Telegraphic.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 10016, 14 June 1895, Page 4

Telegraphic.

tPBR UNITED PEESS ASSOCIATION.

Auckland, Thursday.

Arrangements are being rnadet" try out the whale which floated acres? the Manakau bar and stranded at Huia. It measures 86 feet in length. A sperm whale, 70 teet long, was found stranded on the ocean beach at Maradea Point, In good condition. The sum ot £1225 were paid in stakes on the North New Zealand Grand National meeting. Tbe principal winners were JBtttler £627, H. Glover £162, G. W. 8. Patterson £80, A. Bach £67, C. Archibald £57, P. M'Govern £47, fl. H. Hayr £47, Button £42. A special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce with members of the House of Representatives, was held to-day, Mr A. Clarke presiding. Present — Messrs M'Cnllaugh and Morris, Major Harris, Lawry, Crowther, M'Gowan, Massey, and Hone Heke, M.H.R.'e The chairman congratnlated tbe Chamber upon the improved prospects generally. Produce bad risen generally, tbe timber ludastry was active, and now there was a great development in the ininlag industry, which would no doubt largely increase the prosperity of tbe city. Resolutions were o&rried for the Governmenb to reinstate the subsidy voted last session for deep level mining at the Thames, also aid tor opening np prospecting tracks constructing a trunk and branch roads in tbe North, and for the repeal of the Shops and Sbop Assistants Aot. Messrs Hone Heke, Massey, and M'Gowan, M.H.R.'e, supported tbe resolntion re tbe roadless North. Toe Hen. G. B. Morris, M L.C., said the resolutions pointed in favor of borrowing, and he was opposed to that without) reference to the people. The resolution was carried. The question of route of the main trnnfc railway hhouid be settled this ecselon, the meeting considered.

Hawera, Tburtday, John Henry, of Klthatr, la misting. He 'eft Elthnra last night for the site of his old sawmill, and has nob since returned. His hat was found near the Walngongoro, which he had to cross. HeDry bad lately undertaken on extensive contract for Government in the Forty > mile Bash, and be was here settling his affairs prior to removal there.

New Plymouth, Thursday, i A man Darned William Jobncon was arrested last night at Inglewood on a charge of breaking lnbo Masslck's shop and stealing a silver cructstaud and clock. The matter was reported to the constable, who searched accused's house, where the articles alleged to bave been stolen were found. The constable, in arresting Johnson, had a struggle with him to prevent bis escape, when the man bib the top rim of the constable's ear off. Others then came to the constable's assistance and Johnson was at last lodged In the lock-up. Accnsed was brought to New Plymouth this morning, and charged with breaking and entering Maeeiek'a sbop. The scooeed was remanded till Monday. Wellington, Thursday. The Chief Justice lefb for the Napier sessions this morning.

The criminal sessions finished this morning, C, H. Perry arid G. W". Stead were convicted of robbery of money and postal notes from the till of a Bhop. Tbe Judge refused Stead probation and sentenced him to three months, and Pe T ry to six months.

Later. Mr William Dallas is re » appointed mptiiber of the Otogo Land Board. A a Order-ia-Coancil notifies that telegrams redirected to a corrected address ore liible to an additional charge of 6d If delivery can bo effected from tbe original receiving ofhee, bat if tbe corrected eddresi requires the message to be retelegraphed from tho receiving office, a obarge will be made equal to tbe original amount paid. The following is the rainfall for 1894 :— Auckland, 4111 Inches ; New Plymouth, 6312; Wangaoui, 33 93; Palmerston North, 3730; Glsborne, 62 90 ; Napier, 40-64; Woodville, 4710; Wellington, 5100 ; Nelson. 4509; WestpDrt, 80 78 j Greymoutb, 106 68 ; Hokitlka, 11589 : Chrlstchnrcb, 30 46 ; Geraldine, 30*11 ; Oamarn, 24*71 ; Dunedln, 39*43 ; lovercarglll, 44 09.

Gkeymouth, Thursday. Mr Guinness addressed the electors this evening, tbe attendance being large though It was a cold, web nighb. He spoke an hour and a half, strongly supporting tbe Government and their administration. He warmly advocated raislDg sloan to complete the railways. A few questions on trifling matters were asked, and a vote of thanks and confidence passed enthusiastically. CHRISTCHUECH, Thursday. A meeting of the Leads of local bodies, convened by the Mayor of ChristcUarcli, was beld last evening for the purpose of discussing schemes for relieving bbc unemployed. Tbe Mayor said be had dlscuseed the matter with Mr G. G. Stead, whose idea was that the local bodies fihould subscribe £500, and the Charitable Aid Board a further iura, but it was suggested that .the whole' amount of money

obtained should go into a general fond to be expended by the local todies pro rata in the subscribing dlotiicts, The scheme mcc with the approval of those present, and it was decided that the rate of wage? should tie 253 per week for married men uiid £1 for single, or that single men without: ties should receive their actnal board provided it dOC 3 Dot exceed £1, nnd that married men should receive £1 or a little over. The Mayor intends bo ask the City Oonocil for a vota of £200, and the other local bodies wilt be naked what assistance tboy will give. Tho Christchnrcli Press Company bas started n relief fund called tho "Winter Work Fund," and iv two days Ima received £109, the largest donatore being tbe Press lellef fnnd £25, Press Company and G. <*. Stead £20 each.

LATER. Tho New Zealnnd Shipping Company's R.M.S. Rirontnka left tor London via Monte Video to-day. She took a tall oargo of prodnce and a good number of passenger?. A deputation waited on Colonel Hume (Inspector of PiisomO to-day, with regard to the detention and medical treatment of

vagrart men and women sugaring from contagions diseases. Colonel Hume said he was prepared to recommend Government to grant Addington gaol, which had been disneed for some years, for the purposes named. Jndge Ward who was one of the deputation, read a clause which, if embodied in the Aofr, wonld give a magistrate power to commit) vagrantß suffering from contagions disease to the infirmary to be detained till cared. It was decided to request the Minister of Justice to nee his best endeavors to pass the clause; Into law this session.

At a meeting of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association to-day, letters were received from kindred bodies, suggesting that the Government shonld be asked to convene a conference of representatives of Agricultural and Pastoral Associations and similar societies, to dlscnss the frozen meat trade and Mr Nathan's soheme. After some discussion, in which the opinion was expressed that the Government should not be asked to take the initiative, it was resolved " That in the event of the canfetence of delegates from Agricultural and Pastoral Associations being he'd to consider the frozen meat question, this association should be represented, and if such conference is called a special meeting of the committee should be convened to appoint delegates." Oamartj, Thursday.

Atthe Magistrate's Court to-day, Jacob London, a bankrupt, and lately a store keepet at Kurow, was committed tor trial on two charges, one of nob keeping proper books, and tbe other for incurring a debt that he had no reasonable expectation of being able to pay.

Dunedin, Thursday. t Mr Edmund Smith, manager of the Savings Bank, and a very old resident, died this morning.

Later. It is stated that Kitchener's Grange property in tbe Walbemo district), which was offered to the Government under the Linda tor Settlement Act, has been declined by the land purchaser ot the Board.

Information has been received thnt the man Campbell who was supposed to be lost in the snow between Martins and the head of LaKR "Wakatipu has safely reaohed Glenorchy.

A Chinaman named Leo Chun was killed by a fall of earth near Roxburgh. The Tailoresses' Union realised over £400 by the Scottish tair recently held,