TELEGRAMS.

Evening Post, Volume XL, Issue 31, 5 August 1890, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

IUNITID PEIBB ABBOOIATIOW.I Auckland, 4th August. A man named Michael Kirby, alto* Lynoh, was arrested to-day on a oharge of attempted robbery of a safe at the Pakekohe Post Office. The safe was fonnd on Sunday, having been carried away from the office, whioh had. been broken into; bat the robber was luckily unable to force the safe open. Kirby was arrested by Deteotive Herbert. The Anekland branch of the New Zealand Educational Institute have passed a resolution drawing the attention of the publishers of school atlases to the very incomplete and inaccurate oharacter of the . maps of New Zealand. TiMAEtr, 4th August. The property known as "The Corner," and 'considered the bead basja^sa site in Timarn, belonging to tße estate of theiate Mr. p. ClarKson, has been'solfl to AJx. B. Hallenstein, of Dunedin, for 4>5§00. Duneoin, 4th Angust. The directors of the Rosjyn Cable Tram Company report a credit biylanoe for the year of XIBJ4, ont of which they propose to devote 4500 to depreciation, 4500 to payoff the balance of tbp aooident account, and 4747 to pay a diridend at the sate of ?fc per cent, The total number of passengers carried was 349,321. IKVIBOIBOILL, 4tb August, A oable message from London announces that the Wakapatu Sludge Channel Company has been floated. The channel extends from the beach 1 at Colao Bay, near Eivertorf, to the Bound Hill diggings, and having been an outlet for all the sludge of the district for years, and the methods of saving gold having been very imperfect, is believed to contain a large quantity of metal. The floating of the company is placed in the hands of Hiss Alice Corn well, but the promoters sent one of their number Home reoently,