COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 513, 2 October 1890, Page 3

COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

AUCKLAND. mat night. The steamer with new season teas is off the coast. Sir George Grey is being requisitioned to address a public meeting. The Chairman of the Harbor Board goes South to watch Auckland intemts in the matter of tbs terminal pert for the Frisco service, Wirth's Wild Weal Show left for Gisborne by the Janet Niccol this evening. Thomae Beater was crushed by a falling tree st Pohoi, and killed. WbUeaide, the wellknown footballer, re turned from Sydney in tbe Wairarapa. Tbs ease of Read's Trustees v. C. A. Brown is proceeding at tbe Supreme Court. It will be resumed to-morrow, Judge Connolly has decided in the famous hotel eases of Ehrenftied v, Gleeson, against tbe defendant Gleeson, Mr W. L. Bees is being urged to stand for Auckland City, but he says he mey go tor the East Coast,

NAPIER. Last night. A telegram was received to-day from Auckland by the Registrar of the Supreme Court, Stating that Ur Justice Conolly delivered lodgment in the Fletcher bill cases as follows:—In the notion by the Bank of New Zealand, tbe motion to enter up judgment for plaintiff or for a new trial was dismissed, with costs. Io the action by J. Vigor Brown, judgment was given for plaintiff for £274 He ad, with costs on the middle scale. WELLINGTON, Last night. A seaman on strike, named T. Kei’ly, was •ummoned to-day for failing to provide for his children. He pleaded that his funds were exhausted owing to bis having been called out by the Maritime Council. The RM. said he had no sympathy wiih such a plea, as there was plenty of work if men stirred themselves to seek it. The matter was allowed to stand over for a week.

The delegates at present in Wellington held B meeting last nivhc at the Royal Oak Hotel, Tbe Hon. Mr McL-an and sjme other mem* bars of the Conference are yet to arrive. Strike matters are still very much the same, any perceptible alterarion being to the disad. vantage of strikers. At Timaru the Ohau is being worked by free labor brought up from Dunedio. The Herald called to take them back. At Lyttelton 124 f 6-> laborers were st the port on Tuesday, The Devonport was loading produce for Auckland, and tbe Tongeriro is progressing at a fair rate. The streets present a deserted appearance, tbe majority of the men on strike keeping away -from town. At a meeting of the Dunedin branch of the Wharf Carters’ Union, it was decided to recommend a reduction of the entrance fee from two guineas to five shillings. Tbe employees of tbe Mornington Tram Co. have decided to sever their connection with the Tramway Union, and form an independent one.