Telegraphic.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9896, 24 January 1895, Page 2

Telegraphic.

iPEfe UNITED ftttESS ASSOCIATION J Auckland, Wednesday, The offences return for (be Aookland district for the year ending December, 1894, has just been compiled by the police authorities, and contrasted with the te« tnrn of 1893 it brings ont some interesting {acts. There appears to be an increase of SIS cases in various classes of offences, and a decrease of 30$! in others, making a neb increase oi 217 cases. There is a large decrease of 100 in arreßts for drunkenness, abusive language, common assaults, assanlts on the police, ob« strnotlng and resisting the police, breaches of the peaoe, burglary, and shop lifting. Assault and robbery, cattle and boree stealing, wife desertion and failing to provide for children, being illegally on premises, And theft, all show substantial indre'aee's. Other classes of crime show little material change in the figures. The largest decreases are in cases of crne'lty to anitiialg, luna(sjr» accessory to manslaughter, discharging firearms, obscene and profane language, stone throwing, stowing away on board vessels, trespass, and vagrancy A considerable amount of indignation la expressed by the crew of H.M.3. WaHaroo at the action of the authorities in ordering the ship back to the Islands. The men assert that this conrse means wrecking their health, if not killing a large number of them, inasmuch is the Island climate at this season of the year is of an almost pestilential nature and exceedingly trying to Europeans. They claim that they have been five months in the Islands, during which time they have had a most wretched existence, It being all sea work in frightfnl weather, besides which, they have been on "salt grab" tack all the time. At present there are nearly €0 of the crew suffering fcom ulcers and climatic debility, ' and it was solely on account of the health of the men that the captain took the responsibility of oomlDg across to New Zealand, in order that the crew of 200 men should have a thorough change. The Hon. Mr Cadman and party arrived at Okorolre last evening, and left at 4 o'clock this morning for Whskatane, ° en route for the TJrewera country. New Plymouth, Wednesday. Whilßt a five- horse waggon was going over the bridge aoross the Kaihiki river, near Okato, it collapsed. The leaders managed to gain the oppoajjpaide of the bridge that rested on the var'th, bntTtnr'" poles fell down on to the stringers below. The team was eventually rescued, bnt the borses were much out about. The kingbolt of the waggon also broke. Julian, who was driving, lnoklly eaoaped nnin* jured. Palmeeston Nobth, Wednesday. At a meeting of the Borengh Council to-night it was decided to observe Wednesday as the half-holiday. Marton, Wednesday. The Manawatu oonrity offices were burned to the ground this morning. The loss is partially covered by insurance, The fire is supposed to have teen tho work of an incendiary. At the last Mayoral election at Marton the returning officer refused to admit a scrutineer nominated by Mr Gielly, and the latter to-day laid an information againbt the retnrnipg officer. Wellington, Wednesday. The amount) subscribed for the Levin memorial fund h £742. The money will be devoted to the establishment of a Levin Home for Friendless Children. Latjsk, His Excellency the Governor and party- -m leave for the South by the Te Anau on Satnrday night en route to the southern islands. One of the prisoners working at Point Halswoll, a young man named Roderick M'Kenzie, escaped this morning, and Is still at large. He was serving a term of two years imprisonment) tor honsebreaking at Napier. The s.s. Buteshire, from Sydney, has on board 26 head of cattle shipped at Rookhamnton from Mount Cornish station by the owners of the vessel, Messrs Tnrnbull, Martin and Co,, to London, as an experimental consignment. The bullocks, ! which average about 18cwt, are splendid , specimens of their kind. An American patent agenoy of Cinoinnati, United States of Amerioa, has offered 10,000 dollars for the sole, rights of the ear-marking patent invented by Messrs Shearer and Hankins, of Palmerston North, It is understood that the patentees will accept the offer, Chbistchuboh, Wednesday. At. a meeting of the Hospital Board today some, diaoussion took place .with regard to the vote of £1500 put on the supplementary estimates last session ik^fll the Board. It was stated that the BobbßßJ had not yet got it, and the time nflß approaching when it would lapse. ' SedHBH ral members expressed the opinion tIfIHBBJ the local members were very lax In jfl^BH matter. The chairman said it was doHh urged that the money should be got, aflHB was a serious matter that the usefnltiHlHH of the institution should be impaired flflßfl want of fondiu The hospital was ovHHH crowded, and many esses had to be bJ|^mH[ out >in order, to make loom for mfljlflfl serious ones. Reference was made HB^H recent correspondence In the Star, Hfl^HJ which charges were made against fll^B management . of the hospital. After fH^Hjfl cussion it was resolved to ask MacQregor, Inspector of Hospitals, JHB the house committee, to hold an inqulflHHH At the Charitable Aid Board to-BjHfl| tbe chairman oaid that it had been foHHHH that an aged recipient of relief, laflaßHj deceased, who had been assisted by fIJSfIH Board -for many years, had £100 io|K^KBJ| possession at the time of her death. JHL^H At a meeting of the Council of the flsHfl Zealand Sheepbreedera Association BflßflO to-day to consider a request fromiH^HEß Canterbury Agricultural and PastflHHji Association, to relotradnce the ineflk^Hß tion clause rescinded at tbe fIHSM meeting, the Council, after fIBB^H enssion, unanimously considered iBB&BJ inasmuch as applications for rfl^Hfl^H tratlon In respect of 200 flocks all parts of the South Island bad flßflflafl sent in, funds conld not be founHBBB^H carry out the personal inspection ofHBHBH flock. It was, however, resolved BBBSH entries from Southland, Otago, IwbJHBSBJ Otago, South Canterbury, and oHßflVfli Canterbury should be forwarded tBaHnB Agricultural and Pastoral Aesocia(lolßHßH| those distriots for inspection by fISHBHs! committees, who would be anthorlelHßfl^B make all ioqulries and inspeot, if tfIHHHHB sary, the flooks submitted to :■■■■■■■ Entries will also be open for the inepflß^H^Bfl of breeders np to March. MaHHkB At the Secondary School CoafcSHHJHM this morning Mr G. Hogben read afIHHBnH nn tbe "Natural Method of TeauHNBH Langnage3." Tbe remainder of tlflßjHHflfl sion was ocenpied with the dlscuteflHHßßß n paper. This afternoon a conuflJHHflH was appointed to draw up the BaggeflSßßßJßj to be forwarded to the Minister fotflKßßflHfl cation in regard to the Endowed SBBIJB Bill. A committee consisting (jBBHBEpJ members present was set up to con^HHJflH a scheme for. the examination of b^HBBbBJH nry schools. hHH^HH Dtjnedin, WednetA^^^B^H The profib of the Westport Caa|BBBJHBBj pany for the year was £16,600 ■fI^HHH exclusive of £8773 8> 6d bronght fofILSBHDH The sum of £6285 14s 3d was absoriHßßßsLl an Interim dividend of 3 per coat ioS^^HHB

of & similar snm now, making a dividend of 6 per cent for the year. They also propose to appropriate £4000 for expendi rare on the Granity. Creek works', and bany forward ,£0702 7« 2d, >« A. schoolboy named Arthur Jenkins, white scramblint np the rocks at the waterfalls In Woodhangh Valley this afternoon In company with his brother, slipped and fell about 30 feeb. When picked np life was extinct. The bones of the face and the base of the skull were shattered to pieces. Deceased was the sod ot Mr James Jenkins, bootmaker, Green Island.