SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 68, 21 March 1900, Page 5

SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

NEW PLYMOUTH, this day. [ ■. A slight earthquake was felt here at C.40 last night. : /; ,

WELLINGTON, this day

Mr G. Y. Hudson has been elected president of the Philosophical Society with Messrs Hector _and H. B. lurk as vice-presidents. ■ ... ■■ ..

Mr E. C. Harding; has presented the Museum1 with two printers cases" used by Mr Colenso when he first, came to. New Zealand. They- were; made in 1837, and are iri excellent preservation. Eversleigh was to-day committed for trial on charges of misappropriating- Government moneys. INYERCARGILL, this day." ' An enthusiastic meeting of Irishmen, presided over by Dean Burke, decided, on the motion of Dr. Young, to cable the following- resolution to the Queen: "That the Irishmen of Southland desire to convey !to Her Majesty their warm appreciation of her gracious recognition of the valour of the, Irish troops fighting in South Africa, and pray that her thoughtful visit to Ireland may prove pleasant to her, and entwine still more round her throne the loyal affections of an ancient aifd chivalrous natiou." HOKITIKA, this day.'. Mr David Benjamin, a very old resident, and a prominent Oddfellow, died this morning after a long and lingering illness. la the Supreme Court to-day a true I bill was found against James Martin, of Greyinouth, for alleged manslaughter. The ease of Lock Yee, charged with the mnr.der of a countryman near Eeefton, was remitted to next sessions on the application of the i Crown Prosecutor. ~'.