SOUTHERN NEWS.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 587, 26 March 1891, Page 2

SOUTHERN NEWS.

Last night. The Rimutaka has arrived at Wellington. A conference of the Christchurch Ci y Council and the suburban local bodiedecided to endeavor to obtain power for the inspection of dairies, slaughter houses, and perishable provisions throughout the district. Mr Vesey Hamd'on, fomwiy Parliamentary correspondent for the L*tteiton Times, and the eucoe-> B f u i editor of the Star and Canterbury Times, died of atrophy at the age of 33 years The directors of the Sefton Dairy Factory have received news that their first shipment of butter o the Home market, 28cwt, realised 112< pur cwt. Tn*i Christchurch Cathedral Chapter have a cuniraoc wi h Mr War BtnoSs to restore the Oa' hedral spire iu fire bucks. Thu price is not known, There is a curious rumor, which, if true, shows that the status of Judge E l wards win be brought to the test. It is said that a solicitor of a prisoner whom he eentencsd at recent criminal sittings of the Court at Napier will move for a writ of habeas corpus to bring the prisoner before the next Court of Appeal, on the ground that the sentence is inva r! tbrought want uf jurisdiction iu tha Judge*

Th ' Greymouth rharehnldera of th* Equitable Insurance Association have reemved tha*. in their opinion thu Company should b« wouod up and a liquidator appointed, anu also that an investigation should be held after the liquidator is appointed. The owner of the Gratitude, Mr Hatch, delivered an address at the luvero<rgili Chea re on the Kakauui dhanier. Hr» was particularly severe on the Hon. T. Fergus and Mr Wilson, of the Marine Department. Two Napier Manonij Lodges and the Thames Lodge have passed a resolution asking the Governor to accept nomination as Grandmaster.

Captain Edwin forecastes very unsettled weather during the next week, and heavy gales from the North, changing by West to South west between noon ou the 27th and noon on the 31st.

The temperance refreshment rooms of Mrs Ellen Haiding, Wellington, formerly hotelkeeper at Auckland, wore raided by the police to day, and a quantity of beer was found secreted on thn premisto', which are situated two doors off the Opera Hoa«e in Manners street. Tha police have laid two informaiions against her for sly grog selling. For the coming licensing elections at Dunedin, active negotiations have been going on between the moderates and prohibitioniNts with u view to a compromise, and it is believed this will now be arranged, At the Wellington Magistrate’s Court, in thedummyism case, Coleman Phillipa was committed for trial, and allowed bail, himself in £2OO and one surety of £2OO. The Hon. Mr Sudden has been gening very cordial receptions ou the West Coast. He was banquetted at Rnefton, and in the course < f his speech repeated that the policy of the Government would be to abolish the property tax, substitute a graduated land tax, and classify the civil service.