NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5497, 30 June 1879, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

(PER "HERALD" SPECIAL WIRE.) , [FROM OUR 0-.VS- CORRESPONDENT.] THAMES, Saturday. Mr. Henry Dunbar Johnson, Faeroa, has received an appointment on the staff of the Native Office, and proceeds to Wellington in a day or two. Before leaving Paeroa the settlers presented Mr. Johnson with a very flattering testimonial and a parse of sovereigns. [press association.] ; NEW PLYMOUTH, Saturday. A death occurred on board the steamer Oreti during her passage from the Manukau to this port. Mrs. Baker laid her yoangest child down, and apparently it went off to sleep, but on Mrs. Baker awakening about 10 o'clock this morning, she found her child was dead. Major Atkinson informs his constituents that he does not think it desirable at the present time to addreßa them on the general policy and administration of the Government, but says, at the same time, that, if the electors think differently, he will, upon receiving notification of the fact, at once call a meeting. WELLINGTON, Saturc ay. " General complaints are made regarding the delay in the transmission of Press telej,.-; ran from Hawera and other West Coast otaifs*;-,, They rarely arrive in les3 than twelve h-j'i' . The Hinenioa has not yet sailed for i West Coast with the detachment o'i i.G ! . ; . i whoare ready and waiting. A circular has been issued by the direction of the Minister of Education, notifying the names of the teachers recently dismissed for falsification of their school registers, and who have been struck of the roll of certificate!; teachers. The Boards of Education hare been requested to give strict injunctions to their inspectors to check the attendance registers, and report all cases «f inaccuracy not accidental. The following is the calendar of Supreme Court cases to be heard on July 7 :—George England, maliciously -injuring property ; J. D. Barclay and WnUarnOrighton, larceny in a dwelling; William Henderson, F. Kenny, and J. Warsdell, larceny—the last on two charges ; R. Cooper, breach of the Aran Act; Perrotto and Antonio Bitossi, cutting and wounding • John Wilson, stealing from a dwelling; A. Bush, perjury; Sarah Phillips, larceny ; J. Brodie, breaob of the Arms Act. The following tenders were received for No. 2 port contract, Nelaon-Foxhill railway : Accepted: W. Patterson, Nelson, £1762. Declined: Atkinson and Wise, Nelson, £1763; J. Gilbertson, Nelson, £1770; J. B. Blair, Nelson, £1 ill; G. Wollett,, Nelson, £2240 ; T. Reardan, Nelson, •£2501 ; W. Floyd, £1494 (informal). CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday. An inquiry was held yesterday re the barque Bella, wrecked on Saturday at Lyttelton. The harbour-master's evidence ■hewed that the loss was to be attributed to the heavy S.W. gale and easterly ground swell. The latter was heavier than had been known for years. ITo negligence was imputed to cither the master or officers. A considerable portion of the Malvern branch line of railway is finished to Kowai. A large number of men are now engaged in a heavy cutting near the pass. All the rest of the route is over level country. An article appears in the Star of to-night on the administration of the Kaitangata Relief Fund. After quoting an extract from an article on this subject which appeared In its columns on June 2, and also one in the Southland News, it says that a Christ church correspondent fo the Saturday Advertiser pointed out very Btrongly the public hearings of the question in a late issue of that journal, and winds up as follows: '' It is a matter of pure impertinence on the part of a few persons in Dunedin to step between the people of New Zealand and the objects of their charity. The people of New Zealand knew when they had contributed enough, and it is audacious for the Dunedin committee, some few persons, to say that too much has been raised for the purpose in question. The plain fact is, that seeiDg so much money lying in their hands, so much more than they ever anticipated, the committee have not been able to resist the temptation of tampering with it. Having made up their minds to the misappropriation of the public funds, plenty of plausible reasons are put forward to justify their action. These reasons, however, are just of the same nature that every embezzler- and. thief brought before our Courts puts forward in excuse for his crime. They are hollow and false, every one of them,, and the proposed action is a robbery, and~hpthing less." GRErMOUTH, Saturday. Mr. W. H. Revell, R.M. and Warden here, for over fourteen years, loft to-day for Westport, whither lie 'has been transferred. '' \ DUNEDIN, Saturdayi ,7 About 100 representative, men'of 'the' city were present at the banquet given to Judge • Bathgate last'evening, ere his departure ion' a visit home. Messrs.'R. Stout,-R.-Gillies, R. Oliver, the Hon. .Mr. Reynolds, and Dr. McDonald delivered admirable speeches,' and, the proceedings altogether l were highly in-: teresting and of a succesßtnl charaoter. : si: '~-.•: ' r •■: 'Tr-.-(l tM hex; .h-ni-f. I ;

The banquet last night to Mr. jfcfiii* Bathgate, pr«viqus to his visit home oa lo&ro of abaer.ce, a great success. '(Tiere ware 15P yereoci present, including all the leading snd commercial gentleman <& •the city. In s :ply to'the toast of his fcsslth, Mr. Bathgate gave an eloquent outline of the style of lectures he intends delivering at home to secure the immigration of rocnied . farmers. Dr. McDonald, the now rector of . she High School, gave one of the most eloquent speeches ever heard in D&nedin, in reply to the toast of our educational, institutions. , i. V . ■ . , The following is the calendar of prisoners for..trial at the Criminal Session, on 7fch Jtrlyj before Mr. Justice Williams: —Julius Castwood, riot at Dunedin ; John Oooney, larceny '- at. Dunedin; Robert Fuller, alias Johnston, larceny it Dunedin ; Jas. Richard Hartly, larceny at Oamaru ; Chas. Desris, cattle-stealing at Mcßae's; Wm. Fisher, bu&stiality at Dunedin; Jane Trimble, alias Cameron, larceny, at Dunedin; Jas. White, larceny as & bailee at Dunedin, on bail; Eliza Whittle, larceny at Dunedin; Ah Lung, passing base coin, Wiremu Porter, larceny as a bailee at Moetaki; Donald, fraudulent insolvency. At the Police Court, to-day, M. McDonald ■was committed for trial for wounding a Chinaman with a knife. The deed was done in a Chinese fish-shop in Walker-street. Andeasy Badcock, charged with stealing a saddle, pleaded that he did so to enable him to buy food. He was sentenced to two months 1 imprisonment. The Wakatipu Mail office, Queenntown, was burned down at noon to-day. It waa insured for £350. No'one had been on the premises since the day before. The cause is unknown. INVERCARGILL, Saturday. A public meeting was held last night to take steps to have the Bible re-introduced into the public schools. It was largely attended. .Resolutions were carried that the exclusion of the Bible was disastrous to the best interests of tho colony ; that the question be made a test one for candidates at the general election ; and a petition was adopted to both Houses of Parliament, asking for tho re-introduction of the Bible. The Waihopai school committee has resolved in favour of the Bible being used as a claBS-book in schools.