Telegraphic.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9955, 3 April 1895, Page 3

Telegraphic.

iPER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION ] Auckland, Tuesday. The Mayor, In compliance with a resolution of the City Council, Invites the citizens to observe the hall-holiday on Wednesday, the object being to evade Saturday closing, aa in the case of Gisborne. Later. At a meetiog of the Devonport Borough Council a d'scussion on the increased contribution to the Auckland Hospital and Cbatttable Aid Boird took place. It was stated that the contribution now came to 25 per cent of the revenue ef the Council. The following resolution waa unanimously carried :— " That the attention of the Government be directed to the fao 1 , that the amount levied npon local bodies by the Hospital and Charitable Aid Baird fs rapidly increasing, and has now become an intolerable burden npon oar rates. That in the opinion of the Council thU ia attribntable not to any unavoidable necessity, bub results from Inefficient and extravagant management by an irresponsible body, and calls urgently for legislative reform Riving direct control over and resposibiiity for expenditure upon hospital and charitable aid to local bodies elected by and answerable to the people." Kerel Kalhau baa been released fr ,in Mount Eden gaol, after serving a term of imprisonment in connection with a dispute over a Government survey in the Opnntia block. There will be a meeting of Ms people to celebrate his release. At a meeting of the Newtoa Borough Council the question of the half-bolldav cropped up. Cr. Sheckleford asked the Mayor to define the position or Newton Council in view of the action of the City Council In asking the Mayor of Auckland to declare a public holiday on Wednesday in each week. The Mayor replied that the word "chaos" defioed the present situation. He dirjfißfe think anyone koew where he waa intfietnabter. ~-~""Over 300 pictures have been senf. forward for the Society of Arts exhibition. It is regarded as the best collection for years past. A young man of good appearance named Frederick Stewart Bates appeared at the Police Court to answer a charpe of having, on the 18th March, abducted Jane j Fletcher, an unmarried girl under 16 years of age. A remand waa granted, the Bench allowing bail of £100, on condition that the defendant did not communicate with, or in any way seek to obtain an interview with the girl. Palmebston North, Tuesday. At the Borough Council meeting tonight it whs decided to insist on the name of Manawatu iv place of Palmerston It an alteration is to be made. It> was pointed out that the Act gave the Minister no option to refuse the name recommeuded by the losal authority, the Governor only beirjpr able to chnnge the name in the event of refusal or neglect of the locil body to suggest a name. Wellington, Tuesday. Early yesterday morning a woman named Annie Friend, living Id Little Harvestone-street, ws>a found suffering from concussion of the brain, and was ramoved to the hospital iv an unconecious state. Liter iv the day Cimrles Nichol son, wibh whom blio had I;een living, v/ararrested on a charge of t:aueiut> hor grievous bodily harm. The woman died at the hospital at 2 o'clock thin morning. Accused states that deceased's injuries were caused by her falling oo the tender. I

<ln inquest on the woman will be held to-morrow aflernoon. Nicholson was charged with murder this morning and remanded till Friday. A new Issue of haltpeuny stamps of an atv-ce'ivo design was made yesterday. The rinuod color ia black and tha letter" ing white. Jo addition to the redaction of 20 per cent in the tariff for the carriage of firewood on the railways, the Government hns decided to make a similar reduction for the carriage of posts and rails, lime for agricultural purposes, limestone, animal manures, and scrap iron. The new rates will shortly be brought into operation. LAI'ER. The Shipmasters' Association carried a resolution urging the Government to suspend the operations of that part of clause 31 of the Shipping and Seamen's Act of last session, which imposed an annual license fee on colonial pilots. The association considers that this bears heavily on the latter, as very few vessels carry a coasting pilot. The Benevolent Society trustees resent the appointment of a general supervisor of charitable aid, as suggested by the United District Board. Mr A. Brandon, the ex-Mayor, has been chosen chairman, and Mr J. Jack vicechairman, of the Chamber of Commerce. The Hod. Mr Reeves found evidence during his visit to the West Coast of the intention of Te Whiti to emerge from the seclusion in which be has hitherto kept himself, The Minister was received with great enthusiasm by an assemblage of more than a thousand natives, who themselves confessed that Te Whltl was not, as they put it, under the maua of the Qaeen. Christchurch, Tuesday. At the Police Court to day, Thomas ■Eooaey, tor stealing three pairs of boots value £1 Bs, and a garden fork value 4a from the front of two shops, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment. George Lang was committf d for trial on a charge of assaulting Francis Coates, and robbing him of notes, ailver, and a pocket knife, to the total value of £13 2s 6d. The weather is bitterly cold, with a strong aoath-west gale blowing. The opening of the shooting season yesterday was not so successful as previous years, Very few good bags are so far reported. This is attribnted moie to the clear weather than the scarcity of ducks. Later Sir Robert Stout addressed a publio meeting tonight at the Opera House on "Democracy; its dangers and safeguards." There was a large attendance, the chair being occnpied by Mr G. T. Booth. The speech was much on the lines of Sir Robert Stout's recent address in Wellington. Dunedin, Tuesday. No evidence was offered at the Police Court ia the case of John A. Docherty, charged «ith embezzling the moneys of the Taieri Milk Supply Compauy, the prosecution stating that a satisfactory explanation had been given. Accused was discharged. Francis John Porter, for repeated absences from the parades of the Highland Rifles, was liaed £2 10s, being a sum equal to the amount of capitation he might have earned had he only attended two parades during the year. Later. Advice has been received that out of 120 sheep sent away by the Buteshire for London only two died on the voyage. The Otago A. and P. Association has received the report of the jndges in the best managed farm competition. The prizes consist of Sir J. Bennett Lowes', 50 guineas challenge shield, and 20 and 10 tons of lime as second prizes. The first prize for farms between 400 and 1500 acres was awarded to the executors of the late William Sconlar, drowned in the Wnlrarapa, for Almnndel, Wright's Bush, Sonthland ; and the second prize to Reid and Sons, Monte Chrieto, the adjoining property, which gained the shield last year. The first prlzj for the best managed farm, from 100 ta 400 acres, is awarded to J. H. Gillroy, Inveritk, Stirling j and the second priza to Walter Blackie, Glasgow farm, Taieri, the winner of the first prize last year. The Jutland Flat Company's dredge, which was stopped for twelve months owing to the farmers in the Lower Waipito taking out an iujaLCtioj, has com. menced work, wiag dams having been constructed to detain the silt. The Aorangi, which called for the Bluff yesterday, put back to the Heads this morning through stress of weather.