Telegraphic.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7619, 16 December 1886, Page 2

Telegraphic.

l_imy uniiJSU I'HIiSS ASSOCIATION. J .•■- - - j. _ ' AucKLAND,,Ayednesday... •■ .' ' - The Corporation's annual repbrfc shows' T au increase in the valuation of city pro- ... -perties for the 1 year of £28,021,' and an" , r increase in rates of £3000: ' ', ' . ■..' • - '• The Harbor Board to-day at the' annual ' .. review of the salaries of their officials ' f made no alteration. ■„'•• > i. At a meeting to-day of the Auckland v '_. Racing Club to consider the rescinding of . the new rule with regard to working the ' . - totalisator at country meetings it was de- ' * cided to retain the rule. '.'-.. , I' Several employers' were fined to-day- forbreaches ot thei Employment of Females 3 arid Others Act. ' ,' • , ■ !;■ 'An Austrian named Giovnriini'Domen-. ' •;• : povico,a gumdigger, cut his throat, lay1' ing bare the windpipe,, during a fit of ? lunacy to-day. He, was taken to the'"' . \ hospital and is likely to recover. -- 1 Three lads, who had been robbing '. * orchards, were ordered by the Bench to- " , (lay to be whipped by a constable in the :, presence of their parents, if the latter # i- desired to be present. • < \•' ■"■■.*: | £ . At the annual meeting of theCitv ,; Council to-day Cr. Devore was instolle'd ' e> as Mayor. The Corporation officials were ■ J entertained at dinner last night. ' - ' o ' '. Gisboene, Wednesday. 4 ,At the Supreme Court to-day Ambrose > ,° Mickens, convicted of unlawfully wound- \ i]- ing, was sentenced' to nine, months'.imis prisonmenfc. In the action against the *■ members of the HjirW. Board the Chief ' * 0 Justice has allowed the Board to be joined. i 9 The plaintiff is going to apply for an in- '"■" : terini injunction. -- : ■ „'■>'. '■ 17 . HAWERA, Wednesday. '-.• , Atthe District Court to-day Bevy Ward, 5. convicted of the larceny of , a. saddle, was- , '• J recommended by the jury "to probation. ,., * Judge Raws t on said that in his opinion the ' , Act was mainly intended for young -per- ' ' -' i- sons and children, and he was riot incluM , . r to Rive, a. license to people , to steal once t without, fear of imprisonment. In consideration of the 'jury's recommendation ', ° the prisoner was sentenced to only three : months' imprisonments ■ ; * ' Wanganui, Wednesday.-.' .■- ----,; After the installation to-day ' of Mr 1 James Laiyd, the new' Mayor, a pvesenta- • >-.' tion of a silver tea and coffee service and r salver and china tea and breakfast sets 0 was made to Mrs Spurdle.wife of the re-. '.'- ----tiring Mayor, and also a silver mug for - lf , her infant son.'born during the Mayoral v 3 term. , • , , - ; y Wellington, Wednesday. ' ' s- ■ A duel which two ..Italians had arranged l ' . to' fight at NewtoWn to-day ;was iriterP> ,rupted by the police. The principals in g' the- projected hostile meeting were named y. Perotti and Dante Garuoriosi.- The latter ■ lt is a, suitor for the haiid ,of Pe'rotti's |r ' daughter, but his attentions' and inten-' . '." c tions were obnoxious to the yonng lady's j_ father. It is supposed that in spite of ; a paternal objections Gamonosi has been ; pressing his suit with, the "fair Perotti, ■ 'fc and hence the present trouble. Knives a ■ were to be the weapons used, and Island - h Bay was the spot selected for the combat. ■ Perotti is said to have provided' the » r ■ knives, but a hitch" then occurred in the ' , arrangements," for Gamauosi, distrusting I-, his intended ,foe, and being anxious ta ■ >£ 'ensure for himself fair play, insisted upon ; g witnesses being found. Matters stood D . thus when Constable May appeared en d thescone,bnt Perotti had by this time a made himself scarce, and has so far kept ' out of view of the guardians of the peace. tfc In order to prevent bloodshed when the t> nien meet again, Constables Stewart and '" May are keeping G.amariosi under sur- • r veillance. . „ ■ v The Magisterial inquiry .attending the „ & striking of the Kawatiti on Kangitotc „ Island was concluded this evening. . Tlie Court gave jndgment as . followstt— " The course given by Captain Miitoalf was safe, " although close to Jag Rooks, but after 11,I 1 , passing. Jag- Rocks the course ought' to • t-, nave been altered by Captain Motcalf to . clear Rangitoto Island, and the Court ■ . J consider that gross negligence of duty was . r displayed by. Captain Metcalf in not being ! * on deck from Jackson's Head to Stephen's . r Island, the navigation being dangerous,' • a /while the distance is ojily 23 miles. We, suspend his certificate for.- one month ; with vegard to. the chief officer, Mr..- H. . 1 Abbott, we suspend his certificate for v q tliree months, owing to his gross carelesanpss in not calling Captain -Metealf-whea thick weather ,came on, in no!; slowing the- , ' ' engines, and in not, taking any precaution. N in -ascertaining, the distance run." The' costs of the inquiry, £ip 10s, were ordered. ] to be paid by tnecaptain and chief officer, Au inquest was held to-day on the recent . < • five, which destroyed several cottages, the- .- property of Mr Whainley, Tinaliori-road. ' , ■ The jury found a verdiot that the premises; . - were Maliciously- burnt down,, uiit the- ' evidence di,d not ppintto the offenders.- • ■ '■ , ' -The Government have received fifteen • .-' s applications for the position of Inspector . ' , of- Machinery. .- - , „ 1 At a meelintp of the Hospital Com- . 1 mittee to-day it was docid^ecl to ,. invitei f - ' voluntary aid from tho ladies of Wei-' - lirigton in waking. street collections for • 1 the benefit of the hospital fund. T.he monthly • expenditure for relief by ■ the Benevolent Society for the, past four ' ■ months has exceeded £240. ' •,-• Mr Samuel Brown was installed Mayor t to-day. In his speech oil the occasion he } referred to a number of nccess'ary' works " ' ' -which he thought- should .engage the- ' attention of the Council. ■ " ' - A, conference' of representatives froni - r the various districts of the Older of i Foresters was commenced last night.' It f was decided that the .following he 'the; .scale of entrance feea:— lßto"2s years, ssy • [ 23 to 30, 10s ; 30, to 35, lus ;35 fo4o, 255 : . i - ' 1 also, that a uniform scale of con tribiitidus i be changed, throughout the colony, dhd-a . ' I committee was appointed to draw up a ■''• j . scale and, to draft si scheme for clearances. ■ The Governor presented the Novt- Zealand Cross to iiientenaut-Colou'eJ M'Don- . ■ nell this morning at Government House, . iv the presence. of seyoval Ministers ami garrison officers. H,;s, Excellency made a '.' i. brief speech, remarking that the oross ranked x/'\\\\ and next after the Victoria ' Cross, Colonel M'Donnell replied iv suitable terms, and expressed sorrow that his old friend the gallant ' Major Voa- 1 , Tenipskey wns not by Ws side to. receive ' . a similar decoration^ There are only ' /' eighteen holders of the cross in New Zealand. It ctvvrSes £10 a year with it. - A young man named James Brennan,-- • aged about 23, classed as a f laboi!er,~was arrested this evening charged with indecently assaulting a young girl; ,' The officers of the, Wellington Volunteers entertained this evening Major- • General Sir Cyepvge Whitraore afja, banquet " in'honwof his promotion. Colohej Butts presided, Major Crowe and Comniodo'ra- •!' Johnston filling the vioe^chairs. About v 40 officers were present. , The Chairman .. said that at a mess dinner it was not usual for any toast but that of the. Queen " . tobo honored, but on an occasion like •' this, a deviation from the usual practice '. ' might , be allowed. Re proposed the -- •' health of Major-General Sir George > Whitmpve, whicii was responded to, with; enthusiasm- • . . • ' Chijistchurch,' Wednesday. '* Albert Payne and lus wife Alice Payne: /, Avere committed for trial , to-day on the ■ ' charge of breaking into the shops of Mr Mills (tailor) and Mr Painter (draperj.aud stealing a quantity of goods, therefrom; • . . Tijiaru, Wednesday: ''■' ■ ,- . ■ Mr Moss Jonas, the newly - elected .Mayor, was installed to-day, -..the cei-e-. mony passing off most successfully^ ■ , ■ , Dunkdin, Wednesday. / . At the Mayoral installation to-day MiBarnes, the retiring Mayor, in '"referring to the Dowlipg-strect accident, ,disclaini,es'.' . any connection with it, saying that ho ' had relinquished' control of- tn'e. ! worka before it occurred. . He said if the "death, of the two ladies' who were , killed had been laid to. his charge he could never ■ • have rested under it, and as it was he had, ■ taken it very much to. heart. ■ ' ■ , Dujjedin, Wednesday,. v _ Ay feature in connection, with the ' = installation of Mr, Leary as. Mayor was; the presence of- nine ex-Mayors in. addition to, himself and the retiring Mayor.',, : . .•'-. . INVERCARGJLL,'. Wednesday'. '.. ; In the Supreme, Court to-day, a vertlict ■ -..' for the defendant \vas given by Mr Justice . ' ; WiUiams' in a caso in which a constable •:"•"'• "..-'■ stationed aY Matrura was 'shed ", foy ' ~ .' , diunage<Uy'a)nan l whoni he had'appre- •'; '-, ."*. . het'ided without [a warrant 'on the chan'O' r■■ ::-" 'of.Btealiug a d_o", whib'h the officer, found .",:': ' on 'the 'plamtift s premises. -,-,j His Hdhbi- Vf ■'" .held that' there were.circu.msta'nces whicir- .■ - 1 justified d constable in making.. an', avrest^ o ri-iVitl'i6Hta-..warraV)t;^^.?-:>;y';r.7; s^::rt:ii7.¥-.<;:ftt 1 msi'yiks grantedan-.-ftie .pasfe of .^jjenflan (^¥<]

' • v. Sheridan and Johnston, the husband's • - petition for a divorce on the ground of adul- '-, >tery. The co-respondent is a youth of 17. , No costs were asked for against him.