TELEGRAPHIC.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 1523, 19 March 1886, Page 5

TELEGRAPHIC.

(roox or* owy correspondent.)

DrxEDiy, this day, 12.10 p.m. At mee tmg of the Oiago Education Board yesterday, Dr Macgregor gave notice of the following motion for next meeting " That this Board re•ohe to inquire what is best as to the amount of instruction and number of subjects to be prescribed [° r common education —especially as affecting the health and healthful cultures of the mind—with --to preparation for the duties of mature life." Mr M'Kenrie gave the following notice of motion wr next meeting That this Board request Mr M Board's representative on the Otago School Commissioners' Board, to give an explanation regarding his action in connection with the purchase —on behalf of the Hon. Robt. Campbell—in 1883 of section 23, block V., Maerewheuua district, contaming 1473 acres, the same being an education reserve, for a term of 14 years, at a rental of 4s. lOd. per acre ; and that he also explain how the resene happened to be again offered for sale in September, ISSo, and re-purchased by Mr Begg, as for the Hon. R. Campbell, for a term of 14 years, at a rental of 2s. per acre ; and also that Mr Begs be asked to state whether he, as azent for the Hon. Mr Campbell, conducted negotiations, either verbally or in writing. which led to a loss to the Board's funds of £2>o4, or a yearly loss of £2OS 13s. 4d.; and whether his action in this matter was in the interests of his principal, the Hon. R. Campbell, or in the interests of the Otat'o Education fnn<ls." Mr Beeg was very angry, and o'>jected to the notice being received, but the Chairman ruled him in order.

Sir George Grey will give an adHn»«s here this evening on the proposals of Government with reference to borrowing and the public works. Major Atkinson is expected to deliver an address at Auckland on Tuesday. Mr Rolleston addresses his constituents nex' week at Geraldiue.

A severe hurriean passed over the islands of Fiji on the 14th instant, and did immense damage. The storm was funcus. Levuka partially destroyed, and several persons lost their lives.

The farmers in the Temuka district are selling nratton at 2d. per !b all round.

The total numl>er of police in New Zealand, according to the (Government returns just published, is 468. There are 203 in the North Island, and 265 in the South. The counties take 129, aud the boroughs 339.

A Dublin telegram of January 24th says:—"The boycotting of the Misses <"nrt:n for liearini,' witness against the Moonlighters who murdered their father, assumes great proportions. The Irish morning papers give ac.>ouiits of a serious not at church in tii»* parish of Firi-s. The Curtin girls came to mass without any serious demonstration. During 'lie service the priest, Father O'Conuer, r»*ad an ordinance from the bishop which forbade the celebration of church ceremonies if displays continued to he made auain-t the Curtin family. Nevertheless, when the congregation had been dismissed and the young ladies carne out, the entire eorii.'recati'»u surrounded th»*ni, hooting and yelling. HeadInspector MolLrmott was in the churchyard with a force of forty police. and succeeded in dispvr<i;i2 the assemblage, .ifter which the force escorted the ladies home. \\ hile they were gone a uuml>er of women entered the church, and broke up the Curtin family pew."

It is said, on rood authority, that more than half-a-miilmn of wdlow-l'ut" were shipped from Shanghai last ve.ir as tel. a lar.'e proportion of it going to Am-i'io.i. We envy the Americans (says an exchange) if this is the worst kind of tea they If nothing worse than willow leaves were sent to New Zealand as tt-a. we lie happy people, bnt the abominations we do receive are ijuite too utterly aw ful.

Due of the prettiest little sells we ever heard off til* otli-r dav in WeHinc'on. The puni.cans ami their friends in tiie Hutt licensing district exerted themselv. s to the utmost to defeat the tem(>eranee Candidates at the lite election, aud succeeded. It appears, however, that the racecourse is not in the Ilutt district at all, but in Epuni, where five s'aunch teetotallers have l>een returned unopposed, who are all pledged to prohibit the sale of intoxication drinks on the racecourse.

Major Oorjie's gallant horse Nelson, winner of the Dunedin Cup last month, has now won the following races off the real Auckland Cup, of lOOOsovs: Auckland Kafir»<_»< 'luh Handicap,4<X>sovs: Island Kay Curt, of 4(K>s<.vs; Wellington Cup. of 6-W>ovs : and Dunedin Cup, of lOOOsovs; total, JU-"x}*ovs (with some snnll deductions) —not a had bad haul for a horse that might have been bought for less than 500 at the beginning of the season. It is said, on pood authority, that Major IJe'">rge has won very little in addition to the stakes. The largest winner by Nelson's success is said to l>e Colonel Eraser, M.H.R., who has hacked him right through, and is reported to have landed over £_tXXJ.

The w heat market, says C.oldsborough's monthly circular for February, has lieen brisk in Victoria throughout the mouth, and, notwithstanding the unfavorable news wired from the United Kingdom, prices have actually advanced with us and large speculative purchases have taken place iu a rising market, with some difficulty experienced on the part of Shippers to the adjoining Colonies in supplying their immediate wants.

The "John Bull" locomotive, the ancestor of all the locomotives now iu use on American railroads, has been placed on exhibition in the historical hall at the National Museum, Washington. It was made in England in by Oeorge Stephenson, and is the original copy sent to American machinists. It was presented to the Mu*e'imn by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The Baltimore and Ohio road had an engine in use l*fore the arrival of the "John Bull," but its species was not perpetuated.

The total cost of the military expeditions to Suakim, according to an official statement just issued in Knglaud, was £3,'41,213. This total is over and above the normal charge for the maintenance of the troops concerned. The other charges as regards the contingent dispatched by the Government of New South Wales are not counted, ami nothing has l»een included in this statement on account of the excuse of the estimate conveyance from Eirypt to Kwrland of the troops detained in Egypt at Cyprus after removal from Suakin.

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