TELEGRAMS. (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 50, 1 March 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAMS. (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

Cbbistchubch, 28th February. The Premier was engaged during the morning in receiving deputations at the office of the Engineer-in-Chief . The following wore the deputations :— From the Bail way League, to whom he promised that the Government would issue a commission to report as soon as possible upon the West Coast railway route, at the same time asking tho deputation to draft the terms of the commission aocording to their own views of what they should be. From the Chamber of Commerce, who brought before the Minister matters conneoted with railway management, and who were referred for the most part to the Minister of Publio Works ; and from the Malvern district, re a line from Sheffield to Glen Tunnel and the Wairiri Valley, and to on to the Rakaia. Theso were informed that there was no money available under the schedule of the Loan Aot. In the afternoon the Premier received a deputation from ,th« Working Men's Political Association. Vital statistics for the month .- — Births, 121 ; marriages, 29 ; deaths, 74 ; showing a great falling off from last year. The deaths have increased 26, and the marriages have decreased by the same number. Dunedin, 28th February. Thirty-six sections, comprising 80,000 acres, of deferred pastoral land in the interior districts were offered to-day. Twentynine sold at prices ranging from 20s to 62s 6d per acre. Rumours were freely bandied about to-day that several coses of dummyism occurred at the land sale to-day, but the statutory declaration required by the Aot was signed in every instance, and it is really impossible to test the question. The Customs revenue for the month amounts to £36,238. The Senate of the Now Zealand University is at present sitting here, but only formal business has been done so far. In the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day, in the case in which Briscoe and Co. mcd Kinnew and Imrie on a dishonoured bill and were nonsuited, the point was raised on behalf of the defendants that plaintiff* could not recover upon their own endorsement of the bill. Mr. Carew, 8.M., delivered the following judgment : — ' It seems to me that I must follow the case of Lange and another v, Hern (Maccassey's report), which is almost identical with the present one, the only difference between the two cases is that m the other case the plaintiffs were drawers of a bill and the defendants the acceptors, and in this case the plaintiffs are payees of a note and the defendants the makers, a difference that in no way affects the principle laid down', that when the first endorsement is a special one the endorser and holder cannot sue in his own name without a re-endorse-ment to himself or in blank. If it were not for the case I refer to, I think it very likely I eHould hold a different opinion, that when the payee of a note that has been dishonoured has paid the amount to hit special endorsee, he can strike out the endorsement and sue as payee without the note being reendorsed to himself. There Btem to be authorities to that effeot, but I feel bound by the one I have quoted. The plaintiff was nonsuited with costs. This Dat. A fire brolw oat ia a boose in Hanorcr.

streot last night, occupied by Charles JohnBton, a carter. The promises were gutted, and the family mado their csoapo with difficulty. Tho premises wore insured for £150 in the Standard, and the furniture for £75 in the Equitable. A houso at Kensington, owned and occupied by Mr. John Gaffnei* was toUUy burned this morning. The property was insured in tho Standard Offioe for £450. « l Ti*AEO,BBth February. The Customs revenuo oolleoted at the port of Timaru for the month of February is £1513, as compared with £8048 for the oorreiponding moith last year. Vital statistics for tho month— 36 births, 13 deaths, 5 marriages. • < An Encampment of Knights Templar under tho name of the Plantagtnat fteoeptory, was formed here yosterday. The oonßOoration was oondnoted by the Gtund Prior of New Zealand, Sir Knight William Doamer, M.D. The columns were under the command of the 'Eminent Preofptor, Sir Knight Henry Thomson, M.H.8., wristed by Sir Knight C. B. Hulbert. Tho ooremonies were on a aoale of nagnifioenoe nover before witnessed in New Zealand, and lasted from early in the afternoon till midnight. The new preoeptory is under the oommand of Eminent Preoeptor A. J. Parsons ; W. Ziesler, High Constable ; C. Palliser, Mar* shall ; and W. M. Simi, Captain of Guards. IwiBCARdiLL, 28th FobruaW. A boy of eight years old, son of a teacher, named Yon Tnnr.lemann, of Woodlands, was killed this afternoon on the .railway.- There are no particulars available, but it is understood that the accident oocurred on a siding. Tho body was brought to Invoroargill. The sale of fragments bf runs to-day was & failure, even at the upset prioe of Is 2d. Only ono, adjoining Birchwood, waa sold to Mr. Gardnor at the upset prioe. Nelson, 28th Pebruarr. Vital statistics for Nelson Ktrionor Fobruary.— Births, 23; deaths, 8; mar1 J 9 U8 i omß dutioa for tho month . £5827 16s 4d ; beer duty £150. A fire broke out this afternoon on tho promises of Messrs., Griffin «id Sons, millon., biscuit manufacturers, 40. The work people had left about an hour when the firo was dis. oovored breaking through the roof -of tho biaouit packing room, situate over tho shop Tho strenuous efforts of the fire brigade oonfinod the fire to this portion of tho building the fine large mill and warehouse of throe floors being saved entirely, though some of the contents were damaged by water. The premises wero but parfaaUr covered by in. suranoe, there being £300 ia the North British, and £400 iS tie Colonial on tne buildings, and £100 in tho same offioe on the Btables, whioh were uninjured. The (took was wholly uncovered. The damage' t6 building is moro than oovered, and it U difflonlt to estimate the damage to the stock, but it is roughly stated at £150. , „ ' < Grsyho'dth, 28tii Fobruary. The Customs duties oolleoted for February aro £2018 ; the corresponding month for 1882, £2388. Gold duty, £634; beer duty,m . „»,,r yf*sQLsvi, 23th February. The little girl, whole body was found on the beaoh on Tuoiday afternoon, has boen identified as the ohild of a woman residing in Wanganni, the, father -being % Chinaman. Thore are strong suspicion's of foul play and tho mother has beon arrested. An inquost will be held to-iriorfow. A boy named Hendley had hit hand smashed this afternoon in the machinory at tho Murray Foundry, and two fingers had to be amputated. r iv 1 This Day* The name of the mother of the chill found drowned on Tuesday is Phoebe Voitoh. > She is a peouliar looking woman, 25 years of age, and was brought up at the B.M. Court today on » oharge of wilful- murdor, and remanded. ' The inquert ,is to ba held to* morrow. Auckland, 28th Fobruary, A spocial mooting of tho Auckland Pr^g. bytory was hold to receive the roiignatkm'of ' tho liev. Dr. M'Lood of tho North Shore. The proceedings wore private. Dr. M'Lood applied alsoior the usual oertifloate given to rotiringminißters, buttho Presbytery thought the roquest of the rev. dootor oonld not ba 1 complied with until the people of hit oharge. and congregation should hare an opportunity of being heard. The proceedings we also ' said to Mve been very vivaoiont ; some ot the language of the pursuers and defendant '• wai not in form or substanoo quite moderate. v The Presbyterian Churoh Assembly oloaed to-day. The next session is to be held in ' Wellington. ' This Day. ' The American Consul, Mr. Griffin's report ' on the Auokland harbour, translated into Gorman, appears in tho Berlin Illustrated* ' News. Mr. Vesey Stewart purposes floating a company in London for the purpose of exporting f roxon meat I pm the^ Bay of Plonty.- ' 6AJtA»ii>,THJsDAY. 1 Th« Customs duty received at this port in to* month of February was £908 8i 4d. The vital statistics for the month are u< ' follow :— Births, 29 ; deaths, 14 : marriage*. < 2. The death-rate ia heavier 'than that of : any previous month for many yean. New Plymouth, This Day. Tho steamer Kangaroo arrived tins morn*... ing from Dunedin, with the orano for theharbour works. Acoordlog to the consulting*engineer's report, iharo ru&DW 688 fact finished of tho breakwater. The depth at .. , the outer end at high water spring tides ii2o^ And 9 to 10 foot at low water. 1 ' NAPifcß,' Tins Day. Vital statistics- Births, 37; deaths, IB; marriages, 8. Of the deaths, 12 were otinfants. ' •! 1 r 1!' • * Cuitonu returns 'for the month, £2909; beer duty, £191. > 1 , Lyell, Tpn Day, Tho United Viotory Company cleaned up ¦yosterday, the return being 2550r5. lldwts. retort*l r smld from 246 tonS bf stone. The western iW waa strnok yesterday by the United Alpine Company in the western cross-out from No. 4 level'] gold is plainly tiißOemlble in ihe'faoe. ' ' -X'K '