Telegraphic.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7742, 13 May 1887, Page 2

Telegraphic.

■ ' (PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) ■ . " Auckland, Thursday. ' Lord Aberdeen, left to-day for Waitara, whence lie proceeds , to Wellington. Wellington, Thursday. * At a meeting of the Harbor Board this afternoon it was 1 ' mentioned that neither the Board nor the .City Council could legally subscribe' towards replacing the over the Post-office. The secretary of the Board was instructed to ascertain the cost of lighting the wharf with electricity. At an influential meeting of merchants held to-day it was resolved that a deputation wait on the Colonial Treasurer and point out the injustice, to. a large section of the commercial community arising from the immediate imposition of an increased; duty oh underproof spirits, and suggesting' that the, levying of this duty should not take effect for six months. A notification of the summoning of. Major Bopata to the Legislative Council. is;gazetted -to-night.' ' ' ■ Captain Bendall, secretary to the Underwriters'' : Association,- has gone to the wreck.of the steamer Waitaki to see wiiat can be done to save the vessel. It 'is'expeeted thafftlie heavysea prevailing on the East Coast this week will, have injured tlie steamer. ' The operatives of Hannah's boot factory are still out. • The men' are anxious to fix a uniform tariff throughout the city, and a schedule of the prices which it is proposed to ask for the different classes of work in. future.was .drawn np for presentation to. the; owners' of. the three largest , factories in Wellington. 1 In some instances the prices' are -reduced; while in ' others an increase is demanded. A meeting of the ' Chamber of Commerce will take place on .Monday next, when a resolution will be -moved as follows: — "That this Chamber strongly deprecates as a serious injury to' eonYmeree the proposals of the Colonial • Treasurer to increase the Customs duties, and this Chamber- recognises 'the existing obligations on commercial representative bodies of increased activity in' guarding commercial iutere'sts/'* . • ' . . „ , Palmerston North, Thursday.' The ■ Palmerston • tannery and fellmongery was, burned down at 7 o'clock this morning. ' Very, little was saved, The property . was insnred ■in the New , ■Zealand office for £750 of which £250 was ' reinsured in the National. '...-• -. ■ ■ A fatal accident occurred on the Hunterville contract of the central railway on Tuesday. Rebort Crawford go'tfoff a ballast train with two others' to get a drink. They rushed to' get on again after the train started,, but Crawford fell between the trucks and got fearfully mutilated. " Death was instantaneous He was a steady man and well liked.