TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume X, Issue 1959, 19 June 1888, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

WELLINGTON, June- 19.

At a meeting of the German residents held last night, a committee was appointed to make arrangements to hold a German

mourning service nexc Sunday evening. A German pastor is expected from Australia on Friday next, and will probably officiate.

The Premier is still unwell and unable to take his place, in tbe House to-day. A Cabinet meeting was held at the. Pre trier's residence this morning .and, decided, to take ordinary business on the order paper to-day. The consideration of the tariff will probably be deferred till Wednesday or Thursday.

NEW PLYMOUTH, June 19.

No alterations in. the position of the Hawea wreck since Sunday, and not likely to be if fine weather continues. Yesterday Captain Holford, harbor coaster, and Captain Bendall moored the dredge near where the anchor was and seen red it. The harbor master had not time to make fresh 6ounding, as he bad to leave by this morning's express foe Wellington, to attend' to the official enquiry there tomorrow.

The Eev. Moseß Somes Breach wap yesterday charged with wilfully and maliciously committing damage and injury to the door ot the Presbyterian Church. The case occupied all day, and judgment was postponed till this morning. ' Breach was fined Is and £6 4s costs, and had a month to pay it in. ',

AUCKLAND, June 19.

Mr. D. Porter, teller at th.6 Colonial Bank, Cambridge, left the bank premises on Saturday 1 -^ morning,'- and- 'riot having since returned, be is believed to have absconded. Defalcations in bis accounts are tepotted. In & letter addWsaed to & friend, he states he intended to commit suicide, but this is believed to be a blind;

Henry Biding, an old Auckland resident, died to-day.

An inquiry into the wreck of the barque Sophia B. Luhrs has been held at ;the court before Dr. Giles, R.M., and -Captain Fraeer, Nautical Assessor,- when evidence was given by Captain Marks, Chief. Officer Gilleo, and others. The decision was to the effect that the wreck was oaased by the parting of the ship's cable chain, which had' not been examined for some time, but no blame was attached to the officers. Their certificates were therefore returned.

H.M.S. Egeria fired 30 mioate gnns, out of respect to the memory of the late Emperor of Germany. The " Dead March in Saul " was played by the peal of bells at the municipal buildings, whilst flags, were flying at half-xnast ori ! the shipping and throughout 1 the city. J "

INyBBCARGILL, June 19. The" Garrison Band paraded 'in the principal streets, and played -the German dead march as a tribute, to: the memory of Emperor Frederick.'. !. . ' _1 .' J i)tINEi)iN, V June 19. At a meeting called by circular, it was resolved, "That this meeting, deploring the fact that gambling prevails to a mpst ; disastrous extent, and believing that it will be fostered by the totalisator, resolves to take steps to secure the repeal of those sections ot the Gatning and Lotteries Act ' which make gambling a legal transaction." . A committee "wan appointed' to 1 take 'the necessary, steps to draw up, a petition to the Legislature. A meeting, mostly of clergy, carried a resolution protesting against the continued

legalisation of the totalisator, and petitioning the House on the subject. Professor Brown and Sir Robert Stout spoke in opposition to the resolution , while Mr. Tlios. Dick expreßed the opinion that the totalizator brought about a somewhat improved state of matters.

CHRISTCHURCH, June 19.

Elizabeth Harvey Madden, aged s^-yrs., died in the hospital from burns. Her mother left her at home this morning while she took two other children to ■obool. On returning, she found the child in the garden with her clothes on fire. The mother was badly burned on the arms while extinguishing the flames.