TELEGRAMS

Evening Post, Volume XLI, Issue 4, 6 January 1891, Page 2

TELEGRAMS

(Our Own Correspondent.) Fkatherston, This Dat. Nine younsr fellows residing in the neighbourhood of Feather=ton have been summoned to appear at the Resident Magistrate's Court od Monday next to answer a oharge of wilfully damaging the property of Mr. Levy, of the Victoria Hotel, on New Year'B Eve. Masterton. This Dat. A man named Georg* O'Brien has been arrested on a charge of larceny from the person. He was brought before the B.M. this morning and remanded till tomorrow. lUNITKD PBEBB ASSOCIATION. I Auckland, sth January. The Herald siys tbat the Inspector of the New Zealand ; oan and Mercantile Agency Co., Limited, has received advice from London that Mr. Larkworthy has resigned his seat on the Board of that Company, and tbat Sir John Q. Gorst, Q. 0., M.P., and Mr. H. J. Btistow have joined the Board of Directors in London. At a meeting of creditors in the bankrupt estate. of Garratt Bros., the question was raised as to whether tha exeontors under the will of the late R Garratt, a former partner, had a right to vote ia regard to the disposal of the estate. The meeting was adjourned in order that legal opini m might be obtained on the matter. Timabu, sth January. The lato rains have vastly improved the appearance of pastures already, and prospeots of winter feed in grass and turnips are good. CHBISTCHtTRCH, sth January. It is rumoured that an attempt will be made to upset the eleotion of Mr. Joyce for Akaroa, on the ground that all the polling places in the dktiiot should have closed at the same hour, instead of that at Lyttelton at 7 p m , and others at 6. New Pr.7 mouth, This Day. The MicHter of Lands, accompanied by Messrs. Samuels and Smith, M.H.8., have goneto Urenui to inspeot the spot where coal is said to have been discovered. The party then go on to Mimi, where a road has been commenced to connect with the Auckland railway line. Oamaru, This Dat. A nautical enquiry was held this morning regarding the missing Bhip Dunedin. The vessel Bailed on the 20th March, 1800, and has not since been heard of. The evidence showed she llad a complement of 85 bouls on board. No evidence wits forthcoming to account for her disappearance. The general opinion is that She was lost by oollision with ice. _____-^_____