Telegraphic.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7625, 24 December 1886, Page 2

Telegraphic.

(I'BOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Waihoa, Thursday. ■' A meeting of the Wairda branch hospital committee was held last Saturday. Present— Messrs T. , Carroll (who, as chairman of the. County Council, is now chairman of the hospital committee),' Parker and Large. It wasdecided to request thp contractor to proceed' with the erection of tlie hospital building at once, as it is useless waiting longer for the bar . to improve. ..Besides, the bridge con-. . tractors and other builders have Been obtaining large supplies of heavy timber lately, notwithstanding the shallow entrance to the river.. It was alsore^ solved to advertise in some of the large centres of the colony for ft reliable medical man to have charge of the; hospital, guaranteeing a minimum salary of £200 per annum, to commence with j a married man preferred. Tho bridge contractors are now engaged" driving the piles of the fifth pier "of the Wairoa bridge, but thoy are unable to complete the second span ' till they get ft further supply- of timber. - ' -'•■•■■..-' The Towu Board have commenced to' fence off some of the absentees' sections from {flic iftai},' : - . :•. ..■■•■•' The Salvation Army have been holding*-' nightly processions, and meetings here, which have been well attended. Several •persons have-ioined, amongst 'others Joe' Jkickards, a shoemaker, who. '•testifies." nightly in . a most agonising manner, . amidst copious . floods of tears. On the whole' they have done much good amongst ft certain class, ■ An entertainment was held recently in the Mechanics' Institute in aid "of the ■"Wairoa district school. The-haH 'was ' crowded. ' li . • : ■

[PEIV UNITED PKE.SS ASSOCIATION.] ,; V •:■!.' Auckland, Thursday^ .' • - :- . :.. Hnn-y Brady, n German ; settlor ; "at ;.'.•' Wade, was arrested to-day oh the charge: r . • ' • of personation' ftt the recent Waitemata . V election. '. - : ■ , ■ '.. Peter Johnson and' Henry Sayers have- ; ,;.-, been arrested for setting' fire to the whare^' .-; >' of a man named Duffy, at Kaipara, tiiid / » J' _ Wiring it down along with a quantity of >■', ■ gmn, ' ■ ■ "_■ •;■■-;.■.•:: -i.iA ■•■;• "v ? '^'\ ■The. animal iusii'eetioniqf work at the";,,- ; Free School of Arts shows aiHeadod iinf,./'.'.' \A. provement in general iwofk and ;afe;-'-i'->;i'-tendance of pupils. '.V; ?.!• '■'":..:■":-;, An old iiian named Stone, an imnate 0f ...: .'.•_■ ;C, tlie Refuge," smashed :'the| windows of a 5 ;: - ':-■}. niunlior of vesideijces . to-dayl jn:.|j'fi)y:,' ;"■' 'j >, market in order to"lbe<senfc'togaolj"'pi;e- *„';^; f erring it to the Eefnge"- His wisfe.was •;', : . giatifioit, as lie got fivo mpntlis' impviso?}. ■ „ ";.; . ment, ' .•'; •,-'•! • ;_. r '•'■■-}'-" \~: : .'\- ;' ; i

Attho Police Court to-day two boys were ordered a birching for petty theft. The Agricultural aud Pastoral Association has a total debit of £3350, and it has been found necessary to solicit subscriptions to partly clear it off. Edwin Neale was to-day fined 40s and costs for falsely representing himself as a traveller to a publican on Sunday. .Thames, Thursday. A. little girl aged .about nine years, named Louie Conn, was' drowned in the harbor yesterday afternoon while bathing. Wellington, Thursday ._ Mr H.W. Mowatt, for some years chief engineer on the Wairarapa, and now at the Belfast freezing works, near Christeliurch, has been appointed Inspector of Machinery. A meeting of creditors this morning in the estate of W. P. Waters was fully attended. The debtor had not prepared any statement as to what caused his present position, but during the severe examination to which lie was subjected it was elicited that he had made heavy losses in trade. The creditors decided that he did not deserve consideration, and refused to grant him any assistance from the estate, but awarded Mrs Waters £50 and her wearing apparel. The Official Assignee was requested to investigate the estate, and it was resolved that the debtor should be publicly examined before the Court. ■ Mr Peter Skerrctt is gazetted registrar of electors for the Waipawa District. Captain W. R. Russell and Mr E. A. Haggen are re-appointed members of the Hawke's Bay Waste Lands Board. The services of the Napier Rifle Cadets have been accepted. -An ' Order-m-Council in to-night's Gazette declares that the cat is the natural enemy of the rabbit, and prohibits the killing or capturing of any such animal outside the boundaries of any city, borough, or town district. Mr H. W. Brabant is gazetted a Judge of the Native Lands Court of New Zealand.

The war medal has lieen issued to the following :— Major . Walnisley, Colonial Defence Force ; Constable Everett, No.; 4 division of the- Armed Constabulary ; Constable Ireland, No. 3 division of the Armed Constabulary; Constable Jackson, No. 2 division of the Armed Constabulary ; Private Morris, No. 2 Company, Taranaki Volunteers; Private Nicholas, Taranaki Militia ; Private Oliver, Colonial Defence Force ; Constable Skellon, No. 1 division of the, Armed Constabulary.

The immigration and emigration returns for the colony for November are as follows : — Arrivals from; the United Kingdom, 882; Now South Wales, 400; Victoria^ 419; Western Australia, 34; Tasmania, 61 ; other places, 84 ; total, 1880. The departures were:— To the United Kingdom, 91 ; New. Sonth Wales, 283;' Victoria, 322; Tasmania, 19; other , places, 31 ;' total, 746. The ports of ar- . rival ; were as follows:— Kaipara, 1; Russell, 7.; Auckland, 692 ; Wellington, 117; Lyttelton, 9; Timaru, 6;. Oaniaru, 1 ; Diinedin, S6B ; Invercargill, 479 ; . total, 1880. The departures were— from Kaipara, 2 ; Auckland, 282 ; Wellington, 118; Napier,4 ; Lyttelton, 1; Inveicar--gill, 339 ; total, 746. The following are the results of the Civil Service examinations for October, 1886:— Junior examination: 202 candidates examined, 111 candidates passed, 2 papers still under consideration^ 89 failed. Senior examination : 38 candidates examined, 16 passed, 2 papers still under consideration, 20 failed, The directors of the Gear Meat Preserving and Freezing Company recommend a dividend of 10 per cent, and a bonus of 2J per cent., a transfer of £2500 to the general reserve fund, and to carry . forward £2668. HOKITIKA, Thursday. A report from Jackson's Bay states that a heavy land slip destroyed gardens, bouses, Sc. One, youth, named Robinson, was overwhelmed and carriedaway in the slip. There is no possibility of recovering the body. CnnisTCHUitcir, Thursday. ' This morning Mr Jnstice Johnston, on the application of Mr Joynt, changed the venue in Hall's ease from Christchurch to Dunediu. Mr Stringer appeared for the Crown, and opposed the change to Oamaru, as the sessions would not be held there till March. Mr Bailance this afternoon visited the Industrial Association's rooms and. received an address from the president. In reply Mr Ballauce spoke at some length in favor of Protection, He promised to use . his best endeavors to Ret tho G'ov- ■ ernment to place a sum on the estimates for the purpose of making grants-in-aid to tho association, and to similar societies. Mr Peter Cunningham, representing the Shaw, Saville and Albion Company, states that the company have arranged to increase the carrying capacity of their fleet \Q lialf-a-million sheep per annum, and aye prepared to carry at ljd per lb all tho ypar round.

TIMARU, Thursday. The barque Cingalese, the first wool ship of the season from this port, sailed for J,ondon this- evening with a' full load of Jvopl, skins," and tallow, ' valued at £43,801. ■

Dunedin, Thursday.

A five-year-old child named M. Given, ■teas killed to-day by a coal dray passing over it.

The agents of the Shaw, Savill and AlbionCompanyha^ercceivedaeablemessage from London authorising them to' make for one or two years for the carriage of frozen meat by their steamers at l£d per 11*1 With' the view to further economy the City Council have decided to try contracting work for what has hitherto been done . \>y day labor. '■piie number of men engaged on relief Worjjs in Otago has dwindled down to • 825, or, including, Southland, tojV7s. A warrant was ordered to be issued to- ' day af?ain»t Else Mowat, who had absconded, leaving her illegitimate child in Chairgeof another woman. /

nvercargill, Thursday. :At the ■ inquest to-day on the body of the lad Morton, who was reported to have hnng himself out of a morbid desire to emulate a neighbor who lately committed suicide, it was made clear to the jury that death was the result of accident. Tho lad's neck was dislocated, the feet and body resting partly on the floor. It is assumed that the boy had been on a beam, overturned and slipped, falling in such a position that the rope dislocated his neck before his feet could reach the floor.

" "f he annual meeting of the Chamber of Compierce"was held to-day. Tl(e chairman, Mr'H. Caychyell, in his address spoke jiopefujjy QJf.the prospects of the traclo of the colony, and quoted figures to show that progress liad been made spite he depression "existing. . The party of prospectors who ' left the Blufi'for the vicinity of Puysgur Point at the cud of October have- returned, having lost tho.«smaH vessel in which they' embarked and most of the stores. They did some work ashore, and are so well satisfied 'with the prospects that they intend to return.