NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6118, 27 June 1881, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[FROM OXJR OWX CORRESPONDENTS.] THAMES, Saturday. Tiie result of the examination of the Chinamen at Parawai, on suspicion of leprosy, is, that all are pronounced free from any disease,

excepting one. Iα the case of the exception, who is a recent arrival, extensive sores were found upon his person, but the medical men were not clear that the symptoms pointed to leprosy, but were of opinion that the case should be considered a suspicious one. Drs. Payne and Huxtable were the medical men employed to make the examination.

To-morrow, a new Catholic Church, recently erected at Paeroa, will be opened by the Very Rev. Father Fynes, of Auckland. The p.s. Patiki makes a special trip to Paeroa iu the morning, and a considerable number of friends from the Thames are expected to go by her, and take part in the ceremony. Mr. John Sheehan, M.H.R., is also expected to be present. Mr. Sheehan did not arrive here as expected to-day, but it is announced in the local papers that he wiil address the Thames electors on Monday evening. It is expected Mr. Sheehan will proceed to Coromandel on Tuesday, and addriiss the electors there during the evening.

HAMILTON, Saturday. William Mullindine, charged with drunkenness before Mr. "W. H. Northcroft, R.M., was dismissed with a caution, and costs.

Died, on the 25th instant, at Hamilton West, of scarlet fever, Charles William Hammond, only son of T. C. and Mary J. Hammond.

There has been a heavy fall of rain during the last two days. The weather is now clearing, and there is an appearance of frost.

RUSSELL, Saturday. Sydney being declared an infected port, will have a prejudicial effect on the coal trade here, besides causing other inconveniences.

A rug having been hung out by Mr. Drygasse on his premises, immediately disappeared. The able services of Detective MeGovern being obtained, and a reward being offered, his lynx eye soon discovered the missing property. A grave suspicion rests on a captain.

, CHRISTCHUKCH, Saturday. The .weather is very cold and stormy. It is raining hard, and hailing to-night from the south-west.

The Times in the following this morning has another dig on the subject of the native prisoners' release:—"The meeting at Parihaka on Friday week has probably set the minds of our alarmist friends in the North at rest. "When we advocated the release of the Maori prisoners we were told that we knew nothing of the matter in hand. There was, we were informed, a real danger in setting these men at liberty; a danger which no amount of ignorant writing the South was capable of removing. We pointed oat that the persons who had been already released had behaved themselves decently enough. They had the reply they' were gone to Parihaka, and how could that be called good behaviour. If once the prisoners were all liberated, : and allowed to concentrate at Parihaka, there was no answering for the consequence. The prisoners were nevertheless liberated by a Government which could not take Mr. Bryce's view of the policy. Since their liberation they have been concentrated at Parihaka. At the meeting to which we have alluded here for the purpose of welcoming these men they were all present. "What happened was particularly satisfactory. There were no inflammatory harangues, no boasting, no talk of sedition or bloodshed. The men were, of course, looked upon as heroes who had submitted themselves without a murmur to imprisonment in obedience to the orders of their chief, but they were simply told that 'everything would bo now settled, and they were not to be troubled about anything. , Te Whiti was glad that the prisoners were back. He ■was aware that the land would be in the hands of the Queen, and lie announced ' that the cause of the fighting had ceased, and they would be a contented people.' "What all this precisely means it is impossible to say, but that it points to a peaceful solution of the difficulties is evident. The Northern cities ought to express satisfaction that their fears have proved groundless." WELLINGTON, Saturday. The following are the tenders received for the MorrinsviUe contract of the WaikatoThames railway :—Accepted : W. Lovett (Hamilton), £3494. Declined : Griffith and McDermott (Thames), £3596; H. Lewers (Hamilton), £3716; W. Foughey (Auckland), £4263 ; Wilkie and Crawford (Patea), £4372 (alternate tender) ; J. Coates (Hamilton), £4373 ; W. Sims (Thames), £440G ; D. McKenzie (Rangiriri), £4852; Hunt and White (Auckland), £50S0. Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Carden concluded a most successful season here to-night. They leave per s.s. Albion to-morrow en route for Auckland. At a meeting of the management of the match between White and Hearn last night, Mr. Andrews, M.H.R., kindly consented to act as referee, and Capt. R. Johnston was appointed judge. The start w-as agreed to be by mutual consent. There is little betting on the race, but one or two amounts of level money have been recorded. CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday. A second section of land in the south part of Christchurch, at the jxraction of Colombo and Liclifield streets, with 47 feet frontage on Colombo-street, was sold at auction by Messrs. Watson and Co. to-day at £73 per foot. The frontage section was S6 feet deep. At a meeting of the Kakpoi Farmers' Club on Thursday, it was resolved to seek co-oneration of other clubs with a view of obtaining a Permissive Act to enable them to cope more successfully with the small bird nuisance. ASHBURTON, Saturday. A fire broke out last night at 9 o'clock at the shop of Mr. Ruxton, tailor, next door to Quill's hotel. In half an hour the shop and premises were consumed. The house belonged to Mr. Quill, and was valued at £300. It was insured for about half that amount. The stock and furniture were insured for £430. The cause of the fire is unknown, Mr. Joseph Ivess, the well-known newspaper speculator, starts in business here as auctioneer on the Ist of July. Yesterday Pearce's Chicory Manufactory eommeuced work. TIMARU, Saturday. At the Police Court this morning, John Tait, who was yesterday committed for trial on a verdict of a coroner's jury, on a charge of arson, in connection with the burning of the slaughterhouse at Washdyke, near Timaru, was brought up for magisterial inquiry, and remanded, at the request of the police, until Friday, when additional evidence is likely to be forthcoming. DUNEDIN, Sunday. At the annual meeting of the Medical Society Dr. Gillies, the retiring president, drew attention to the fact that no medical officer was appointed in connection with the local Board of Health recently appointed. He also suggested the propriety of members of the society delivering lectures on sanitary subjects, say four times a year, and urge the consideration of the question of the establishment of an inebriate retreat. The man Mex, who deserted his wife at •Port Chalmers and went off to Christchurch with another woman, where he was arrested, was sent to prison for a month by Mr. Simpson.

The Criminal Calender consists of thirteen •ftises of an average character.