Telgegraphic.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7612, 8 December 1886, Page 2

Telgegraphic.

(MOM A CORRESPONDENT.)

Wellington, Tuesday. - Mr Macmahoii, together with the scenic artist and mechanical stall" of the Macmahon and Leitch company, sailed to-day l>y the Australia for Napier, there to prepare for the mounting of "The Silver King," " Lights o' London," and' other productions to be performed during their season in Napier. The management cany an enormous quantity of scenery and mechanical effects. The company, with Mv Leitch, will followby the Wailiora on Friday. [PEG. UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] I Auckland, Tuesday. Tho Auckland Presbytery to-day unanimously resolved to accept the resignation of tho Roy. Illr Killon, of Whangarci, who had started the practice of the law. An application from the llcv. C. \Yorboys, Primitive Methodist, to bo received into the Presbyterian Ministry was discussed at some length, and it was unanimously resolved to recommend to the General Assembly that the application be granted. An inquest was held to-day on the body of the woman found drowned in tho harbor. The body was not identified, and an open verdict was returned. The Auckland Permanent Building and Investment Society pays S per cent, to investing members, and 3 per cent, bonus to investors and borrowers,

The members of the Bcrcsford-street Congregational Church have sent a unanimous call to the llev. James Chew, of Atcheson, Kansas, U.S.A.

The Radical Reform League support Mr Farnell's candidature for the "Vvaitemata seat. They have also passed resolutions calling on the Government to limit the appointment of members of the Legislative Council and stop payment to members of that Chamber, besides other- ' wise reducing the expenses of government. The League have also drawn attention to the fact of imported cement being used for public works hero instead of the local article, which is far superior. ROTORUA, Tuesday. Mr and Mrs George Bcetham returned from llotomahana, and Taraworn. yesterday. Mr Hutchinson, the engineer who accompanied them, considers that" the White Terrace is merely buried. The party ascended Mount Tarawcra and had a full view of the crater. They state that the scene of desolation v.'as indescribable. Wellington, Tuesday. Mr Allan Scott will arrive here to-mor-row, and with Mrßrodic lloaicythechairman of the Midland Railway Company, will interview the Minister for Public Works on matters connected with the contract. Subsequently Messrs Hoaro and Scott will journey over the country traversed by the line. The Minister for Public Works expresses the opinion that the lire at I he goods-shed, Dtincdin, was the result of incendiarism, and probably the Cabinet will be asked to give a freo pardon to the accomplices^ the person or persons connected with it 4 destruction.

It is understood that the - Hon. J, VV, FortesqUe is on his way to Now Zealand to take up the appointment of A.DiO; to tlie Governor, now temporarily held by Captain Medley, K.T\V . Jlr' Fdi ; tes<iue id a passenger oil board tlie Riiriiitakd; qd that lie may be expected ;here towards tfco end f f tliis moiitll, Captain Medley'wiil continue on his Excellency's staff as honorary A.D.C. Since tlie guarantee was given to tho Cable Company by the Press Association . Reuters have decided to take advantage of the reduction if possible, and are now negotiating as to terms. The decline of the tariff to 3d a word means that the New Zealand papers will shortly receive about twice as much cable news as they do now for tlie same cost, • Tho retiring Mayor, Mi' A. \V. Brown, was banqueted by the Councillors to-nighti He described at corisidorabie" length Mis institutions arid customs of the 1 Australian towns which -he .observed during- lusiyiait to the Sydney Jubilee : colel'f(iti6hi".'a4 • compared with those of the New Zealand nnnrcipalities. The dinrier 1 was semiprivate, being confined almost entirely to members of tlie City Council. Ciiiustchukch, Tucsdajv Musk Rose is scratched for all engagements at' the C.J.Ci meeting, Fusilade for all engagements at tho summer meeting ; ; Tasman, llubina, and First Lord'for tne Midsumiuet Handicap. Private leiegraTiiH--&an} London state that the frozen nleaj n)arlceTfe > ?gJ^4 fl ffi— iStocks are so heavy Uia't tueV (ianiiot be reduced to reasonable limits till after tho New Year. ' , • • ' TiMAKtr, Tuesday. ' " . The statement that' Claridge, whowas so fearfully injured yesterday, died in the hospital was wrong. The man is alive, and is doing well in the hospital. Tlie new Moody wharf was opened for traffic to-day, , The schooners Spray and Alert were the first taken alongside. The accommodation is now ample for 230 ton vessels at tho wharf named. Dunedin, Tuesday. Thehull of the New River Harbor Board's dredge Alpha was launched from Messrs Kincaid and M'Queen's yesterday. She is to be capable, of lifting 75 tons i per hour, and of dredging to a- depth of 18 feet. . • • '.. ■

An inquiry is to 1)0 held into the circumstances of the fire at the goods-shed on Sunday. ■ ... Some seheelite, from which very good prospects have been obtained,. has been discovered on ptag'a Fenirisulit;. , InVercakcSilt;, Tuesday; In the Supremo. Court tliis oftchufon Edward Jackson, a Tutiirau farmer, was found guilty, of perjury in the ResidenJ; Magistrate's Court at Gore in the Hearing of a case. The action against him was for the service of a stallion. The accused swore that the mare put to the stallion did not prove in foal, and resisted payment ou that ground alone. To-day evi.derico was brought to prove that the mare foaled, that it was drowned, and that accused said he was sorry, as it had been served by a good horse. The defence strove to prove that this foal was the produce of another mare. In passing sen-, tence his Honor said that the offence of which the prisoner was found guilty was, an exceedingly common one iri- the colony, and uufortunately it was very rarely in-' deed that a. conviction was obtained. Tho crime was one of a serious charactor, as the prisoner had poisoned and corrupted the fountain of justice, and. had caused '& wrong to bo done instead of a right.: Jackson was sentenced to two years' hard labor, or half the maximum' penalty. George R. Homer, charged with stealing a cow, was acquitted, it being shown that thei'e was uo concealment, the animal' having been shot iri a Svild cattle country, ami at dusk.