SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 83, 10 April 1900, Page 5

SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

GTSBORXE, this day.

The premises of Mr W. A. O'Meara were burglariously entered last night and cigarettes of the value of about £ 10 were taken.

WELLINGTON, this day.

I The drought has completely broken •u^pf. 'The iWa.inuiomat'a. reserve!;.' ijs overflowing, while the Karori reservoir , has filled. No damage is reported in j town.

The Tutanekai returned to port this afternoon, having- picked irp and buoyed the broken ends of the White's Bay \ |and Lyell Bay cable. She lias about | eight hours' work before restoring communication, and will resume work when the weather moderates, possibly to-morrow. Colonel Porter, of Gisborne, takes I charge of the Wellington Volunteer District in Colonel Newall'a absence. In the Divorce Court a decree nisi was granted in Thompson v. Thompson and Currange v. Currange, both wives petition, Howard v. Howard, and Hodge v. Hodge (husband's petition), all cases of desertion. In Westbvook v. Westbrook and Reeves (husband's petition) a decree nisi was granted with the custody of children and 15 guineas costs against co-res-pondent. CHFJSTCHUECir, this day. A report submitted by the valuer at a meeting of the City Council showed I the city valuation as revised by the As- ■ sessment Court to be £220,891, an increase of £14.065 for the year. During the past two years the increase has amounted to £28,578. The Masters' Association has lodged an appeal against the ruling of the S\iprenie Court upholding the decision of the Court of Arbitrate* giving preference of employment to unionists in the award made in the dispute in the tinsmiths and plumbers' trade. ) W. Newton (president), T. Woods (secretary), and IT. W. Buskridge have jbeen appointed delegates to represent the Christchurch Trades and Labour I Council at the Trades' Conference, to be held in Wellington. The cricket season concluded on Saturday, when United appropriated the j senior oup,followed by Lancaster Park, Midland, and Sydenham in the order named. Splendid rains have fallen in North j Canterbury district. The effect will be in the direction of improving sheep feed, which was becoming short in supply. The weather is beautifully fine again, but cold. INVERCABGILL, this day. ,Tas. Paterson, tailor, Stratford, was arrested here on Saturday on warrant issued by the Bankruptcy Court, Wellington, charged with a breach of the Bankruptcy Act. He was supposed to be leaving the colony, but says he was going to start business here, where he has relatives. DUNEDIN, this day. Archibald Henry Crawford, merchant, was to-day adjudicated a banki rupt on the petition of Joseph Hemy Stanley. An inquiry into a collision between the steamers Onslow and Mouri, which took place in the harbour during the send off procession on the 24th March, resulted in the captain of the Onslow being reprimanded and ordered to pay costs.