselves unlawfully and wickedly conspire together to sit (notwithstanding objection thereto), and determined a case against Joshua Jones , to his great damage. A large amount of evidence was taken, the substance of winch was that defendants had been summoned as witnesses, and that they refused to obey the summons and give evidence. The further hearing of the case was adjourned till to morrow. Kaikoura. 21. Considerable difficulty is being experienced in dismantling the Taiaroa. The Wakatipu brought some of her fittings away to-day, l»ut it is feared the quantity saved before the vessel breaks up will not amount to a great deal. She is not expected to hold together much louger. AuCKr.AND, 21. Owing to the threatening conduct of the Government operatives on strike five men who returned to work at Green and Co's had to be escorted home from the factory by police. The Minister of Public Works tele* graphs to the Mayor that immediate consideration will be given to the case of the Auckland unemployed. On several occasions during the Wairarapa's passage from Sydney sudden and unexpected risings of the sea were experienced, leading to the con elusion that they were the result of some volcanic action in the direction of Tonga. At the meeting of theN.Z. Smelting Company, after some discussion, th.» following resolution was carried :-»- --" That the directors have full power to dispose of the property of the company for the full amount of indebtedness,

and the extraordinary meeting of I shareholders., confirm the same. It is nuderUood than an influential syndicate has been formed to take over the works if favorable terms are conceded. CmnercHTßcn, 21. ' This morning a fourteen roomed house, owned and occupied by MrGeo. Colemau, near Belfast, was burned down. The insurances are, on the house £700 in the Australian Mercantile Union, and on the furnitnre^GOO in the Standard. The cause of the fire is not known. Dukedin, 21. Ann Pearce, an old woman, recovered £'100 damages from the City Corporation for having broken her leg, by falling over a gas pipe which had been left in the channel abutting the kerb. At the annual meeting of the Acclimatisation Society |he chairman stated that notwithataudifc losses, the society would b« abW|p turn out 15,000 salmon. jjr A beautiful parlj| of rough gold has arrived in lo^Jff^\ v the T<jWmpJi claim at Mokihinui. The company have been obliged to replace the pulsomettsr by Tangye pumps, and are now able to cope^with thejwater, which lias always been a source, of expense on the field. They had driven 200 feet in one direction without success, and had only got some 6 feet in another direction, when they struck the washdirt from which the specimens were taken. They anticipate a handsome return. Mr Thomas Surman, a brewer, who is largely interested in hotel property in this and other districts, has been adjudicated a bankrupt, on his own petition. Wellington, 22. The open air concert given on the Queen's Wharf last night, in aid of the sufferers by the wreck of the Taiaroa, was a grand success, fully 5,000 people were cv the wharf. The display of fireworks was good, and the entertainment was a great success.