Telegraphic.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7696, 19 March 1887, Page 2

Telegraphic.

• ♦— l " (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Dunedin, Friday. • ' A crowded audience witnessed the first production to-night of " lolanthe " by the Eoyal Comic Opera company. The piece was a signal success. Every principal was called before the curtain. The scene representing a palace yard by moonlight excited enthusiastic applause. '

(PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION^) ! Auckland, Friday.. At the Domain sports yesterday, when the competition or throwing a cannon ball was on the crowd? closed in, and a boy named Michael Flyun was struck on the head by the shot and rendered unconscions. He was sent to the hospital. A young man named William Ayres took roiigh-on-rats in a brothel in Greystreet td-tlay, and was sent to the hospital for treatment. It is believed tliat he will recover. It is slated that Mr Fallon lias received intimation from the Government that his tender (£37,400) for the Ngatira section of the Rotorua railway is the lowest. Only two other Auokland " contractors tendered, J. Briton and Larkins anil O'Brien, x Their tenders are. nuderstood to have been over £40,000. Last night, shortly before' midnight, a. block of buildings at the corner of Oliphant-street and .Richmond-road were destroyed by fire, winch originated in an occupied shop and dwelling, and destroyed two shops and three houses. . One house ■\\ as owned by Mv Platty, and the other, buildings by Mr Porter. The total damage amounts to £1000. Insurances ; { —Porter's buildings. £560; Platty's cottage, £150, all in the South British office. ' -The cutter Whaiigiirei, went ashore afc. Great Barrier Island yesterday, and became a total wreck. The crew were saved, having been picked tip by ' the steamer Ittona. The steamer was owned by Mr John Ryan, of Auckland, and was insured. • ' . The Rob-Roy canoe- Foam has heen picked up capsized in the harbor, and a man's liat was found ne.ir. Ifc is' feared that a fatal accident has happened, bnt no one is reported missing. The Taraimki J>oiv)tTs left to-day for home .by tho Gairloch, greatly pleased with their trip and the reception they received ut the hands of the Auckland. , bowlers and tho public. A conference was held this evening at the Young Men's. Christian Association's rooms of clergy and .others to take into consideration the question of neglected and destitute children. Masterton, Friday. At the Opaki races yesterday Cribbage, during a preliminary canter, fell and broke her back. The jockey, Allen Herd, was severely shaken. . -.' Wellington, Friday. The Harbor Board have received an offer from Messrs Ashcroft and Co. to fit up two hundred electric lamps with dynamo and engine on the wharves at a cost of £378 per annum, This would give twice tlie present light at fifty per cent, increase on the cost. The Board now pay £240 for gas. The cost of installation would be £1000. > The Gazette notifies that the Poranga•hau gaol has ceased to be a police gaol, and that Herbertville is substituted. Constable Schultz is appointed gaoler. The Colonial Secretary intends to introduce into the Legislative Council eariy in the approaching session a hill providing that tradesmen's accounts under £20 for goods sold and delivered^ ennuofc ha recovered in a Resident Magistrate's Court. This step will be taken because the Government consider that the Magistrate's Courts throughout the colony are being used simply as machinery for collecting debts, and from a return they have had prepared it appears that the number of summonses issued in the colony from tlie Magistrate's Courts for sums under £20 last year was 20 5 350, for sums varying from £20 to £50 the number was 2325, and from £50 upwards 674. Should the bill become law it is expected that a great saving will be made in working these Courts. ° Mr iiallanco intends to introduce a bill in the House of .Representatives giving cfteot to tho report of the old soldier s and volunteer claims commission. The Minister of Public Works will be present at the opening of tho WoodvilleNapier railway, and probably the Colonial Secretary. The Premier also intended to be present but the Lyttelton case in. which he is engaged will prevent him. Between CO and GO members of the Permanent Artillery, who have been receiving instructions in big gun drill here, arc to be distributed among the Southern batteries shortly. The salvage stock of "Messrs Barraud and Sons, chemists, realised £000. A shipment of rock oysters from Auckland was seized to-day as the Close season has not ended. The consignees will be proceeded against. Major Isaacs, of the New Zealand Volunteers, is appointed to the same rank in the New Zealand Militia. ■ . The Wellington sheep district is declared clean, and the Oahunga district, county of Wairarapa North, is declared to be infected.- - ■■■• : ■ . An Order-in-Council from Victoria appears in ths Gaxctte to-night prohibiting -

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• .:..tiie importation into that colony of cattlf '". suffering from tuberculosis. -•". ":, • Grtimroimr, Friday. William Kottlo, a baker in good circumstances, left his bed on Tuesday night to set a batch of bread, and has not been seen since. A search lias been made without avail. He was a sober man, and had weak health, but there is no reason to suspect anything.

HdKlfiKA, TVi.Uy. At the meeting at the Haiaagh Cauaeti inst sight a resolution was passed on the motion of ihe Mayor that the importation of kauri and other timber for the construction of railway bridges ov othev public works in tho district was an unnecessary expense, and in justice to Westland it should bo pointed out to the Minister for Public Works that the district abounds in suitable timber for the .construction of such works. A young man named Samuel Johnston left his house at Kakotahi on Wednesday morning for a day's shooting, and bus not since been, seen or heard of. It is feared that he hns met with a fatal accident. Ashiiurton, Friday, limes' hotel was burned down today. • The cause was a spark from the washing furnace entering through a broken window behind. The amount of the insurance is not known. There have been a great many stack fires in the district lately, and* many thousand bushels of grain have been burned. The residents in the Mount Somers district having resolved to avail themselves of the provisions of the Local Bodies Loan Act, for the purpose of raising a loan of £3000 to construct a tranA-ay to open up the coal measures and Ueposits of white stone on the hills, made application through the County Council under section 21 of the Act. The law officers of the Crown hold, however, that section 21 is not applicable to part of a district, which in this case would mean the entire county. The hitch is a serious - one, and if not fatnl it will involve much

delay. Christchurcilj Friday. Lieutenant - Colonel Tosswill, of the First Canterbury Battalion, has resigned. The cause is said to be a disagreement with the officer commanding the district. John Morris "Willock was committed for trial to-day on tho charge of forging a cheqne on the Bank of New Zealand for £14. He is an educated man and said to be well connected, hut has been brought down by_ drink. ■ A civil case, arising out of the recent Rifle Association meeting, was decided at the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day. Mr Bashford of Longden, who leased the ground where the meeting was held, had let the right of certain booths to Mr Kiddey, hotelkeeper, for £50, and received £15 on account. • Mr Kiddey understood he had the sole right of selling oysters, but found another oyster saloon opened in the canteen. He was also prohibited by the council of the association from selling tea and bread and butter. He appealed to Mr Bashford to protect what lie considered his rights, but not obtaining redress he-left the ground after four days and refused to pay the balance of the £50. For this lie was sued. Mr Beetham gavo judgment for £20 10s and costs, being the . amount claimed, less £14 10s paid for the right of selling oysters and for the barber's shop. TiMARU, Friday. Mr TiiTiibnll, the member for Timarn, addressed his constituents to-night, and after a splendid hearing, received a vote of thanks and confidence. .' • Dunedin, Friday. A case in which W. Stuart sought to recover £23 invested on a horse which did not win at the recent race meeting was to liave come on to-day, but was adjourned till the Ist of April.' Bishop Nevill is about to try the experiment of utilising a stream which runs through his property to supply the motive power to light his residence and drive a chaff-cutter and other machinery. A barn, stable, and cart-shed belonging to Mr M'Uregor, of Horse Range, were destroyed by fire to-night together with a qnast'ity of last season's crop. The buildings were insured for £200 in the. New Zealand. T The Protection League recently decided to ask Mr Mills, the candidate for Port Chalmers, how far he was prepared to go' to protect local indnstries. llis reply was received to-night. Mr Mills stated that he was a freetrader. He recognised that industries iv a new country required encouragement at their initiation, but this could be best afforded by bonuses.. He considered that the present tariff already afforded a very failamount of Protection. Newly all the friendly and other societies. have decided to take part in the demonstration in laying the foundation stone of Burns' statue except the Good Templars. They have avoided a direct refusal by stating that as many_ of the members' belong to other organisations probably they would be inadequately represented, and they therefore refrained from taking part.