Telegraphic.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9891, 18 January 1895, Page 3

Telegraphic.

[FEE UNITED PBESB ASSOCIATION] Auckland, Thursday. Joseph Edge, married, with a large family, waa, killed by a tree falling. It was two honrß lefore he was extricated. One thigh was broken, and he had other lDJnrles, which ended' fatally. Mr Nortbcrof t-, in delivering judgment Id the Magistrate's Conrt against an offioial of the Onslow Trotting Clnb for printing woik done, intimated that in future clubs Would have to Bbow that) they bßd got money Id the bank to pay debts and stakes before he would recommend the Colonial Secretary to lssne a totalisatoi permit for the meeting.

Later At a meeting of the City Council to elect delegates for the conference tomorrow to settle the day for the weekly half-holiday, the Council declined by 9 to Bto eleeffcdelegates. The Mayor has telegraphed? tho state of affairs to the Minister of Labor. H.M.S. Wallaroo left the Islands owing to the health of the crew not being good, and id was deemed advisable to ran down to New Zealand for a change. Wellington, Thursday. PendiDg a revision of the railway rates, the Government have decided to encourage the fruit industry by the establishment of a -uniform rate of carriage, Irrespective of~distanoe. They have fixed a rate of ;6$ 'for-jmrcels up to 56\b, and of Is up to lcwt for carriage to ■ centres of native fruit, with the proviso thab empties are to be returned free of charge. The Minister of Labor deeires to remind shopkeepers that the Ac provides that, in the event of any other cTiy than Saturday being chosen by the local authorities for the half-holiday, shopkeepers are entitled to dose -oh Saturday instead, by giving notice to the' inspector daring :the month of January in each year. ■ . The Timts states thab the revenue for the three-quarters of the financial year la £2,998,799. The Custom's provided £1,134,468, railwaje £779,252, land and Income tax £283,590, and stamps £450,298. . The Premier left for Napier by this afternoon's train. Captain Killam, of the barque Star of tho ;Easr, . reports bavins experienced most nnusual .-erial disturbances on the morning of the Bth January, when about 110 miles off Cape Campbell. The morning was beautifully qlear, not a clond to bo seen anywhere, and after a few flashes of lightning, which prompted the captain to shorten sail as quickly as possible, the vessel found herself in the centre of some extraordinary electrical disturbance, •which lasted about 2§ hours. The vessel's bead was carried round in a circle as if in a whirlwind. Captain Killara says he never had such an experience during the 30 years be has been at sea. There being two entries from outside boats for the first-class championship yacht race at the anniversary regattn, the first prize Is fixed at £100. The Waitangl •will sail under the colors of the Auckland Yacht Club, although a much smaller boat, than tho otbcr competitor?. Thu owner of the Napier yacht Atalauta him decided to enter her ior the big event, in preference to the race for second- clafa yacbt'.

m , , Later To-day'a cession of Hie Primitive Methodist Conference was to Icon up in considering varioan reports. Tha report nt the book-room showed a ctecHt bulnnoe of £200 ; tho furnishing fond report showed an Income of JE9I, with a balance in hand of £71 ; from the report of the aaperonnuated minister*' widows aod orphaua' foDd id was seen that tho fund ■u-aB. Jn a flourishing state, having a Mianco in hand of £863 ; the Primitivo Methodist magazine faad showed an

Income of £253, leaving a balance of £47 on the working of the year ; tbechildrenla fqaaiiaation fund showed on income for i he yent of £351 03 3d, which lefo a oredit balance of £18 5s 7d on the year's transactions, the bnlnnce bo the oredit of the fa ad being £214 18s 4d ; the fire insnrnnce reporb showed that 63 aeparate risks had been taken to the extent of £10,200, the assets were very satisfactory. It was decided that the next conference should •jbe held at> Tlmarn. Replying to a deputation from the local Good Templar?, the J. Cocker said lbs conference stood ! shoulder to shoulder with the temperance [workers. In two years the greatest 'straggle the colony had ever seen would be fought at tbe ballot-box. In the meantime the temperance party must educate, organise, and agitate. Tbe Harbor Board's operations for tbe last year show the, profits to have been £1414, The tonnage" arrived was 1,026,008 toes ; receipts in the harbormaster's department, £6058 ; cargo handled inwards and for transhipment, 173,026 tons; exports, foreign and coastal, 47,797 tons, Compared with the previous year there was an increase in all branches except hemp, which shows a decrease of 25,827 bales. It is arranged that tbe service at which the new Bishop of Wellington la to be consecrated shall take place in tbe proCathedral at ha'f-past 10 o'clock in the morning, and the installation ceremony at half- past 7in the evening, The Bishop of Salisbury and the Bishops of Melanesia, Auckland, Waiapn, Nelson, Chrlstehnrcb, and Dnnedln will be present at the consecration ceremony, and the Bishop of Salisbury will preach. The new Bishop will preach after bis installation in the evening. An Order-In- Council notifies that tbe capitation allowance to Education Boards for the quarter ending on the 31st day of March, 1895, shall be according to the working average attendance of the quarter ending on the 31st day of December,' lß94. The undermentioned Stipendiary Magistrates are appointed to exercise extended jurisdiction under the Magistrate's Courts Aot, 1893, viz. :— Robert Smelt Bnsh of Auckland, Thomas Jackson of Pokeno, Lieutenant - Colonel John Mackintosh Roberts of Tauranga, Alfred Greenfield of Westport, Helyar Wedderburn Bishop of Christchurcb, Robert Samuel Hawkins of Milton, and John Nugent Wood of Clyde. Messrs G. B. Davjuand L. O'Brien are appointed Judges of "the Validation Court, Varionn inspectors of faetoiles are gazetted. Ofßoiatlng Ministers for 1895 are gazetted. Pursuant to tbe Shop and Shop Assistants Act, 1804, tbe following are gazetted as the days of closing for tbe respective districts : — DuGedin, Wednesday ; Atnberly, Satur- i day ; Clinton, Wednesday ; Hawerfi, | Friday • Taradale, Wednesday ; Temuko, Thursday. During December 2657 people arrived in the colony and 1648 departed. Tbe arrivals were:— From the United Kingdom, 381; New South Wales, 1618; Victoria, 417 ; Tasmania, 98 j other places, 143 ; total 2657. Tbe departures were : To the United Kingdom, 100 ; New South Wales, 1150; ' Victoria, 244; Tasmania, 102 ; other places 52 ; total, 1645. At a meetiDg of tbe City Council tonight a deputation of shopkeepers wailed on the members urging Wednesday as the halt holiday, and presenting n petition signed by many thousands in favor cf that day. They also drew attention to the great hardship which would be inflicted on shopkeepers at the Te Aro end of the town if they were obliged to olose on Saturday. Later on in the evening the Council considered tbe report) of the public works committee which recommended Wednesday, and after considerable discussion Wednesday was rejected by tbe casting vote of the Mayor and Saturday substituted. A committee consisting of Councillors Penty, Hareourt, Anderson, and Tatum, belrg one from each ward and evenly divided on the question, was set up to act with tbe Mayor nt the conference on

Monday, which finally selects tic day to be observed. The Mayor, in giving bis casting vote for Saturday, said the arguments heard bad convinced him that Wednesday was the better day, bub as he had declared, for Saturday before his election as chief magistrate he would be consistent;

Nelson, Thursday. •Whilst some girls were bathing lo the Mnital river to-day two got beyond their depth and were drowning, when their cries attracted a yotiDg man named Frederick Poole, who jumped in. The pirla clang to him, and he experienced a narrow escape, bnt> managed to straggle ashore with one girl, and two other men arriving the second girl wan also saved. The Acclimatisation - Society to night fixed the deer abooting season from 16th February to Bth April. WESTPOBT, Thursday. A serious accident happened this afternoon to Mr J. J. Moyn.lhaD, a well-known local solicitor, fie wan rldiue along the Niae-mlle-road with Dr. Willis, when bis horse bolted. Dr. Willlp, on coming np near Mr Moynlhnn's horse, fouod U riderless. On returning the doctor found MrMoynlhanlvingbestdetheroad, hp.vinc been thrown off the horse. The injured gentleman was conveyed to towD, when an examination revealed serious injury to the eplne. The sufferer lies in a critical condition. Gloom is cast over the town by the ocourrencp, as Mr Moynihan is popular with all classes.

CHRISTCHUECH, Thursday. At a meeting of the representatives of the City Council and the Linwood, Lyttelton, Scunner, and St. Albans Bnrongb Councils to-night, Thursday was selected as the day for the half-holiday, an amendment in favor of Saturday meeting with little support. The Chrlstchnroh regatta committee has decided to bold the annual regatta on the estuary on Februnry 28th. At a meetiog of the LytteJfcon regatta committee the ssm of £50, part of the balance from last legattn, wbb transferred to the jubilee neennot fund for holding a two of threo days' rpgatta to celebrate the jubilee of the province of Canterbury. Timaet/, Thursday. The Edueaiion Board to-day deferred their reply to a request that the Inepeetor should examine the Catholic schools for the parpoee of Inquiring what schools are desired to be examined. A proposal to ask for contribution to the extra cost, if any, was rejected, bat an objection was raisad to acceding to the request on the score of expense, as thn iDßpector must fairly be paid extra for the extra work. OAMARU, Thursday. The special cab'.e referring to the Uamaru Harbor lio;.iu i bonds does rot Indicate any further default. It la the receiver, nob the Board, who has deferred payment of the drawn bonds. The whole question is at present sub judice. The Board's interest, due this month, has been properly remitted. Dunedin, Thursday. A case was reported to the police of the sudden death of the female child of a woman named Ellen M'Gee. The latter lived with a Mrs Finchn, to whom she entrusted tho child on Wednesday night wbile she went out for some beer. When she returned Mrs Finche banded her tho child, saying it would Dot trouble her muoh longer. Tho child was put to bed, and when M'Gee woke up this morning she found it dpnd.

At the Polico Court three brothers named King wen: fined /or disturbing the services of theSalvatlon Army, Mr Carew, S.M., saving the. disturbance was one of

the wor-t he had ever heard of ia a place of worship.

A conversazione was he'd' to-night to welcome Dr. Wordsworth, the Bishop of Salisbury, at present on a visit to tbis colony. A larpo number of Anglican clergy and representative laymen attended. Bishop Nevill cordially welcomed Dr. Wordsworth, who in reply spoke ab considerable length, dealing mainly with the ideal Church ot England polity and the old Catholic movement, la connection with which he has taken a very prominent pos ition. .