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Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 93, 23 April 1891, Page 1

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Mail summary. St. George's Day. 'Frisco mail to-morrow. Governor is at Hokianga. Splendid holiday weather. S.B. Wairarapa gone South. Another British victory in India, Another Boer war is threatening. South African troubles increasing. Orchestral Union's concert to-night. Brigantine Ryno arrived from Samoa. Anglo-Portuguese rupture imminent. Caledonian Society's social this evening. Barque Broomhall arrived from London. Annual meeting of V.M.C. A. to-morrow-City Council have discussed electrio lighting. Barquentine Elinor Vernon in from New: York. Trusb Commissioners' Court sita here next Monday. Doa'fc neglect to post the Star Summary to your friende. R.M.s. Alameda and R.M.s. Mariposa will be here to-morrow. The Premier and Minister of Lands visib Pahiatna special settlement *o-day, returning to Wellington this evening. Barque Broomhall, on her voyage oub from Londoa, reports sighting portions of wreckage from a large vessel near tha Crezete on March 21. The house steward of the Hospital acknowledges a parcel of " New Zealand! Graphics " from Mr Berry, Graf ton RoaJ, for tUe use of patients. I Gas and coke consumers are reminded; that Monday, the 27th instant, is tha! last day upon which any discounb can be allowed on their accounts. ; Barque Broomhall, from London, hag a Bailor on board suffering from frost-bite in! a verybad condition,almostall his tqes being; of*'.. He will probably be sent to the Hos-, pifcal. I The British first-class armoured cruised Hawke, 12, 7,350 tons, 12,000 horse-power,; which is approaching completion ac Chat-; ham Dockyard, is ordered to be fitted as a' flagship. j Dr. Edward Roberts, who arrived re-; cently from England, has commenced to. practise in Devonpo* - ". Dr. Roberts is a eon of our late fellow townsman, Mr R. J. Roberts, architect. In Cabinet yeeterday at Wellington tha estimates were discussed. It was decided thst the salary of the consulting engineer in; London should in fusure be charged to, railways, instead of public works aa hitherto. The Broomhall, barque, reports sighting' the Crozets on March 20 on her voyage, from Home. Captain Dundas sent ijpi rockets to attract the attention of any ship-; wrecked mariner, but the islands were apparently deserted. The result of the local option poll for the Hamilton borough took place yesterday as follows:—For increase of publicans' license 22, against 5 ; for increase of wine licenses 24, against 1 ; for increase of accommodation licenses 24, against 1; for increase of, bottle licensee 13, against 2. ' : Attention is called to the advertisement] appearing in our auction columns of tbs_ o ," sale of furniture and live stock at Panmure /r __ on Monday next at 11 o'clock, also at same time and place tke leases for 10 years of 2"' cottages and 2 sections of lands will ba offered. The auctioneers are Messrs T. M.Jackson and Co. The removal of Mr T. Humphries, Commissioner of Crown Lands, from Auckland to Invercargill, was considered in Cabinet! yesterday. Mr Humphries requested thato in the delicate state of health of hia family, he ehould not ba compelled to remove to a cold climate. The matter was lefb with the Minister of Lands to deal with. The Chiyoda, a Japanese cruiser, tha first vessel of war belonging to the Mikado • that ever left a native port to eteam iti Etiropean waters, has arrived in an English port. The arrival of the cruiser had been long announced beforehand, and soma doubts have been expressed as to her fata since passing the Suez Canal, early in December, and calling in at the Dardanelles. Seventy men in Dunedin have been . selected out of over 130 to proceed to the relief works on the Catlin'a River railway.The men are all married, with families ranging ud to 11. The Mayor ha 3 tele* graphed to tbe Minister of Public Works inquiring if there 13 any unexpected balance of the vote tor the Otago Central which could be used to provide for those unable to obtain work at Cafelin's. There is excitement abNgaruawaljia over. local matters. The new school teacher there is an out-and-out Home Ruler, and does not hide his light under a bushel. The feeling excited finds a vent in the coming school committee's election. Some twenty candidates are in the field, and Home Rule and Union will really be the question fought! oub at the school committee's election on the27i:h. The King Country limestone is finding, other use than that of burning for lime.: On Tuesday two truck loads of this stone were sent) down from Otorohanga by rail to be used by the Railway Department in; the construction of culverte and other; work. It coneisfeed of picked specimens of flab stones from two to three feet square, and from six to eight inches iij thickness. Three Picturesque Atlas cases were before the R.M. Court ab Dunedin yesterday. No defence was made in tbe firet case, and judgment was given in favour of the Company. In the second case, when the obection waa raised that the plaintiffs were a foreign Company, Sir R. Stout pub in power of attorney. Mr Joel objected to this as cot being stamped, and it was adjourned. The third case was also adjourned* tome points being raised. The two judges of the Native Lands Court, Messrs Barton and Yon Stunner, , who have loft Otcrohanga after disentangling and giving judgraenb on the Mangawhero re-hearing case, proceed te Waimata North, wbereanobher re-hearing case will ba undertaken. They have for the last fifteen months been engaged exclusively on rehearings, and have got through an immense amount of work, having adjudicated on more than 50 re-hearings in that time. A meeting of the late J. B. G reason 'a creditors was held at Christchuroh yesterday. Messrs A. McKellar and A. M. Oliver were appointed trustees in place of Mr Henderson, resigned. Ik was resolved to allow the widow the furniture and effects in the house. A statement was made on, behalf of the Hon. G. B. Gresson that the estate was indebted to him £23,994, and a declaration of proof was submitted in re-! specb to it. It was stated, however, that ha . did not intend bo press his claim. Travellers from VVestporb to Reefton! yesterday afternoon report the miraculous ' escape of a hawker named Sewell, pro-: prietor of a van known as "Noah's Ark,"; which peddles between Nelson and West- i port. The van and three horses fell over a j precipice between 80 and 100 feeb deep,; near Hawke's Craig, into the Buller river, i Sewell also fell over, bub the shrubbery i broke his fall. The van was smashed, butj ! Sewell escaped, and clambered on to she road with only his head cut. Ib is not! known whether the boreea were rescued,