NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6816, 21 September 1883, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

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_ , NAPIER, Thursday. i-HK Harbour Board have passed a resolatioh objecting to. the recommendation, on the annual report of the Marine Department, in reference to the removal of Napier lighthouse to Cape Kidnapper. The Chamber of Commerce have received j letter from the Minister of Public Works deSninitely declining to open a railway to Matatau until the one is completed to Tahorite.

Referring to- the building of a .strong-rponi for the Corporation, offices, the Mayor 1 stated in Council last night that, the: work was begun by permission of. one Minister, and the Council were now called upon to desist by another Minister. Whethor the one was a greater Minister than the other, and which was the greater, he (the Mayor) was unable to say.

NEW PLYMOUTH, Thursday. Mr. Peter E'liott, One of the first settlers here, was buried yesterday.

WELLINGTON", Thursday. The resignation of James Brown, as Visiting Justice of the prison at Dunedin, haa been accepted,

His Excellency the Governor, accompanied: by the Minister qf Education,, visitfed the Normal School to-day. After an inspection; of the building, Sir W. Jervoir addressed the students, saying he was pleased' at what he had seen. Thanks- to Dr. Arn.old and Rugby, teaching was not now of so inferior a character as formerly. Hethen referred to the fact that the school had that day three years ago been opened by Sir H. Robinson, during Which time steady progress had been made, and he hoped it would continue to. prosper. A boatman named Henry Dives fell dead this afternoon. He was attending the funeral of an old Maori trian when be fell, and expired almost immediately,. The supposed cause is heart disease.

Ait the Salvaf ion Army meeting this evening, Mrs. Barker presented the lojal corps With colours. At a tea meeting which followed, there, was a largo attendance;

The members of the Ministry visited the local refrigerating, works this afternoon, to Witness the process of freezing mutton, which. 13 now beiiig actively carried on.

A meeting of the Cabinet, occupying all the morning, was held to-day. It is understood that the business was merely routine. A case of some interest to publicans has been decided in the Supremo Court in Banco. The. appellant, YVilliain Light, licensee of the Queen's Hotel, was convicted by Mr. Hardcastle, 8.M.., under section 155 of the Licensing Act, 1881, for permitting an unlawful game to be played in his licensed publichousej after the hour of closing. The game played was euchre, and it wag contended, by counsel for the appellant, that the section only applied to billiards, bagatelle, and other games of the same kind, and not to games with cards. The Court upheld this view, pointing out that the fact of playing a card game for money was met by section 149. The appeal was therefore allowed. The officer jn charge of the telegraph station at Castle Point wires that he observed a very large comet rising in the east at seven o'clock last night. The moon rising shortly afterwards, he could only see it faintly. OJIItISTCIIURCH, Thursday, A chess match by telegraph between Wellington and Christchurqh is to. take place oa Saturday next. At the. Land Board meeting to-day, two licenses to prospect for minerals other than gold in Alford Forest Were taken out, The Young Mtn's Christian Association having raised £1000 towards the cost of a new building, will call for tenders immediately.

It is stated that a letter concerning the. supposed diamonds has been received by this mail from Mr. Kelsey, and will be read at the meeting of the Pioneer and KohinoorshaT&holderS to-morrow.

5922 feet of space has been applieS far m connection with the Industrial Exhibition, 113S feet being for'exbibits from outside the provincial district, of Canterbury* OASfARIT, Thursday. The provisional directors of the Oamara Frozen Meat Company have decided to proceed without delay with the forming o£ the company. DUNEDIN, Thursday. The Chamber of Commerce to-day resolved to co-operate, with the other Chambers of th 6 colonies, and the Chamber of Commerce, London, in. devising means to secure the adoption Of an equitable form of bill of lading, and that copies of the resolutions passed be forwarded to Sir F. D. Bell and Mr, John Bos?, asking them to co-operate with the representatives of other Chambers for that purpose. A little time ago the I)unedin School Committee, -which had been referred to by the. Education Board as misusing its finances, forwarded to the Board a financial statement "to enlighten its darkness." Thia statement was criticised severely at the Board's meeting to-day, and some very strong, personal remarks, were indulged in. W,. Edwards, the pedestrian, has taken tip his quarters at the Caledonian Hotel, .adjoining the Caledonian: Grounds, where he intends training for the. forthcoming match With Scott, Arrangements are nqw completed, and Mr. Austin has decided to place the twenty-hours' walk first,, with Scott as the New Zealand representative. The date will be October 5 and 6. Scott is doing an immense amount Of Work, putting in over fifty miles da,ily, and feels very confident of. lowering the colours of the Australian champion. Mr. Austin has not qhOsen his representative for the forty eight hoars' walk, but it will probably be Scott. ( The Minister of Justice, writing to Mr. Bracken in regard to Flann.ety's case, sayb his evidence before the Gaol Commission was unreliable and evasive. He says Flanj nery may accept the principal war.ders.hip of another gaol, or retire on a compensation.

At the Police Court this morning,. Robert Angus was charged with obtaining money by falsei pretences, iii giving a cheque on the Union Bank at Balclutha, His counsel nrged that there was no branch of that bank at Balclutha, and the information could not foe sustained. Mr. Witt said the information mast be dismissed on the teennical ground, but the accused did not. Ipav.e without a ttain od his character.

The parade of entires was very successful to-day, oyer 50 being exhibited. Among them was the Clydesdale, Lord Salisbury, imported some years aeo, at a cost of 1500puineas. The principal, sale effected was that of Wait-a-wee, a Clydesdale, bred by Mr. Menlove, of Oamaru, He was sold for 60<J guineas to Mr. James Allan, of Xaieri. During last sear,on—that is, the spring and summer months, when there is no snow—the quartz at Maceto.wn, in Lake Country, yielded 4300 ounces, from 3'200 tons, or aa average of loz. 7dwt. per ton. '.Che incoming season is expected to be. very prosperous. INVGRCARGILL, Thfirsday.

A stack of oaten hay and a chaffcutter have been destroyed by fire on Mclntyre and: Jackson's farm, Wyndhara Valloy. Loss, £100. No insurance. A threshing mill belonging to Mr. Sheehan. near JRiversdale, has been burned. It was insured for £300, Incendiarism is sus~ pected. The South Invercargill Town. Hall waa burned dtiwn last night. It was insured fop £150 in the Royal Insurance Company. The. safe was afterwards found unlocked among the ruins, and it is believed that nearly all tbo Corporation records for tfce last ssren years have been lost, together With the Valuation roll and rate books. Rumours of incendiarism ate afloat. The hall was occupied last night by a Good Templar lodge. They had a fire burning, but state that it was reduced to a few embers when they left, and that these were carefully raked together before the place was closed. To-day some children were playing, afc Mgh water, near Puri Creek, Clyde-atreet, behind the Bank of New. Zealand. Among them was a little girl, daughter of J. C. Wild, of the London Hotel, in charge, of a. baby and perambulator. • The. vehicle got away from the girl, went oyer the bank into the creek, and the child was at the risk of being drowned when the Rev. W. P. B'airclough, Weslcvan clergyman, happened t»pass, and jfound a man trying to fish out tho , child and perambulator with a walking stick. Thinking more urgent means were reguiral, i Mr. Fairolough stripped off hia coat, jumped; , .inta.the'creek, speedily bringing the child and I carriage ashore at the expense of a thorough. : wetting. - ■