NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6815, 20 September 1883, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] TAURANGA, Wednesday. At the Police Court to-day John Oliver, for an aggravated case of wife beating, waa fined £10, arid bound over to keep the pea.ee for six months; [press association.] WELLINGTON, Wednesday... " Major" Barker and Mrs. Birk< r, of tipSalvation Army, arrived by bte?mtr ficiu Lyttelton a,t a quaiter past one this afternoon. They were met by the < fii.-e a of the. local "army" and driven to the barrack*, where a formal welcome took place. Tomorrow Mrs. Barker will present the c&lonra. to the corps, and the event will be celebrated by a monster tea-fight. The Hpn. Messrs. Itolleston and Oliver returned from the South this afternoon. It la understood that the final (I• cisioii as to which Minister will represent New Zealand at the Annexation Conference in Sjdne; wiil be made this week. (jB3EYMOXJT'H, Wednesday, Unusually dry Weather has been experienced for the la3t few weeks. The miners are beginning to feel a scarcity of water. ! OHRiSTCHURCH, Wednesday. A general meeting of thq Phoenix and Premier Prospecting Company wis held to-day. The firs; has 2500 shares, of £1 eicli; ICCO have been taken up. The seeon l has 200 shares of £5 each ; all are. taktn up. DUNE DIN, Wednesday,, Oakden and Begg's ship canal schrine is attracting a i*ood deal of attention. The cost is estimated at £400,000, The New Zealand and Australian Land: Codlpany have imported, per Waihofca, twelve merino rams, threeLincolnrams.an.tone.shorthornbuU. These Were selected by Mr. Brydon, the manager, in Melbourne. Seven of tho merinos are from Gibson and Sons' fl ck, Tasmania. Thq shorthorn bull, Lord Penryhyn 11., is considered a very fineyoungster, The pedestrian Edwards arrived to-day from Melbourne to fulfil his matchts witii yonng Seott. A retarp lawn tennis match was to have come off to-day, but fell through for some reason. A bey, ten years of age, son of Mr. Chandler, lighthouse-keeper at Cape -launders, fell over the cliffs, which are about a hundred feet high. He sustained a broken leg and other injuries, but is not dangerously hurt.