Telegraphic.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9343, 12 April 1893, Page 2

Telegraphic.

(PER UNITED PKES3 ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, Tnesday. Ihe Crown Lauds Board at a meetiDg today approved of a number of le<wes for silverminioe: at Great Barrier Island. The Board of Education have resolved to send to the Minister for Education a resolution adopted by the Auckland City schools committee asking the Government to return to the system of payments on the working average Instead of the strict average attendance. Nine memorial tablets in hoaor of the .Revs. Walter Lswry, John Hobbs, Thomas Buddie, James Boiler, Jehu Warren, G. Bnttle, Joseph H. Flet«her» Alexander Reid, and C. H. Schnackenberg have been placed in the Pitt-street Wesleyan Church, and were unveiled to~ night). At a largely attended public meeting tonight a branch of the Mothers' Union established by the Countess of Glasgow wa« formed. Lady Glasgow delivered an address on behalf of the society. The funeral of the late Mr M'Nicol to-day wss attended by 5000 people, and was the largest ever known in the Waikato. Wanoanui, Tuesday. In the Supreme Court to-day true bills were fonnd against T. Brighting (horsestealing and larceny), Jimes Cat* (horsestealing), E, D. O'Neil (attempted « u ' cide >- \to®tomUtogGs>). and " uo c and Stanley (larceny), while no bills were found againso Nellie Hynes larceny) and Ruabiata Te Ihioterana (perjury). O'Neil pleaded guilty and was discharged and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon, beine bound over in £20 to do so. T. Brightini also pleaded guilty, and will be sentenced to-morrow. M'Sweeney pleaded nob gnilty, and was pnt on bis trial, which lasted till nearly 10 o'olock tonight when the jury returned a verdioli of guilty, and he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. James Cattpleaded guilty to horse-stealing, and will be sentonced in the morning. For the Two-year-old Stakes to be rnn in March, 1894, nominations have been made by the Hon. J. D. Orraond, Captain Russell, and Messrs M'Kinnon, Barry. Cnbts, Clifford, Wilson, Rathbone, GolJan, Hnnter, Gaiaford, Williamson, Campion, Donnelly, V\ atson, Scott, Tancred, Stead, Douglas, and Lowther. For the Wanganul Derby, October, 1896, the same owners have entered with the add!tion of Mr G. M. Carrie. Wellington, Tuesday, ihe second batch of charges of obstruction of the Burvey by the Uriwera natives were heard at Whakatane yesterday Five Maoris were fined £15 each, with costs, or in default two months' hard labor. The delinquents did nob appear, and warrants were issued for their arrest. A youth was fined 40a, which his father laid, at the same time promising that the lad should not be permitted to interfere again. Two others were fined £10 or two months. The men accused of pulling aa the trig, station did not appear, and warrants were also issued for them. The principal offenders have retired Inland and as a large force wonld be required to pnrsae them they will not be arrested till they pnt in an appearance at the European settlements. Te Kootl has written to the obstructionists advising them to allow the snrvey to proceed, and to look to the law for redress in future. The ' .Native Minister has lnstrncted the Resident Magistrate to ascertain whether there is likely to be any more Interference with the snrvey, with a view to taking strong measures to put it down permafcently. Four leading Uriwera chiefs have requested the Native Minister to. assist them in getting the whole Uriwera country surveyed at onoe. The Miniate* is ,avorable as soon as the present survey is completed. The block comprises 200,000 f a ore fh w « 8U T Yey J w<mld P ave the Wft y rer the Native Land Court to allocate the land among the diff. rent hapus. Mr A. J. Hadfield writea to the N.Z. lim,es, complaining that a small box of valuable jewellery, for which he wonld not have taken £100, and which waa posted in London on August 4th, has never reached him. The Imperial authorities told him thete was very little doubt the box was lost or stolen In New Zealand while the post-office here Bays it Cz a a, U a B d hethertheboXeVerreMhed The Government have not been an. preached on the subject of the Vanoouyer service, whence it is inferred that th* present Intention is to run ateamers direot to Australia and leave New Zealand out, Thomas N. Mills, who is snapeeted of havwg committed a jewellery robbery fat Sydney, was before the Court this morning and was remanded. Ho admitted that the jewellery had neve* paid duty. The polioe have cabled to Sydaev trl inquire about the goods. y 9 The Government steamer Stella was put up at auction this afternoon and ™ withdrawn at £1250. < " uuou ' ana was The polioe received information from Sydney to-night that the jewellety whioh the young n»n Mills W J M dbpoate* of bare was stolnu hum the Bxhlbifloi

fiotel, Castlereagh -street, Sydney, Id September last. 16 was the property of Mr D. A. Matheson, and was valued at £275, Several silver watches winch were bought from the accused by people in Wellington have been recovrn d hy ilio detectives. MrCadman received word to ni^lii ilia the survey of the Ruatoki block will le resumed to-morrow, and is expected to proceed quietly, aa the malcontent natives nave gone into the interior. The principal chiefs in the district have ordered the retnm of the instruments which were takfia from the surveyors. The Premier has for the present abandoned bis intention of taking a sea trip. The Government intend making the i State farm which is to be established near I Waverley a home for men who are past . . bard labor, and who will thns be taken lot? charitable aid. It Is considered that by paying them a small allowance for ■work which they can do they will be able to grow or make nearly all that will be required, and that the farm will be practicatly self-supporting. When it is established charitable aid organisations will be able to recommend to the Government old men who, wnile unable to secure employment or earn their living by hard labor oatside, will yet be able to help on the farm. The Mangaonoho section of the main trunk railway, about seven miles in length, i% to be banded over to the RaiU way Commissioners in a few d»ys. The Free Public Library will be opened on Thursday by Mr Justice Richmond. Hokitika, Tnesday. A crowded audience assembled at the Theatre Royal at Kuraora this evening to meet the Hon. Mr Seddon, who in a vigorous and manly speech lasting two hoars traced the policy of tbe Government, his remarks with reference to finance and tbe acquisition of the Cheviot estate especially meeting with marked approval. Mr Pearn moved a resolution thanking Mr Seddon ior his very able sod statesmanlike address, coupled with a vote of confidence in the Liberal Ministry, and a wish that they .may long remain in power to complete the good works they are now engaged in carrying out for tbe benefit of tbe colony. On tbe Mayor patting the resolution it was carried unanimously, and amidst great cheßiiDg. A Chinaman was killed by a fall of earth in his claim at Waimea yesterday evening. Ad the meeting of the Education Board to night Mr Gammell, the inspector and secretary, resigned the position, and It was resolved to Invite applications for the appointment. Cheistchtjkch, Tuesday. At 7.15 a.m. to-day, Herbert Roilo, who was staying at the Al Hotel, committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver, which he placed in his mouth and the bullet from which went through his brain and sknll and into the partition of toe water-closet where the act was committed. Rollo Is supposed to have been about 35 years of age, and it is Bald that be is well connected at Home. He "•"was ranch given to drink, and was snfiering from its effects at the time. At the Police Court to-day two boys named Kearney (15) and Aldridge (13) were charged with stealing goods from the shop of AshViv, Betg, and Co., ironmongers. The offence was committed on Sunday afternoon. Kearney entered through a back window, after squeezing himself between tbe iron bars, which were only six inches apart. He gave Aldridge some money for having kept watch. . Kearney was sentenced to 24 hours' itapfaansiaib aM 12 strokes of the birch, and Aldridge was diec'hu.ged. " The whole of the Cheviot estate, except about 1200 acres (including the mansion and other bnildings), has now been leased for periods of six and eleven months, at an average rental of 2s per acre, the total being at the rate of £8450 per annnru, which is equivalent) to 4 per cent on the whole purchase money. Tbe surveys will be pushed on, so as to open tbe lands for settlement at tbe termination of the leases. Latkb. At a meeting of the Canterbury Rogby Union to-qigbi a motion was carried giving a Teferee power to terminate a match should the spectators persist in encroaching upon the field of play. Timartj, Tuesday. A stack of wheat was burned at E. T* Bbodes's farm last night. Tbe threshing party were just knocking off at the other stacks in tbe same paddock, abont 200 yards to leeward, and when they ran over they saw the fire only on the top of the stack, ar.d saw a rat escaping singed clean. They set? down the canse of the fire to a rat eating matches. The stack was one of a pair, IS feet apart, and the other was saved ly tbe thresher party putting tbe machine alongside and threshing it by the fight of the fire— an unique salvage operation. Dusedjn, Tnesday. The Supreme Conrt will be occupied for a couple cf days with tbe case of Nelson v. T. Murray, in which the second wife of the late William Nelson, of Walpahi, ' contests his will under which he hit bis property among the children nf tbe first marriage. He married the plaintiff early in 1890, vkeO be was 80 years of age. Tbe plaintiff alleges that her husband was of unsound mind when he executed tbe will. There are forty witnesses. Alexander Durrard, a flaxmiller at Herlofc, received fatal injuries yesterday through being caught by the sleeve of his coat and whirled round a flax-dressing machine. Later. A meeting of the Port Chalmers Political League was beld to-night, the object being to secure unanimity of action at the coming general election, as it is fc _jSSjUi«stoocltlat bbere are no less than eeve^r^&a3ta*aTea^Trrfpasjjri|pai»e'isrward in the Government Fnterest. Addresses were delivered by Sir Robert Stout, tbe Hod, W. Bolt, and Messrs Pinkerton, Eatnshaw, and others, who all urged tbe sinking of petty interests. At a meetlDg this eveoicg of tbe Shop Assistants' Union it was decided to sag geeb to the. Railway Commissioners that excursion trains from the country to y Danedin should be ma on some other day thau Saturday. iNVERCARGiLt, Tuesday. The block of grain on tbe Southland lines is such that the department is unable to transport it with sufficient rapidity, and the passengers complain bitterly regarding the irregularity of the trains. They are an hour late in arming at their destination owing to continual shunting, and the passengers demand the running of an extra goods train to ■relieve the present traffic congestion. The passengers on the outgoing afternoon train grumble especially at being landed at wayside stations in tbe darkness, and sometimes in the tain, when, they should bare been there in daylight.