NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6001, 10 February 1881, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[from our own correspondent.] I

THAMES, Wednesday. A serious case of typhoid fever is reported as existing in Grahamstown.

DUNEDIN, Wednesday. The Star in an article oil the approaching session says :—"Conviction almost forces itself on the mind that the members opposed to the Government are putting the cart before the horse, in endeavouring to settle the policy before they have determined on a leader. \\ hat is wanted is rather a man given to generalisation and skilful in attack, than a politician wi*Ji principles, defined aims, and speculation. If they can agree on only a sensible course in their own interests, and can induce Sir G. Grey to forget the scurvy treatment in the past two or three years, they may give Ministers considerable trouble during the session."

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Xl'jW PLYMOUTH, Wednesday. A prospecting party is starting to search for gold between Tarauaki and Waikato. They propose going inland from Mokau or Awakino. The party is headed by a wellknown Thames prospector named Michael Barry. They say they have the permission of the Government.

XAI'IER, Wednesday. The Australian cricketers play here on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, next week.

The Royal Humane Society's medals were publicly presented to-night to four gentlemen who attempted to save the life of the son of the mayor last summer.

WELLINGTON, Wednesday. A large number of entries have been received for the Rifle Association's meeting. The entries close oil Saturday. The seamen from the steamer Hui, who were out on strike, were charged at the Magistrate's Court to-day with refusing duty, and sentenced to three hours' imprisonment.

Subscriptions have been started in aid of the Wliittington family, who incurred such heavy losses by the late lamentable fire.

A writ has been issued for tlie election of a member of tlie House of Representatives for the Southern Maori Electoral District, vice Mr. Tainui, resigned. Tlie nomination takes place at Kaiapoi on the Ist March, and the poll on 25th March. Mr. Bryce's resignation and Mr. Rolleston's • appointment as Native Minister are gazetted ; also, Mi - . H. K. Taiaroa's resignation as Native Assessor.

NELSON, Wednesday. Tlie s.s. Wakatipu, witli the Australian players, arrived at the wharf before 1 o'clock. The match ground is in magnificent condition, but the weather is threatening.

CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday. It is understood that the Tramway Company will be in a position to declare a dividend at the next anuual meeting. The traffic dui'ing the last few months, especially the holiday time, lias been exceedingly large.

A number of tradesmen in Lyttelton today were fined heavy amounts for slight inaccuracies in weights and scales. The victims complained that the Inspector had not been to the port for two years to give them an opportunity of getting the errors caused by the wear and tear corrected, and that no notice had been given of the present visitation. The magistrate sympathised with them, but said he was bound to fulfil tlie letter of the law. He considered, however, that better arrangements might be made

In the ease of Dudley v. Briggs, at the District Court, the plaintiff was nonsuited. The evidence on one side swore hard that the plaintiff was on tlie right side "of the road, and on the other that lie was not. The judge said he could not reconcile the discrepancies. The case ought to have gone to a jury.

Yesterday the Commissioner of Crown Lands held a sale of country, township, and suburban sections. Most of the sections sold readily at satisfactory prices. The sale realised £1800.

Letters are appearing daily in the papers urging the Cricket Association to take steps to engage professional cricketers to give instruction to young players. News has been received of the death at Melbourne of Miss Florence Colville, wife of Mr. W. Hoskins. She was 34 years old.

TIMARU, Wednesday. Thompson, a young man, aged 23, sentenced at the last Supreme Court for embezzling money belonging to his employer, a storekeeper at Waimate, was liberated by order of the Minister of Justice this morning, being at the point of death from consumption.

DUNEDEST, Wednesday. Satisfactory arrangements have been arrived at between the members of the Seamen's Union and Mr. Mills, the managing director of the Union Company. Port Chalmers is to be the final port of discharge for all seamen engaged in the company's service. Twenty-fours hours' notice is to be given on either side. At Port Chalmers the men will no longer be liable to discharge against their own desire. At New Zealand outports, or in Australia, the eight hours system is to be applied to the ports of Sydney, Melbourne, and Port Chalmers, where the families of most of the men reside. The men are willing to work after hours when other labour is scarce on being paid overtime. At other safe ports, the hours to be as before ; no stipulation to be insisted on by the men regarding open roadsteads. The men discharged here and residing in other ports are to be allowed to work their passage rack.

The Hon. Mr. Dick left for Wellington by the s.s. Rotomahana this afternoon.

The members of the Otago Bar intend to entertain Mr. Justice Willliams at dinner on Tuesday prior to his departure for England. The Minister for Public Works jvill probably before returning to Wellington visit the works on the Central Otago line, and inspect portions of the route.