TELEGRAMS.

Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 25, 16 June 1886, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

[united press association.l Oibborne, 15th Juno. Between Saturday fiigllt {wl Monday morning the New Zealand Clothing J*»ctory was broken into, and clothing valuod at over £40 etolen. The thief inado a hole in a, back door with an auger, sufficiently large to admit hia hand, and thon unlocked the door. Chiustchuech, 15th June. _ Tho Revs. Boddington and Mason, thoinissionors who camo from England accredited by the Archbishop of Canterbury, havo just concluded a successful mission- in this dioceao. A farewell thanksgiving servico was held in th'e Cathedral to-day, when there wore between 300 and 400 communicants. The rev. gentlemen 1 return" to England shortly. •" • , The inquest on the body of Verall, who died fauddenly on Saturday, was adjourned to havo an analysis inado of tho contents of the stomach, as docaased on tho day of his doath took somo modicine procured from an herbalist in town. This Dat. , This morning Mr. Bootham, E.M., granted an application to withdraw tho charge of wife desertion against Messenger, who was brought from Melbonrno rocently. Ho held that Mrs. Messenger could not jnvo cvjdcnoo against her husband. Timaru, 15th Jano. Tho Supremo Court opened its hiK-yearly session to-day before Mr. Justice Johnston. A. J. C. Imrie, for forgery and uttering, was sentenced to thrco years' penal servitudo. P. Mooney, charged with larceny as a bail oo, was acquitted. The bill was thrown out by the Grand Jury against Riddle for shooting a cow. This was all tho criminal business. Donedin, 15th Juno. Buns 301b and 302 c, To Anau, which formed tho subject of a question in the House recently, wore sold on behalf of the School Commissioners to-day, at an upset rental of £630 to a Mr. Grant. Tho same purchaser bought runs at Tokatimo, Southland, containing 22,530 acres, at the upset rental of J3300 per annum. Napier, 15th June. At tho Harbour Board meeting to-day, the tender of Mr. W. M'Gill, of Timaru, for .£33,900 for the contraction of tho first section of 660 ft of tho breakwater was accepted. Several other tenders from Timaru were received. New Plymouth, This Day. A largo meeting of ratepayers was held last night to protest against the passing of tho New Plymouth Reserves Bill, which makes over nearly 50 acres of the borough to trustees for racing purposes, thus reducing the rating area. Already out of tho borough there has been taken an area of 50 acres for the recreation ground and park ; then the General Government took Marsland Hill an a reserve, in addition to the reserves at Mount Elliot and the. Market Place, the Botanical Gardens and tho Kawai Pah reserve. The Agricultural Socioty haB albo a reserve, and the borough rating area is thus reduced from 800 acres to little over 400 acres, and now 50 acres more is proposed to be taken off. Resolutions, condemning the action of Major Atkinson and Colonol Trimble, wore passed by over two-thirds of those present, and tho statements of Major Atkiuson and Colonel Trimble in tho House were stated to be incorrect. A petition against the Bill is being largely signed for transmission to the Legislative Council.