NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6563, 29 November 1882, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[riiO.U OUK OW'S C 'NKlih'S! OVDHXT. ] T!IAM::s. Tuesday. The ball in :. .ji the carbine champion, Gjrdcn, and tl.e ■ ■-rit r representatives, is a groat Upwards of I7f, couples are present. [i'RKss ASSOCIATION.] NEW PLYMOUTH, Tuesday. Yesterday, the ex-Mavor, Cantain Ilavi.lson, contested a seat tor : . • Central U'ard in the Bo:ough Council, with .la-r.es Fa:;!, honorary secretary of the Taruuaki Jojhev Club, oil the Kaoecouise Kcserv.- question, and Paul was beaten. For the West W..rd, Callaghan beat Muttlin. NAriKi:. Tuesday. The llortieiil-.L.iv.l So.v.ty's lirtt show, which o(>ens to-morrow. promises to be a granu success, r.iere ar-; • .'(-r 'J.">o entries. The v eather is still unsettled. Shearing is not yet over on many stations. There are great complaints oi the scaicity of farm and station hands. A fire broke out at Child's Cabinetmaking and Steam-turning Works this afternoon. When discovered the tire had a good bold of the roof, and wasextinguished with uifncu'.ty, and not before the upper portion of the building had been destroyed. 'The building was insured in the Norwich Union for £300. The stock, &c., was uninsured. The origin of the lire is supposed to have been from a spark alighting on the roof. WELLIX(;TijX, Tuesday. The property-tax for tile current linaucial year has been nude payable on the '2o:h January next. The -Appeal Court v.-as occupied all day bearing the ease of Harvey v. UanU of New 1 South Wales (Gisborne). The ease was adjourned until to-morrow morning. j At a special meeting of "he Buikruptcy Court to-day a discharge »:>■' '.-ranted to Mr. IJ. L. Hall. It is understood Mr. and Mrs. Hall have been engaged by Messrs. Williamson, Garner, and Musgroee to sustain the leading parts in taeir Christmas pantomime at Sydney. Thompson and Morgan were brought up to-day, charged 'with having 40 gallons of whisky in their possession upon which duty bad not been paid, and remanded, bail being allowed eacii person, hiins:-!! in tl'JOOand two suretien of Cioo each. George Taylor, a resident in Parin district. v. as charged with having in his possession certain instruments for illicit distillation, and wa ; also remanded. Same bail. KKK: ; > >X. Tuesday. A public meeting is to be held here tomorrow to protest agaii.se the exclusion of the consideration of the West Coast route by the Railway Commission, and asking that a fresh Commission may be appointed. CHRIS'J'CHURC'I, Tuesday. Mr. S. C. Phillips, the gaoler at Lyttelton, has been presented with a hauilsome testimonial by the oiiieers of the gaol, on the occasion of his leaving to take charge of the Dunedin Gaol. Mrs. Phillips was also presented with a memento in tue shape of a necklet and bracelet. The Canterbury woo! sales opci*> i to-day. Messrs. Matson and Co. offered '■>-') bales, of which were disposed of. The highest value obtained was per lb for er'.ss-bred wool, light in grease. Me- -:"s. W;'kin :;ad Co. offered about l:i'2o C/oys-breds fetched from 7d to o£d ; irei iue. 7 Vt to 7 -M ; scorned, Is 1M to Is G;l. t'ricesgenerally were IJd to 'id below those last sei-son. A man named IVrrin v:;n lined £2 for pulling down fire alarm plaeuv.s yesterday. He was drunk, and to oe uuder tue impression that the telegraph poles, on which the placards were fixed, were under bis especial protection. TIM A UU, Tuesday. A stevedore named Francis Scoring was very severely injured while working ca a vessel at the wharf last i.ight, by a heavy iron hook striking him on cue back of the head. Ilis condition is precarious. DUXKIHX, Tuesday. The Harbour Board employes having formed themselves into a branch of the Otage Trades and Labour League, asked Mr. Fish, M.H.R., to be president, but he has replied declining owing to his being r. member cf the Harbour Board, consequently cue of their employers. The Shamrock Hotel at Ti::."a was offered by auction to-Jay and passed in at .Cli-tOO. The carnival continues to be largely patronised. The committee have fi»:ed Saturday for their costume cricket match, and have been remoubtrate.l with by t!:e Jockey Club, as it is the second day of their spring meeting. However, the carnival pople have rsplied regretting their inability to postpone their affair. There seems to be some feeling imported into the matter. Mr. M. Donnelly, journalist, will be a candidate for the Peninsula. A case of great hardship came before, the Police Court to-day. A woman named 2dontague sued her husband for £10 due on an order for her maintenance. She had four children, and £100 was due to her upon the order. She wns now unable to work to support her children, and her husband was living with another woman b}- whom he had four children. The magistrate adjourned the ease for a fortnight, the husband that if he did not pay by then he would be sent to gaol for six months. Constable O'Dwyer, who saved Mrs. Kitchen's life at the fatai ri:e in Cumber-land-street some time ago. was to-night presented by the City Council with a silver Maltese cross in recognition of his deed. Mr. D. A. Graham, tiie i;-'w L'ns engineer of the City Council, has arrived, and takes charge of the works. The Cromwell Company's three weeks" crushing yielded io'Jozs. retorted gold from 305 tons. BALCLUTII A, Tuesday. The Agricultural Show to-day was very successful. The weather was iiue, and there was a large attendance. Stock horses :a.d sheep were especially good.