TELEGRAMS. (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, 7th June.

Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 134, 8 June 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAMS. (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, 7th June.

George Hart has been committed on six charges for uttering valueless cheques. At the Waste Lands Board, the Chairman Btated the receipts of the land gales at Gisborn* and Tauranga to be .£1475 and .£1350 respectively. Twenty thousand acres had been added to the provincial estate, of which 11,000 were in Kaipara and 8000 in Poverty Bay. Thomas Lloyd, jammed by some logs at Kaipara bush, has. died of his injuries at the Hospital. This Dat. Sir George Grey probably goes to the Waikato to-morrow. Wahanui wishes to consult him about the land. Sir George Grey goes to Wellington on Tuesday next. Chbistchubch, 7th June. At the Christchurch South-west licensing Court, all the renewals were granted for 11 o'clock. Mr. George Booth, one of the committee, recorded his protest against any later hour than 10. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company sold to-day Glynn Wye Station, in Amuri District, the property of Mr. W. A. Low, of St. Helen's, for .£27,500 on terms equal to cash, to Messrs. Rutherford Brothers, of Leslie and Mendip Hill Stations, Amuri. The property consists of 8500 acres freehold, 28,000 acres abtolute leasehold, with pre-emptive right, having about 14 years to run, and 30,000 acres of licensehold baok country, having 10 years to run, with 18,500 good sheep, a few horses, cattle, and all improvements were given in. The New Zealand Shipping Company have been advised that the Catalonia left London on 3rd June. The British King was to leave on 23rd June. The Industrial Association Committee contemplate holding an exhibition of New Zealand manufactures annually. The question is to be discussed at the next meeting of the committee. Timaetj, 7th June. At a meeting of the Geraldine County Council to-day, a resolution was moved, " That instead of adding to the present overburdened and oyergoverned system of local government, it is considered more advisable

for the Council to abdicate in favour of Road Boards." Aftor a long diseusMim the motion was lost. There is a strong feeling in the minds of some members of tho Council, and not a few ratepayers, that County Government should be aboli-hed in Geraldino as being quite unnecessary. Donedin, 7th Juno. Considerable comment is occasioned by the action of the four Licensing Committees for the city in regard to the hours of licensing. In the Central district some of the houses in the main thoroughfare were restricted to 11 o'clock, while in the Leith distrust houses at the complete, outskirts of the town were granted till 12 o'clock. Two members of the committee — Messrs. Elliott and Streotywrite to the Stir to-night in regard to their action in a particular case, and add — "In our opinion the provision of the Licensing Act with regard to elective committees is a great mistake, aud the sooner tho old system of nominated benchos is restored tho hotter it will be for the public and tho publicans." Tho dwellinghouse of Mr. A. King, miller, at Shag Valley, was burnt down yesterday. Ho was entirely uninsured, and estimates his loss at £1500. The Lake County Council have been considering the kea nuisance. The koa is a bird which settlos on the bock of the shoep and pecks through the skin, causing their death. No fewer than 900 of these birds were killed by ono runholder at Wanaka in a year, and they are Btated to be increasing rapidly. Tho Government is to be asked to provide a sum for their extermination. This Dat. Tho tender of Walter Carlton, Duuedin, for tho goods shed, for £21G5, has been accepted. There was a lively meeting at South •Dunedin, which was kopt up till noarly 3 o'clqck this morning. Tho presenoe of twelve policemen prevented any display of rowdyism. The gas dispute remains in ftntu quo. Gisbornb, 7th June. The Licensing Commissioners granted renewals to all the lioensod houses in the borough up to 12 o'clock. Nelson, 7th June. The Licensing Committeo have made 11 o'clock licenses the rule in the city, where hitherto the ¦ principal honsos have boen open till midnight. Palmerston North, This Day. A house, owned by a man named Granly, at the terrace end, was burned this morning. The family was saved with difficulty. The effects and furniture were all destroyed. There was an insurance in the Northern for £150. Niw Plymouth, This Day. Mr. W. H. Taylor, a commercial traveller for the, firm of Butterworth Brothers, of Dunodin, died at noon to-day at Cottier's Criterion Hotel, from congestion of the lungfl. It appears he got wet in crossing the Man** watu River a fortnight ago and caught oold. Doctoi s O'Carrolland Leatham attended him, and he has had an experienced nurse since he has boen ill, but he was seized with oonvulsivo fits this morning and died about noon. His wifo is in Wellington, and he has one child.