LATEST TELEGRAMS. [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 151, 29 December 1881, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS. [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Auckland. 28th December. At tho inquest at Kaukapakapa on the body of Josei li Smith, gumdiggor, who wai found hanging m his wbare, a yerdiot, o£ auioide whilo stiffoting from tompofary in* sanity was returned. ¦ At a meeting of tho Chamber of Commerce, a* resolution was oarricd urging the Government .to, send representatives to act %lthSir Hemy Parkes, at Washington, in negotiating with the American Government for the reduction of the wool tariff so far as the oolony is concerned. At an excursion trip to "Waiwera by the . eteamer, Rose Casey, a boat, in landing passengers, capsize!. Of the passengers, six were women, but all were .rescued. Tho , apoident was oaußcd by. overcrowding, oonirary to the oaptain's order*. —-- —— - This Dat. The bazaar in aid 6f tiio'iiew Catholio Church has already rea.lis,ed i>\>oo, ami JbkSOf more is expected. /• r / $' Mr. Gordon, one of the defeated candi« >7 dates for Frauklyn North, (bojLbwa. An&L^ moned for neglecting to supply aUutt of tho" , sorntineqrs, otc.,.'employod -by him dttritlg , tho GlecHon. TKo Court r sor v t ert judgment. ' At tho Police Court tuis morning, 'Donald Watson, brewer, was fined, £2.0 and ooata,, ¦ £23, for neglecting ti date nis boar' aufcy stimps. Several pubHcang were fitted 20s and costs for riagleefcitg to 1 efface tho!* beer duty stamps. ' Tw6 r 6r throe p'roaecatton's,/ fell through, and" the Customs' Solicitor guvo \ nolice of appeal. . CHIU6TCHURCH, 28th Ucootnbor. . Through the non-payment , of rates, &q., half the nominations for the Drainage Board . have become void, and new 1 ones are now., ordered to be' held. , „ .-, i Tats Dat. ¦ Mr, G. L. MeUish, «.M. at Christohwtota. - ¦ died at 4 o'olook this morning. ,Ho b»4h ; been ill for & long time. , . „„. The West Coast Railway Conuniutonerg . have returned to Christoh»roh, aod fere, understood to be very favoucablyimpreraed . by the advantages whioh will accrue f«om . . tbe oeußlruotien of the proposed line of j i railway. > . Gibboenx, 2Sth December. ¦ - Tha deoision of the jury at the coroner's i v inquest on the late Dr. Percy was— "iThalt* the deceased met his death by accident^ taking in mistake chloroform instead ofcough mixture," The funeral took plaoe to* day, and was followed by* a large odnoourso > of people. All the shops were closed. - . ~ DtfNßDii*. 28th Deoember, ' Henry Ford was brought Up at the Police Court to-day charged with arson at Invaroargi", and was remanded thither, bail being : allowed— himself in £250 and two sureties in i> 250 each. Mr. Stout has Accepted a seat on tho Land Board. iNVxncAßOibi/, 28th December. At the Police Court to-day, a well-known > settler, named 0. B. Mrrtin, was ohartfad , n Ith double voting at the refloat . Parliamentary election for Wa^aoa. The accused was remanded until the sth January, bait being' allowed— hinjae 1f in £309 ajid onot surety in £150. ~ ' ft Ashburton, 28th December. The School Committee' hi* selocted Mr. Hector Dompsey, a recent arrival from England, and Mr. Dixon, present master of tha Hokitika State School, for the head mastership of the ABhburton School, and referred the matter to the Board of Education for final aeleotion. Nbw pLTMOuTif, This Dat. Mr. Parus has received a letter signed " Kingi Tawhiao," requesting him not to listen to any of the proposals to have a J&nd conrt at Mokau, as he is opposed to it. PuNOARBHtr, This Dat. Okato station was broken up yesterday, not one man being -W.i behind. '1 he A.C.'s were all transferred here. The men are still continuing the work of laying waste tho crops ; about 500 acres ara now destroyed. Some men to-day have taken sacks with them, to be filled with potatoes for the different company messes.