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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7179, 3 June 1885, Page 2

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« [PBB UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Atjoki_nd, Tuesday. The news from Samoa by the mail j teameris of an unimportant character, j lb further annexation trouble appears I

"■-'' ' ' ' y;vi *f7^tlP to have arisen since the .previousinior-.%®p matron came to hand.. .;^ v-^'"'^-'3fjf^i On Sunday evening the Public;; ;Hall^J^| at Matakaua was burned. ' ;Ally\tfio^|i||g^ Road Board's books and , dppument^fe'^lsl were lost in the fire, the origin of whiphyfl;''^ is unknown. The building was insured ! 3?fjfy in the Imperial for £150. >y .'". 77''77 : 0^-kl Mr Kelly's supporters] have -'^\>^xM scribed £250 for the purpose of 'anseat^pU; ing Mr Sheehan for alleged; corrupt l?ijlo' r practices at the Tauranga election. ''X^'^Th'H. Letters from Apia, dated May;2Ofcb,'o state that Messrs M'Arthur .and >Co;'fl. ( y ? :|U schooner Olive, then on a reef at'Eas-yy^'j Bilootai,!was expected to be'gotbfe';'She ; : y}y^ iB insured in the South .British forryf,^ £1000, and her original cargo for £1200;;' w'^jj —two-thirds of both rerinsttred;"''"^.ly?pvv/y Shortly after midnight last night ':»£■!>?>,■s fire broke out in a two story building 7. 7,o7 in Victoria-Btreet, occupied ,by Mr Dare, '?.;???) draper, and extended eastwards alpnV.ayXfc! two story building occupied by, Mr^|yy; Slaney, jeweller, and Mr S6mersiy&;|' tobacconist, and westward along a ;iwo,y'>>y; story block occupied by Mr J. Browp» v f & fishmonger, Mr Mettam, tinsmith andyy!yv] fruiterer, Mrs Crawley, grocer, and Mr y%yM. Carr, bootmaker. The fire brigade got '777 '-'■. ) the fire under control in twenty minutesy;. . :,- ■ the total destruction being .confined tot '777.:. Dare's premises. Brown's on the*- west <,?';.7."^ side were gutted, and, those of Slaney 7^k7 and Somers partially destroyed. y6ther>;y;; tenements were damaged s througlL. f C" the fire running along ; the roof ;?y ;i and by the water, in the \ 'in-'; ;■; 77\ terior. The estimated damageis £iOoO^7s The insurances area s follows;-r-Mt^- ''

Dare s premises, owned by Mrs Wallace,, . / .*: £500 in the Northern; on the stopki- -';*• '•••-' £250 in the Phoenix, £250 in the 'i. Equitable, and £350 in the Colonial.- '„;•_ •-.' Ou Mr Ball's two shops, occupied .by y. "'}'-; Mr Brown and Mr Mettam .(aeribualy.y ";.y damaged), £500 in the Koyal. On ; theiyyy adjacent buildings, Mr Carr, bobtmiakerj |^ loss £150, insured in the. NbrwiohL-yyv Union ; Mr Mettam, plumber, loss ol^7^7\ insured in the Norwich Union '■; Mirf|^ Somers, tobacconist, £130 loss, insured"^^^] in the Norwich Union (part re-insured), 'j77Wi> Mr Slaney, jeweller, losb £150, ihsur,MyXvi| in the National. The stock and ■ ;.tpoii:'ssfj on the premiaes of Mr Slaney and-Mty^ Somers, owned by R. Bartley (seridrislyH^j damaged), insured for '£350 . in the 7^s Northern. ■/•"'; *SM The Arawata, which, left for Fiji ..ld^jsS day, took Woodyear's circus. \ l \ '.' ; v l^j^ Wellington, Tuesday, 'f'7^;, The Government have decided to;. in- y^l crease the size of the Exhibitibnbuild^y |;| ing, and the tender of the opntiraptors!V/|! who are putting up the present i building^ .* haa been accepted, the amount beirig-;/'4j nearly £2000. .' '■•",' yv : 'y:|| The Thorndon Licensing Coihmittes^|s granted all renewals except in two caseß^f^ which were adjourned for 14 days.; . vy£*s A meeting of members of the.Govern? f.Vjrfi ment Life Insurance Association; -Bpardv^y was held this afternoon, wbett ity'y' 1 waa unanimously resolved that the y^T opinion of the policy-holders '■ should '.-y be obtained as to the desirability \-p\ of establishing looal boards. ..y The i 5! meeting of policy-holders to ■deoide i;.;'' I the question will be held on the 27tiyy' inst., when polioy-holders will be allowed ;£y the privilege of voting by proxy ,yan^?^ arrangements are being made to supply A':, them with the nepessary papers. . ~,~\ The Minister for Public Works haa jf appointed a Railway Appeal Board for";') Otago, and the following'gentlemen,arey j. members :— Messrs Carew, R.M..W. H.^ :^ Pearson, late Commissioner of Orpwn ;: ? : Lands, Otago, and James Robin. .;; 7" "■/>;■■ The Chambers of Commerce at Auofe- y! land, Christohuroh, and Dunedin have .;'! decided to send delegates to Samoa.' .'• /•".?■' In reference to a cablegram published Vy some time baok, stating that the Gov-/ i. ernment of New Zealand had agreed to .1 forego clause 31, in the Federation 7".. Enabling Bill, if Mr Griffiths' proposal, was accepted, it should be , explained k that the meaning is as follows:— They;; representatives o? the colonies atHomeVj V are fighting over clause 31; whioh : pro- :'f vides.thata colony may withdraw fron^y the Federal Council whenever lib pleased! ( 'ft The Agents-General of NeW Zealandff 1 and New South Wales are favorable ;.'"tp. J., its retention, with an addition proposed j,by Lord Derby that dri a colony retir- '. ing it should cease to be bound; by any past legislation of the Counoil ; but'the v New Zealand Government have asked. Vmore than this, though it is s an. '.■ instalment in the direction they: seek. ; They have asked ,that no legislation of the Council should be effeo? ' tive until afterwards adopted separately by the Legislature of each colony, , On their memorandum to this effect ; reaching the Premier of Queensland (Mr; Griffiths) that gentleman suggested the! Bubject to the approval of 1 Victoria, that the bill might be so framed that. the oolbnies joining should do so subject, as .'. far as eaoh colony joining waß concerned, ' to its Legislature subsequently ap- -*.. proving and adopting the separate Acts, of the Council. The Government of : - New Zealand signified that that proposal would be acceptable to them. It need scarcely be said that the decision ' . of the New Zealand Government is not pledged, as the Federal Oouncilßiil'. contains a provision that it is only to have force in any oolony the Legislature . of whioh adopts it. The Government have received .a lengthy letter from the Medical Association, Christohurch, denying the charges, made by the Wellington inventing Press 7 against Dr Eedwill, of tbe Christohurch Hospital, and expressing sympathy for the doctor under .such a scandalous attack. ... The question of railway rates for the • carriage of native brown coal is under consideration, and it will be gazetted shortly. A reduction in the rate is to be made so as to allow it to compete with imported and other coal. A, The Customs revenue collected in tbp yjj colony for the last month was £108,83^ A as againßt £107,356 for the correspondr ing month last year. The amounts - collected at the principal ports lastmonth were : — Auckland, £24,282 ; Wellington, £20,474; Lyttelton and Christohuroh, £13,609 ; Dunedin, £29,730. The beer duty last month for , the colony was £4185, and for the cor- ' responding month of last year it was £4219. The principal amounts last ' mouth were :— Auckland, £947 ; Wellington, £391; Christohurch, £869; Dunedin, £467. Greymouth, Tuesday. The strike amongst the coal miners of the coal pit at the Heath waß ended last evening by the men resolving to go to work this morning. The price agreed, upon is 3s 6d per ton, the men to be allowed to " coble " for places, or draw lots for the particular part of the mine they shall work in. / Christchuhoh, Tuesday. Shortly after 2 o ! clock this afternoon a platelayer named John Lewis, working on the Rangiora and Fernside seotion of the line, fell from a trolly that was going at the rate of 4 or 5 miles an hour. The wheels inflicted injuries on his leg and side, but the extent is not yet known. He also received a serious blow on the head. Major Oautley, with Colonel Lean and several other gentlemen, inspected the defence works at Lyttelton to-day. / The permanent Artillery force were exercised in working some of the big •-.' guns that are in position, and the meaVy / showed great success in their work. TV* Notwithstanding the expedition with ; f which the work has been pushed for- ■ ward the defence works, are by tip ; ■%:. means complete. ..'■..' ; "¥■ The Hon. Colonel' Sir George Whit- :;'p. more arrived at Lyttelton to-day by tho '77*3 Te Anau. „ t >, "• ••'•' - : .jg } - ■< The Medical Society at Ohristphurph'^fM; have forwarded to the Colonial" S^cre-.^^ tary the following resolution earned 7atV£y^|§ a meeting of the spciety on the ;V 27tj? 'pf -^fr§i May:— "That the- society- •