SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 75, 1 April 1897, Page 5

SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

(by telegraph, —press association).

Wellington, this day. The in March was 2-06 inches, against 8-29 laeb year. The average for the month is 354. It has been decided to unveil the Ballance statue on Tuesday, the day when Parliament opens. Mr Eyre Kenny, S.M., of Wellington, has been appointed Commissioner to investigate tho charges brought) againsb the management of tho Homo for Aged Needy here. The Minister for Marine has recommended Cabinet bo appoinb shipmasters ab the four principal ports in accordance with a requeeb made by a deputation which waited on him gome time ago.

The cutter Flora, well known in Auckland as bhe yachb Wonona, toppled over while on the oabonb slip here yesterday, and the manager of the slip narrowly escaped with his life. The Government have decided nob bo accede to a requosb mado for alteration in the date of the opening of tho shooting season, as the Hon. Carroll has received intimations that native ducks are backward this year,

Mrs Enbwistle, wife of bhe man now awaiting trial for attempting to shoob her and Morris, was bo-day senbenced bo bwo months' imprisonmenb for receiving stolen goods. Six boys, aged from 11 to 15, two of them her own, were remanded till Monday. The prisoner admitted the charge. The children, from their own accounb, appear to have been sent to steal the bhings wherever they could. The woman was being supported by the Benevolent Institution.