Telegraphic.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9897, 25 January 1895, Page 3

Telegraphic.

[PKK UNITED PEESS ASSOCIATION ] Auckland, Thursday. A fire took place in a lane off We'ling* ton-street in a cottage occupied by an Assyrian hawker named Brian. The cottage was destroyed, and at Handley's sance and vinegar factory, both premises and stock were damaged to the extent of £160. Brian's stock was insured for £80 in the Alliance. The cottage, whioh was owned by Mr Christopher, was insured for £50 iv the North German. Handley was insured for £370 on the premises and stock in the Phoenix Company. The police are inspecting houses where Infants are boarded out, and s.o far as their Investigations have gone, baby farming In the ordinary sense of the term does nob exist in Auckland. Unly one case is known in which a child was taken over for a lamp sum.

Haweka, Thureday. Tonrner, a bankrupt, had bia discharge suspended for twelve months for failure to keep books. .Notice of appeal was given. A warrant has been issued by the District Court for the arrest of Te White in connection with the bankruptcy proceedings.

On the occasion of District Judge Kettle's last sitting as Magistrate at Hawera, Mr Barton, on behalf of the Bar, expressed the regreb of the profession and tho general public that Judge Kettle would no longer preside In the Magistrate's Court. Mr Barton also referred to Judge Kettle's recent aotion in urging that the Independence of district Judges and Magistrates should be secured by ■■tftl n f[ a aeoQr a tenure of office and /adequate WSHineration, and stated that the profession throughout the whole colony had undoubtedly endorsed the Judge's opinion in the matter. Jades Kettle, In reply, «ald he was convinced that In the Interfax of the people on the whole as well as tha judges it was absolutely essential that the independence of ■ the Bench of Justice should ba secured, mad that be wonld ue every legitimate to obtain tbt end. tJliitlct Assembly of tha Knights of Labor the following resolutions were paMfid:— "That it is to tha interest of the colony that no person financially interested in the liquor traffic should be appointed to any judicial position on the Bench ; that the Government be urged to have Introduced a uniform series of school books for nee In State soboola ; that this assembly nrge npon the Government the adrisablenesß of distributing amoDg worthy private individuals many of the appointments that the local police constables now hold, more especially appointments connected with the Labor Bureau; and that all locomotive drivers In New Zealand should be required to pass a Government examination." The unsatisfactory state of affairs in connection with the Moklhlnnl coal mlnea pta^nced a long dlßcnssion, and introduced the question of the Government DBsnming the control of one or cnoxe mines as an experiment io the direction of State ownership, A sabcommittee was appointed to deal with the question. It was also decided that a deputation trom the Chtlatchnrch local assembly be requested to wait on the • directors oi the Catdlfl Company to bring before them the lDJustice under which the men are alleged to be suffering. The following officers were duly eleobed and Installed for the ensuing terra :— D.M.W., Bro. W. Hildreth, Wellington ; D.F., Bro. K. W. Wood. Eltham j distriot secretary, Bro. W. Welch, Palmers ton North; P.D.M.W., Bro. G. W. Temperley. Napier; D.S., Bro. S. J. Brimlng, Eltbam ; D.J,, Bro, J. Lawson, Mokihlnni ; D. J.E., Bro, A. Lang, Inglewood; D.C.E., Bro. J. M'Bean, Pahiatna,

NEW Plymouth, Thursday. A shocking occurrence Is reported from Omata. A dog attacked a youth named Oliver, and bad to be shot to make it relax its hold. The yonth was most Beverely lnjnred in a dangerous place.

A man named Samnel Julian committed suicide to-day at Koru. The son of the deceased heard a shot fired, and proceeding to an outbuilding found his lather lying dead with a doable- barrelled Sun between his legs. The gun had evlently been fired with the aid of a piece of string. Deoeased had been despondent 'of late, bnt no cause can be assigned for ~Vbe deed". The police have gone to make Inquiries.

Wellington, Thursday. Mr E. M, Smith expects that the negotiations for the lease of the ironaand beach at New Plymouth will shortly be successful, in which case he intends to form a company wi'h £60,000 capital, to purohase the Onehnnga works and remove them to New Plymouth. The time for registration under tbe Conciliation Act has been extended till April 2nd. At the Ram and Ewe Fair there are about 1200 entries. Tbe best prices obtained were for one 4 tooth Romney Marsh, on account ot the Hon. Matthew Holmes, to Mr A. Matthews, of Feather■tone, at 28 guineas, and one stud 4-tootb Romney, on account of Mr John Reid, of Elderslie, at 12 guineas, pnrchaaed by Mr J. Marbln. Two very ftae Romneys, the ; property of Mr A, C, Lang, realised 10 guineas each. I Messrß E. M. Smith and Adlam (dairy farmer) interviewed the Minister for I Lands, and presented a petition from five Untied dairy farmers, objecting to the Hhttirnment grading butter, on the pronnd ■F arrangements were already made for at Home, which wonld be prejudiaffeoted by marking it second-class. BHv also complained tbat there were no HH9r~+roeks for transport, and no cool at New Plymouth. The Minister |^Rldont no hope of suspending thegrnding, Which was compulsory by Act, but ib was ■arranged that the deputation should meet ■tbe Government grader and Inspect tbe ■ghlpment by the Tskapnns, after which F they will see the Minister again, t Later. I Tbe difficulty which prevented tho half--1 holiday conference doing any business on ■ Monday last has been removed by the | Melroee Conncil formally appointing Mr & Baylies, the legality of whose selection ■ was questioned, to act. B The Government are not interfering in ■Auckland with the half holiday question, Hthe Mayor being ex officio a member of ■the conference, which can fix a day withHrat tbe presence of delegates from the ■jjojjncil. Railway Department intend to this summer for excursions of to the sea-side at low emigrants to the new Sonth ■■^^^Mtetblemeni (31 in number) came I^^^H^^^Kntae in the Hauroto and HH^^^^HBtfideo by the Rlmutaka. H^^^^^Wrom Sonth Australia^ H^^HHH Sydney and BroJM H^^^^HHfl^HAu3°mpleie satißtnj^tm

Great Barrier, his resigned from the Union Steamship C impany's service. He iutends to abandon the sea, and to nettle either in Wellington or on land ia the country. The bullion forwarded to London by the Klmutaka this afternoon is as follows :— From Wellington : eight boxes, shipped by the Bank of New Zealand, valued at £26,612. From Auckland : one box, valne £700, shipped by tbe Cassel Extracting Company ; two boxes shipped by the Bank of New Zealand of the value of £970Q; three boxes, shipped by the National Bank, valae £35,000. From Dunedin : three boxes, shipped by the Bank of New Zealand, value £14,500. The total valne of the shipment is £55,012. The Wakatlpu took away four boxes, value £20,000, consigned to the Commercial Bank of Sydney. At a farther interview wibh the Minis ter of Lands, the Taranakl deputation were informed that the Act could not be suspended with reference to the grading of butter. He looked upon that as a retrograde step, bat promised, however, to endeavor to get the Waitara freezing works opened for a cool storage dop&\ and if this conld be arranged a grader should be sent up there and Waitara deolared an export port to save the long journey to Wellington. A large number of clergy have ai rived for the consecration of Bishop Wallis tomorrow. Mr John Duthle, M.H.R., left for Sydney this afternoon en route to Eng land, He returns In June. A Liedercranz, or ladles' singirjg society, 1b being formed in Wellington. It is notified in the Gazette that a bonus of £1000 will be paid for the erection of plant and the manufacture in New Zea-

land of the first 200 tons of crude cyanide of potassium from colonial produce. The plant muat be capable of producing at least 70 tons of crude cyanide of potassium annually, and the crnde cyanide of potassium so manufactured shall contain at least 76 per cent of cyanide. The Imperial volunteer officers' decoration has been issued to Major John Albert Young, honorary unattached list New Zealand volunteers.

Captain Harry Loams, of the Wairoa Mounted Bllles, has resigned. The days for closing nnder the Shop Assistants Act are gazetted as follows ; — On Wednesday : Boss, Nelson, Blenheim, Waodvllle, Cambridge, On Thursday: Mosgiel, Christchurcb, Tanranga, Stratford, Thames, Ashbnrton, Ranglora, Lyttelton, WaDßanni, Balclntha. On Saturday : Oatram and Greytown North, Daring the last year the total number of arrivals in the colony was 25,237, and departures 22,084, leaving an excess of arrivals over departures of 2253. Taking the places from which people arrived and to which they departed, New South Wales figured most prominently, the arrivals numbering 15,970, and departures 16,951. Victoria came next, and then the United Kingdom. The arrivals Included 278 Chinese from Australia, and the departnres 143 Chinese for Australia. Daring the last year gold of the value of £887,839 was exported from the colony as against £913,138 for the previous year. The returns from the West Coast were again the largest, Otago coming nexb. The Trades and Labor Council to-night passed a resolution endorsing the attitude adopted by the Seaman's Conference in Anstralia regarding tha employment of Coolie laboroa the mail steamers.

The young man M'Kenzle, who escaped from a prison gang yesterday morning, is still ab large. The Telegraph Department advises the receipt of the following from the Superintendent of Telegraphs, South Australia : —"Have sent an operator on a ballasb engine to find and remove the fault be-

tween William Creek and Peak. He takes all messages, and will send them on to Oodnadat'a and will bring all outward messages, being met at Peak by a tricycle from Oodnadatta, The operator spoke from Anna Creek ab 6 p.m., and will probably reach Peak by 9, and be back ad Sbrangways by 1 or 2 a.m. if all goes well."

Cheistchurch, Thursday. At the secondary schools conference this morning the following recommendation tor incorporation in the Endowed Schools Bill was passed, "In reckoning the number of free places supplied by any school in compliance with clause 3 of the Endowed Schools Bill, two resolutions reducing the ordinary fees by one half shall ts reckoned as one wholly free place, provided that the total nnmber of wholly free places be nob thus reduced by more than one quarter." Mr Notthoote read a paper on " School Ethics." The Education Board to-day accepted tenders for the ereotlon of three schools at Cheviot, viz,, M'Kenzletown, Dommebb, and Spotswood. The aggregate of contracts was £958. Mr Joyce gave notice to move that the secretary ba instructed to provide a high seated chair tor the use of each female teacher when instructing scholars in public schools.

Dunedin, Thursday. For ten subdivisions of what was part of the Taleri Lake station, held by Mr Scoble Mackenzie, 420 applications have been received by the Linda Department, tbe bnlk of the applications being for two Bectione. Balloting took place to-day. A verdict of accidental death was retamed at the Inqnest on the body of Thomas Henry (nob Arthur) Jenkins, killed at the Waterfalls yesterday. The annual meeting ot the Dunedin City and Snbnrban Tramways Company was held to-night. The tepott, which was carried unanimously, said that the details of the Order-in-Conncil authorising tbe substitution of electilcity for the present motive power were practically settled, but added that the arrangements which bad been entered into with capitalists at Home for the transfer of the property did not look too promising, and might possibly fall through.

Invehcarqill, Thursday.

Charles Murdoch, the man accused of an alleged criminal assault on a young girl at Clifton, as previously telegraphed, was apprehended to-day on a charge of rape. The girl is his Deice. Murdoch was formerly convicted of a most Bggra vated assault on a member of his family. At a meeting to-night, attended by about 40 citizens, It was resolved to tendc c a banquet to tho Hon, J. G Ward on Monday night, in view ot his departure for England.