TELEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume XVI, Issue 299, 19 April 1892, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION, Wellington, April 17. The delegates from the various 1 Rugby Unions met last night to consider the establishment of* a New Zealand Rugby Union. Wellington, Auckland, Hawkes Bay, Otago, Canterbury, Manawatu, Wairarapa, and Taranaki were represented. MrHoben of Hawkes Bay moved that a New Zealand Rugby Union be formed. 1 The Otago and Canterbury represen--1 tatives opposed the motion, and South--1 land wrote stating that they could not 1 join at present. The motion was | carried. The following officers were | elected an appeal committee : —Logan . (Hawkes Bay), T. Henderson (Auck- > land), G. F. Campbell (Wellington), Hon. Secretary, E. D. Hoben; Hon. Tteasurer, L. Coupland. It was [ decided to ask Lord Glasgow to accept the presidency and to ask each affiil- : to sending a team. The new union includes the unions of Auckland, Hawkes Bay, Wellington, Wairarapa, Manawatu,' Taranaki, Nelson, Wan- ■ ganui, Marlborough, and South Can- . terbury, should the last named confirm their decision to join. April 18. The weather for the holiday was ' showery in the morning, but in the [ afternoon the day cleared up and re- . mained fine. All the excursions were . well patronised, and the Druids' Fete ■ in the Basin Reserve attracted some " 5,000 people. At the latter sports W. 1 R. Mackay won the Easter Handicap | with 15 points ; W. Arnott won the r 150 Hurdles. » The Wakatipu arrived from Sydney j this morning, and sailed again for the "• ftouth in the afternoon. This afternoon the police made a • raid on some betting shops in the town, the proprietors of which have in the most open manner laid totolisator prices on all the events in New Zear land and the starting prices on the principal events in Australia. Hitherto • the proprietors of these betting houses have cloaked themselves under the | idea that the simple explanation that they wired to agents in New Zealand to put up the invested money on the machine would clear them of any responsibility; but to-day the telegraph office was closed till 7 p.m., so . that the money invested after ten this 1 morning was stood by the proprietors. In several instances a fair haul was made, and in one house upwards of ) £100 was captured. In due course 5 course the proprietors will appear in Court. A telegram from- Blenheim an- . nounces that a young man named i Arthur Haase, whose arm was torn . from the socket by the scutcher in a i flax-mill in Wairau Valley, died in i the Hospital. A report reached town to-night that a man had been killed on the railway | at Cross Creek at the foot of the Rimutaki incline, No details are to - hand.