Telegraphic.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7549, 24 September 1886, Page 2

Telegraphic.

'. i jPEtI UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION,! • * AUCKLAND, .Thursday. , The-Hon.Mr Ballance received a num.. .. ber of deputations this morning, an,d, mth'Mrllundon, made final arrangemehts ' ; ', in' connection with the village settlement.;.; scheme at'Hokianga. Important arrange-: ments were also made regarding special settlements, in the T^akaudißtrictv,,Ther<? are-Wenty-Bix.settlers:'willing' to take, up , ( land there on a 3000 acre block '; 9500 sfcre3 ■■-'■ of broken is ,to bo loased in runs of J 600 acres.'.each. 1 at 3d p.T aero on the perpetual system. AnotuGr block there; Containing'lo,ooo acres of agricultural land, will bo opeued for special sottloment, and the Government will also try 'to acquire* 30,000, acres of «ood land .in tpo same district>till in 'rmtiyb hands."^ MrjjßklJt&ce leaves '.Ohehnnga'.al! 3',p.m; ! t^ayifbT-' Taranaki, whence, he- goes ove'rlSrid'W .Wellington, - ■ ' ■ The- man droSvncd ; aVTe' Arbha> : who' l was.stated.to be a gardener at, Cambridgo, had recently been employed -as. a scblool teacher at Bunnythorpo.inear.PaltnerYlon North. ■■-• .-•-..-■ ! The .condemned barque John Knpx has jbeen •soldtat-Mongouni 1 under a suit- by .'the seamen of the vessel 'on "a claim for : wages. She' realised £212 10s. Certain oystpr.dealbrß recently addressed the Goyernmentenquiririftif time .would -• not be allowed after tlle'elosepfthescason" to>riiblo tliein' to, depose of ;_their' stocks. ■ of 'oysters :tliey may. at thatitime have on.band' It; has been resolved; by the- Gov; ; j eminent that nd time:pjiall.be allow&d,;;-,,' ' New PiiVJioUTir, Thuniday. In the District Court to-day Mr Still, of . : Opunake, applied for a'judgnient summons ; against To Whiti to show '.cauae,,why;,lib .should not bainiprisohed.for.defaultjtt mot satisfying-.a judgment, of .the (Jonrt. The Judge decided to adjourn the case till the 21st of .October. ' •. ,-. ■ if ; Wellington, Thursday. The Gazette,, nptifies, [the appointment of Mr H. H. Bridge' as school comniis. .sionor for-Jlawke's Bay. ,, -„ , f , v -if MfSt = John- Telfer, who i received- concussion of .the brain through a fall in AVillis. strebtj diM;iast night. ' vri " •■"■ - t-!;c:rr The Hon. A. do 8. . Brandon, Tuf ts^ , died yesterday.' afternoorij.- aged i 7O. -v:The deceased ,'§ontleman : had been suffering for sOmoHihie past from enlargement of . the liver. He arrived in Wellington in 1840,- coming ontrin-tjonnection'with- the New Zealand Colonising Company. He occupied the .position of proyincial-spHci- ' tor during Dr Featlierstoh's Superintend den'cy in:- 1858, ■ .was • elected, ito i repfeserit the- Wellington country , "districts, and held the seat till 1 1881,'britin ■1883' was called to .the Legislative,. Council.) .'{.'The deceased. was president of tlio Wellington Club arid Wellington Law Society. In the Supreme . Court to-day, before . the Chief Justice and Mr Justico Kichmond, a motion was madxs ."for, a nowtriaV in the Blackburn v. Carlile and M'Lean-...

case, in which a Napier, firm of solicitors wore sued for loss alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff through the Mtelddt df defendants to put in a claim fdririsiirArice. JudVpieht was, reserved; , THe writ for tile Runediri .Central seat lias b'eerl ntale returnable by November . Jti ap'p'iicatWnah l^ -b'&ii made, by .the Crown Proseouibi!,Qf£nmaru for ajicenso to exhume tho body of Captain Cain, • :*■■ lather-in'-lftw to. Hall, of.Tiniam. Permission , .was granted by the Colonial Secretary.^ ;ft*.;377 ' il- :•;■• „ :■ ;;: i/■. - , Tho.comnussion on the Stark purchase jjave.fuli powers to enquire, into, every particular of. the transaction, and are . . flowed tlie widest! scope iii iijvestiga'ting £ho allegations which have b'eeu made of conspiracy. ..••.: . Oij tHo.Sls't of May last tlie. approximate riumbir . of s^eepji in. .'.New , Zealand yas ,19,2Q0,Q00, , .being an incr,eas,e . of, 6Q4Q00 pri the previous, year. In ; Otago \- in.c number of sheep increased during the year from 3,BOO,<XK> to 3,957,000. The Gazette published to-night contaips the scale of fares and charges for tho New Zealand railways, to come into force on October 4th. »'<■•.-•■! Messrs Stewart and Co., the owners of tho barque Kentish Lass, which left here on August 3rd for Cambridge Gulf with a large numb'o'ro'f diggers enroutefoi Kimberley, have received a cable message from Port Darwin stating that the vessel has safely arrived at her destination, all . well. The cable message also mentions; that bad reports have been received from tho diggings. An . Order-in-Council is gazetted,- declaring thatTaft'.Val^parts. ,of jthe rcofony • salmon, young salmon, salmba fry, trout, young trout, and trout fry, together with another salmonid*, and also all whitefish and perch which have been intro-, duced into the colony shall be protected;'"' subject, however, to the operation or such open seasons for fishing for and taking Bnch fish os^the Govepqr may from timoto (iui'e declare" by' regulations to be made under the Salmon and Trout Act, 1867. Regulations under the Act for. salmon and tront fishing in .the North Canterbury, Nelson, South Canterbury, Geraldine, Waikato, Otago, and Southland districts are published to-night. Tho commissiouito.inquire into the pur-; chose of icertain :land- near Auckland for. defence purposes, .is gazetted 1 to-night. 1 The report is : to, t b'e sent : in notlatertlia'n _ the 30th of November.- h ,•-••'■;■ ■•:. ■•; -.. ;' The varioua'.gaolera in the cpl6riy,.are appointedyprob'ation \ officers, under the First Offender's Probation Act. In the districts Svhere r there 1 is ho ..gaoler tlip officer or 'member. of . the police.forco is to act. '■-..";■" - '.■'■ '' ~ . • ' '•' ' :'■•■• ■••• = >"' .CHKISTCnURipii; Thursday^ ;'"' Thomas- Hooper.was.committed for trial today on- two,' charges of horse^stealingV Mr Gebfge Boquingtori-hos been 'appointed the .delegate for. the South Island to the Pharmaceutical Conference of Australasia, tobe h held in Melbourne in" October. ••■■■' II .--i^.-f. v.-, ■-;•■:-;> •:-. .-..,: At an extraordinary general, meeting o£, the Southern' Cross Petroleum Company held this,,,evenjng"the' directors wfere authorised ito .purchase'. tho land required 1 for caVryingf- on the. future operations of . ; the company; and Mr R. Hill Fisher / elected auditor; ,ia, place pi Mr Alpoffc;' 1 deceased*"-'. v <.':\ •':- "• ■■ ■. ■' ..•('::.■:• A large number of the guarantors m the; East ani-lW'est Coasts railway met .to-day, for the piirposo x>f., welcoming ,Mr Allan Scott, and' to' arrange other business.connected witli. theirgua'ranteo.. 'Mr C. C. Bowen presided; and 'Mr, Solanders,'chairman of tho Nelson 'guarantors, .was' also present. It was unanimously resolved that tho re-payment of tlie expenses payable by the company to the guarantors bo accepted,- '.by t)iQi committee- in paid-up: shares 6f ' the'COrhpariy; Jt:was aWre-' solved that a large and influential committee be. appointed to make arrangements for'ja banquet" to Mr Scpttv.' ! The meeting .-jiVas'lpfV.n.' very, unanimous. arid enthusiastic oharacter.. •; •-,■ .'. ]■ ,■./"-.•>• Tlia Rihiutaka,: which left for London; ,Hw&y, tbok'Bl p'ass'orfgerf 'from^all'ports^ and a tull ! cargo.- '■■;■; "• ' '■ •: ":',, i,. -. • ','*■■ Mr G.-G.' Stud's racehorses Marion and Sierra w|i'?e 'Bliipped.'for i Napier''in^tho ! Rotomahan'a to'-dayl . '■"■,';"' ;; r. ';.. V; : ■""■ A fire'broke'oufc to-night, in the^hop.of ' Mr J. SilvesteVi/basket-Triaker,'- Colombo;. 1 street, $h'ich''w,{ia' ; fl6mpletel.Y; destroyedi ', . with the ■ stock!' -(.The /adjoining! 1 shops of Mr G. F)etcher, .tailor, 'and Mr-Longuette-^ hairdresse'r;.^ere' also destroyed,' and'yery,; little st6cl?\vas saved. • Theofnces,of,Messrs • Garrick- and | Co)ylishaw,-solioitbrs, ihad: a'• narrow 'escape,' and • were 'bnly ■ saved 1 by.i great exertions. All the buildings were 1 of wood, and the property of the estate of the late Isaac Luck. They were all insured in, the N#nvich/Umon, and;pxpbably other offices^but; ,the arap'unt js notind^ypj Mr Fletcher's stock is insured for £2000 in tho South British, and Mr. Silvester's for £250. Mr Long^iette's slock is uninsured.