TELEGRAMS.

Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 111, 13 May 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

« [UNITED FUKBS ASSOCIATION* | Chbistcqubch, 12th May. At tho meeting of tho Canterbury Society of Arts this afternoon it was stated that tho recent Art Exhibition had beon a financial Buccess. Thcro was a balance on the yoar'a working of .£95, as against £41 in 188-1. Thirtoon exhibitors had sold 33 pictures to tho value of £232, of which the society had ; bought seven, at a total cost of .£73 17s, in addition to two from Messrs. Eiohmond and Coußens, at 20 guineas each. A committee 1 was appointed to examine all pioturos Bent 1 from Canterbury to tho Wellington Ex- ' hibition. > Ihe Acclimatisation Sooiety have decided ' to request other similar societies throughout ' tho colony to join with them in memorialising tho Government to grant an honorarium to . Mr. 8. C. Farr for his exertions in connection . with the successful introduction of salmon . ova. A man named Joseph Capatick was com- . mitted for trial to-day on a charge of | breaking into a joweller'a shop and stealing [ a number of silver mags and a set of studs. He was also sentenced to twelve months' hard labour for two minor charges of larceny. . This Dat. Thomas Boe3on, a olerk, employed by - Dalton and Co., died in his office suddenly ■ this morning of heart disease. ; Auckland, 12th May. ' At the inquest on the body of Thomas 1 Macffarlane the jury returned a verdict that ! the deceased met his death accidentally, and ' exonerated tho driver and guard from all 1 blame. They said the railway officials should 1 be censured for not closing up tho passage immediately after the previous accident. r His funeral was the largest in Auckland f oi years past. Somo time ago the Otago Harbour Board addressed the Auckland Harbour Board with ; reference to oharging wharf dues on Govern- • ment imports. The Finance and Legal Comi mittee have recommended that the Otago Board be informed that the Auckland Board i is of opinion that dues should be levied on - Government imports as on othoc imports, and will be prepared to support an amendment of the Harbour Azt to that effect. This Bat. Tho Austrian warship Saida was opon to , tho publio yesterday. Amongst the visitors were several prominent Maori ohiof a, between whom and the captain presents passed. Dunidin, 12th May. ' The Trustees, Executors , and Agenoy Company pay a dividend of 2} per cent, after paying off most of tho preliminary and all parliamentary expenses. At the statutory meeting of the City Council to pass the balance-sheet, tho indebtednoss was stated to be £7978 more than last year. The Bootmakers' Society have offered to assist the strikers in Christohnrch with funds. The Arawa having been thoroughly fumi1 gated has been admitted to pratique. The session of the Otago Institute was opened to-night by a very successful conversazione. There is an increase in all the classes at the University this year. Blenheim, This Dat. The Defence Minister has deolined the services of the Wairau Artillery Corps. Another company is in course of formation atWaitohi, in this district. The Wairau Cavalry have accepted the Government's proposal to accept them as an honorary Mounted Rifle Corps.