TELEGRAPHIC.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 10647, 29 June 1897, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

(PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, Monday. At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce a letter from the Minister of Pablo Works wai read stating that steps had been taken to have the connbruotion of a further portion of the Northern Trunk railway pat in hand without delay and t v .e engineer had been instructed to select some workmen locally. WangAnui, Monday. Patrick Corbet*, a shepherd, recently from Hawke's Bay, hung himself at the revr of hla dwelling this morning. He had been drinking lately, and was despondent on acoonut of being unable to procure work, Wellington, Monday. No date has yet been fixed for the execution of Sheehan, the Amberley murderer, It will bo settled by the Cabinet as soon ao the aotlng-Premier returns, A man named Shoreman accidentally shot himself near Kketahuna yesterday, and 1b Id a serious condition, The annual meeting of the New Zealand Alliance and Colonial Convention has terminated its sittings, Important changes In the organisation and prospective operations of the Alliance were effected, and two cflioers, the Rev. Mr Walker and Mr H, Field, Intimated their Intention to retire at the ond of July. Several prominent members of the old' executive also declined to accept nomlna* tion. LATER. Incendiarism is snspeoted in connection with the destruction oi St, Mark's sbhool yesterday morning. The warship Flyades fired a salute to-day In honor of the anniversary of the Queen's coronation. Nelson, Monday. At an inqaeit on Prank Foote, who died suddenly on Saturday, the verdict was death from natural causes. At a meeting of the Jockey Clnb tonight the balanoe-aheet showed that the jubilee race meeting resulted in a profit of about £40, which will be handed to the Hawke'a Bay relief fund. CiiRHTCnuKCH, Monday. In the adjustment of accounts between Canterbury College and the Sohool of Agriculture at Lincoln the arbitrator, Judge Denniston, decided that Canterbury College should pay the Lincoln School £6250, interest at 5 per cent. At a meetlDg of the Chriatohnrch Cyollng Clnb tonight the programme for a two days' race meeting to be held on December 10 tin and 18th was deolded upon. The prize money will amount to over £150, and the principal event, the New Zealand Wheel Race, will be worth £50. Dunedin, Monday, The safe of a Chinaman was bodily re' moved from a store In Cumberland-street on Friday evening and taken to St, Leonard's, where It was broken open and £10 in money abstracted? The robbery was [a most daring one. To-day Dateo tives O'Connor and M'Gfrath arrested a oabman named Clifford for being conoerned in the robbery. At tbo Magistrate's Court to-day T. B. Dodds ened the Caverßham Borough Council for £38 2s 8d coats and expenses in conducting the last lloenslng committee election. Mr Sim for defendants claimed a nonsnlt on the grounds that the proceedings most be by mandamus. Mr Carew, S.M., took time tn consider. The retnrn from the Upper .Walporl Company's two dredges for last week was 220z gold; Jatland Fiat dredge 28oz 18dwt. It Is understood that the examination of bbc Hon. G. M'Lean, ffxed tor Wedneaday, will be postponed till some day in Jaly. The hearing of the case Bank of New Zealand and others v. the Walter Gathile Company and others has been fixed for Jaly let. Invercaroill, Monday. At tho Police Court the charges of allpgod -malpractice against K. W. Hall and Caroline Matthews were called on, bat with the consent of the police the bearing was postponed for eight days. Medloal evidence was given that Mrs Matthews was in delicate health, and not in a fib state to appear. It is probable that a farther adjournment will have to be asked for,