NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6966, 15 March 1884, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[FROM OUB OW!f COKKESPONDENT.] THAMES, Friday. Four employes of Blair were .charged at the lt.M; Court to-day ,by the -.Union Sash t and Door Company with, forcible entry at-Hiku-taia. They were remandedtill.next Friday.

The Borough Council huvrv resolved to aslc the Government -to. repair the damage dons by the late flood, estimated at £1200. [PBKSS.'ASSOCIATION. ]. HAWERA, Friday. Suetler has been committed for trial' for &rsou. ; A witness named. Brooks awore that, some time ago Suetler> urged him to get in- , sured, so-that they .could burn their shops;; which, adjoin, and get the inauranoe. money to go away with. WELLINGTON, Friday. Mr; Cliffordj who: arrived from the South to tako charge of the ovaibrought out by the: lonic; has examined the boxes, and find* nearly the whole of the 2400 salmon < ova have gone: bad. The consignment of 2400;8ea trout ova, 'however; has .turned out: to be m excellent order. Two ,or three boxes of these will be left; with the Wellington Acclimatisation Society. ; A young man,.: named, .Edgar Reborn^'a recent arrival by the British Queen,. was severely injured by si fall of earth on the 1 Manawatu .railway-works. He.ia in the Hospital in a precarious condition. > ;

The Premier to-day, Via response to representations from-Mestrs. .Levinand (J.John--Bton,M.H.R.'s, promised to .place a sum on the estimates' for the erection of a new Customhouse here.

Great preparations are being made for the oeremony of laying the foundation (tone of Sfci Patriot's College on Sunday next"' The new building will be a' magnificent one,' , and will: aSord accommodation for ' seven profeisors and 100 studeDts. It is designed by Mr; T. Turnbull, of this city. -■ ■

. Captain Oliver, of the - Koranui, from Westport, reports that at half-past nine yesterday.morning, when off Farewell Spit, three of. the crow— Kred Ahlgren (an apprentice),. James Moir Wright (A.8., and a brother of ' the second officer), and a-Swedish sailor were engaged cleaning out the .. side ,of the lifeboat, standing on .a gangway rigged up for the purpose, when' one- of. the .ropes, broke, tilting the gangway up, and the men : were precipitated into the sea. The boat' wasvlowered, and lifebelts thrown, and thesteamer put astern, but before the boat reached them, Ahlgren and Wright had disappeared. The Swede managed to float till rescued. He said both men- had : clutched him.

HOKITIKA, Friday, The-Supreme, Court, was :occupied all day with the., hearing of the last case on the calendar—Regina. v. Hughes and Maloney for arson. The Court adjourned at halfpast ten p.m. until ten to-morrow, when the case will be concluded by midday. Mr. Fitzgerald, the member for the district, addressed a rather thin meeting of his constituents in the theatre to-night. - He received a vote of thanks and confidence.-

NELSON, Friday. Mr; ShephanV M.H.R., ■. Bishop Suter, and the Rev. J. C. Andrew, were re-elected to the Education- Board. : Mr.: Shepherd, at a meeting, of the Board, said that nothing could be more, profligate than the manner in which borrowed money was heing; spent on educational: matters: : . The/idea oT repairing houses and purchasing- black . boards onto? the loan - was . preposterous, and: could not last. The Board should only vote money for absolutely necessary purposes. ':i He did not think the. extra 5s capitation wocld be permanent;

The University Senate held a short final meeting to-day. Most of the >members hod left .previously.

CHRISTCHURCH; Friday. Mr. Oliver. R;M;,.gave judgment against Daniel .Falvey; for having' failed to qualify himself as an efficient volunteer—soa capitation,- 2s for negleot. of parades, and costs. Over 2iioo entries hare been received for the coming Ham and Ewe Pair.

Mr. K. Ford states he has discovered a copper lode 16 feet thick near the .White Cliff Kailway Station, Malvern district. The copper was;exposed by. a landslip.. A commission . is reported to have levanted from Christchurch. It is understood that Mr. Isaac Wilson, M. U.K.. for Kaiapoi,. will resign : his seat t.his month;, and.it is reported tbat Sir W. Fox will be asked to'become a candidate.' . ... ROSs, Friday. Mr. Fitzgerald;iM;H.'R;, addressed a large meeting of his constituents last night. He was cordially received; and a'vote of confidence passed. . 'vT::y .DUNEDIN, Friday. ... The Kaitangata Coal Company - has declared an interim dividend at the rate of 10 per oent. 1 The Florida, which leaves.: to-morrow for: London, via Ly Helton*. and Wellington, 1 will-: take close.on: 6000 carcases of frozen mutton; from the Refrigerating Company. The Rua-v pehu will also take 3000 carcases. . A.man. named Kdwd. Oleesou has died in; .the Lunatic Asylum,..who only arrived from; Australia on : the 21st'January. He had a return ticket : with him,, and is not known here at all. oHe had to be taken to the Akylnm the day the steamer arrived. : . At to-night's meeting of one of the city : school committees, Mr. W. Green's motion for the appointment of a sub-committee to confer with teachers with the view of ascertaining whether they would conduot Bible reading classes, was lost by four votes to two. Dr. McDonald, the rector of the High School, opposed the motion. Red FUher, an old storekeeper at Skippers shot himself this morning, from what cause is unknown. .; , , ~v .