TELEGRAPHIC.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7173, 27 May 1885, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

[PBB TJHITSD rBESB ASSOCIATION.] Auckland, Tuesday. , Mr Robert Graham, formerly Supert^Sent of the province of Auckland, airala colonist Bince 1847, died this morning of pleurisy and bronchitis. He had been ailing for a fortnight. * Among the passengers by the City of Sydney for England are the Hon. James "Williamson and Mr D. L. Murdoch, General Manager of the Sank of New Zealand. : The Lumpers' Union has declined the proposals o£ the Mercantile Marine ■Association as to working with nonUnionists. Waterhouae Nicholson, aged 20, a son of the late Dr Nicholson, was accidentally shot last night at the Mount Eden railway station while holding his comrade's gun. They had been out shooting and his comrade was getting their luggage out of the train at the ,time~ of the accident. At the inqueßfc to-day the jury returned a verdict of _ accidental death. The gnn was a pinfire cartridge gun. ;•'•'■' At the second day's meeting of the Coursing Club for the President's gold cup the attendance was fsmall owing to the weather being bad. *; The second round was run off, leaving >eight in. In the third round they were ■^further reduced to seven. In the fourth ground MrM'Cabe'a East Lynn beat Mr ;i;T. M'Oabe, jun.'s, Meteor ; Mr It. ■M'Donalds Rory Bean beat Mr J. Comet ; Mr W. F. Buckland'a beat Mr J. Abernethy's Stair ; Mr Dervine's Clarence ran a bye. &In the fifth round Eaßt Lynn beat Rory and Chloe beat Clarence. In the If^fin^hsat for the cup Mr W. E. BuckChloe, by Kinpiri - Chloroform, i{beatvMr J. M'Cabe's East Lynn; by ?5 CrickTJopelin — Hinetri oa. |v\ . " Taueanga, Tuesday. fvi;-,., Mr Kelly demanded » scrutiny on the vlground that Maori' voterß had perSgaoriated. others who wore not present. §: The. scrutiny was gone through yesterMsLry,J&n<l "'resulted in three informal votes off, leaving a majority for ij^^Slieehap of, 12, instead o£ 15. I§|||^! 0t .Jijy^PiYMOUTHr Tuesday. ■ •

requested Major Atkinson to call a meeting to discuss the aspect of affairs in the district. Inspector Pardy has returned from the West Coast. He says the settlers had grounds for alarm, but he has quieted, their apprehensions and has made arrangements for apprehending the first man who commits any depredation or attempts to annoy the settlers. In his house-to-house visits he says the settlers appeared to be doing well, and J they assured him that if only freed from the anxiety the natives have caused them, they consider their lines have fallen in pleasant places. The opinion is gainiag ground that if the A.C. in the district were replaced by a civil police force the natives would cease to be troublesome, as the Maoris appear to have lost all respect for the Armed Constabulary.

"Wellington, Tuesday. The argument in the second case Regina v. Waring Taylor at the Appeal Court was concluded this morning. Judgment was reserved, and this being the last caso the Court adjourned until Friday, when judgments will be delivered.

It is stated that a religious sect known as Christadelphians are about to petition Parliament to be excused from militia service, as being contrary to their religious principles. Complaints are made that a number of Volunteers while returning frmm the review yesterday discharged blank ammunition from the railway carriages. The names of six offenders have been taken down, and they will be proceeded against under the 27lst clause of the Volunteer Act, and also probably they will be dismissed from the Volunteer force. Another raid by the police has resulted in two employers of female labor being prosecuted for a breach of the Employment of Females Act. Alexander Forsyth Anderson, the Liverpool workhouse absconder, who was arrested at Otaki, Wellington, and taken Home, has been sentenced to two yearß* imprisonment. The evidence adduced proved that the total amount embezzled was over £600.

Blenheim, Taesday. The Queen's Birthday was celebrated here by a parade of Volunteers and a grand ball given by the Blenheim Eifles. During the ball John Tucker Robinson, who was captain of the company for 15 years, was presented with a valuable marble clock subscribed for by the officers and men.

CheistchuecHj Tuesday. The directors of the Southern Cross Petroleum Company have received intelligence that the depth of No. 4 bore on Friday last was 240 ft. The same favorable indications continued, and everything was progressing satisfactorily.

Welcome Jack has been scratched for the New Zealand Cup. A boy, nine years old, a son of Mr Thomas Carter, assistant pilot at Lyttelton, died suddenly to-day. The deceased was a strong, healthy little fellow, but had been nnwell for three days. To-day from no apparent cause, tetanus set in, and he died in a few hours.

Mr Donaldson, chief-gaoler at Addington, complained in the KM. Court of the difficulties the gaol anthorities had in dealing with persons who were committed to gaol when suffering from lunacy from drink. He said that he had at present five such cases in which the men concerned were raving mad, and in fact the gaol was transformed into a regular Bedlam, and the enforcement of proper discipline with the present staff was almost prevented. Mr Beetham, R.M., advised Mr Donaldson to telegraph to the Government for more assistance.

Dunedin, Tuesday. Two inquests were held yesterday. The first was on the body of Eichard Hope, who was killed by a fall of stone from the new building of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, on which deceased was working. A verdict of accidental death was returned. The second inquest was on the body of Alexander Syrage, who died in the industrial school. A verdict was returned ihat the boy died from syncope, the effect of croup upon a feeble heart. The settling on the D.J.O. .Birthday meeting took place t.%day. The following amounts were paid over : — J. Stephenson, £232; P. Butler, £250; W. flackshaw, £135 ; J. F. Hatching, £65 ; Hon. G. M'Lean, £50 ; A. G. Clark, £50 j C. Hobbs, £50 ; J. Reeves, £80 ; M. Sherwin, £80. Several smuller sums brought up the total to £1157.

Twenty- four nominations have been received for the Champagne Stakes. 1886. The weather took a sudden change yesterday, the rain coming down in torrents in the early evening. To-day the weather has been showery and intensely cold. Inveecabgili,, Wednesday. A meeting of policy-holdors in the Government Insurance Association was held last evening to consider the proposal to establish local Boards in Ohristchurch, Auckland, and Dunedin. The i following resolution was submitted :— " That this meeting is of opinion that the business of the Government Insurance Association can best be administered by one central Board, both on the score of efficiency and economy, besides securing uniformity of administration. It therefore disapproves of the proposal to establish local Boards of Direotors as being mischievous, extravagant, and unnecessary." It was objected that the motion was too sweeping in its terms, and ultimately it was withdrawn in favor of the following, which was carried unanimously : — " That in the opinion of this meeting the proposal of the central Board to create local Boards in Auckland, Christchurch, and Dunedin is, premature . and further, that before tha local Boards are established a vote of the policy-holders should be taken on the subject." During the discussion it was stated that the meeting had been called out of no spirit of antagonism to the central Board, but merely to elicit the views of the members on the matter, regarding which there appeared to be great diversity of opinion.