NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6996, 19 April 1884, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Leeom oua own correspondent.] : THAMES, Friday. At a meeting of the Borough Council tonight considerable retrenchment was resolved upon. The Town Clerk's salary was reduced from £300 to £250, the Collector's from £230 to £200, Inspector of Nuisances being added to his duties, Mr. Mason's services being dispensed with. The present messenger, who is drawing £2 a-week, was also, dispensed with, to be replaced by a boy at 20s a-week. The whole oharge for salaries was reduced to £500, a saving of £200. It is expected that a fourth of the revenue will be available for reducing the overdraft. [PBESS ASSOCIATION.] • , . GISBORNB, Friday. It is now stated definitely here that Mr. McDonald, M.H.R., will not resign his seat, but retain it until the general election^ Gas worts are being erected here. Two vessels laden with coal arrived to-day. WELLINGTON, Friday. A man named Walter Robertson, journey, man baker, met his death under mysterious circumstances on the Ngauranga yesterday. He had been into town with a horse/and cart, and started on the', return journey. His body was found . shortly after four in the afternoon, in a creek some 25 feet below the road, and had a severe cut on the head. ' It is conjectured that he was jerked out of the cart and fell down the embankment. ' He leaves a wife and three children.

The stopped cheques for compensation were paid yesterday. The wool-shed on Drawer's estate, Waipukurau, was burned down last night. Nothing was saved. The building was insured for £250 in the National, but the losses above insurance are very heavy.

Dr. Newman, who is a candidate for Thorndon, addressed a large meeting. last night,' and was awarded a unanimous vote of thanks and confidence.

The writ for the Thorndon seat, which was issued this morning, has been withdrawn, in consequence of polling places not yet having been appointed by the Returning Officer, who is absent from Wellington. . He returns to-morrow, and a writ will be issued in the afternoon.

At the Magistrate's Court this afternoon, Thos. J. Glew, publican, was committed for trial for perjury. The offence is alleged to have been committed in a civil case in the Resident Magistrate's Court, by the aocused swearing that, a cheque bearing his name was not signed by him, and that it was a forgery. Bail was allowed, himself in £100, and two sureties in £50 each.

In the Divorce Court this afternoon, a rule absolute was granted in the case of Climo v. Climo. In the case of Muncastor v. Man. caster (Blenheim), a rule nisi was granted. The Premier left for the South to-day.' CHRISTCHURCH, Friday. Besides Messrs. Richardson and Saunders, a third candidate ■ will, it is said, contest Kaiapoi.

.. A test case to try the right of the Flumpton Park Company without game license to course hares within their own grounds was decided to-day, by the Resident Magistrate against the Acclimatization Society who prosecuted. . The Magistrate had no doubt hare were game wherever-found, but . they were in confinement at Plumpton. It could not be held, supposing the owner was- the sole owner of the.ground and chose to keep hares for the purpose of making a living for himself, that because the. ground! happened to be 200 acres the hares were not in confinement. * ~

At,a fleeting in Fapanui, called by the Reform Association,. the : attendance being about seventy, the following resolution was. passed unanimously :—" That the history, of. the Ministry baa been reckless, and extravagant without any due consideration for the true wants of the people, feigardless as to what means they may have to adopt for the purpose of maintaining themselves in power, without a definite policy for the future, and calls for the reprobation of.'the people and demands that every legitimate step should be taken to ensure their speedy .expulsion from office."

DUNEDIN, Friday. . A small house at Port . Chalmers was burned this morning. It was unoccupied, but the owner, Mr. Gray, had been" repair, ing it during the day. It was insured for, £100 in the Colonial.

On behalf of the subscribers, a. number of ladies. Miss Dalrymple to-day presented to the Girls' High School a life-sized painting of the late Mr. John Richardson, who always took a; warm interest in the foundation of the school and its progress.

On the ; motion of Captain. Scott, R.N., the following resolutions were carried;at the Chamber of Commerce to-day :—lt was decided to interview. Major . Atkinson in regard to the subject: " That the' Chamber would respectfully ask the Government for information as to the. extent, if any, to whioh New Zealand inscribed stock is being taken up by the investment of Chancery and other trust funds in the home country; that the Chamber beg respectfully to express to the Government the hope that Sir Dillon Bell, who as Agent-General has so ably represented the interests of New : Zealand, may be requested to continue ; his valuable services."

At' the Chamber of Commerce meeting to-day, Mr. Bathgate moved, that a committee inquire and report on the present monetary system of the .colony, more especially as to protecting note issues by / a deposit . of Government debentures,- and thereby relieving the bank of the obligation to keep a large reserve in gold, nonproductive; also; as to the expediency of establishing a general clearing house, so that our banking power may be economised, with the result of greater facilities being .-afforded to' commerce and the protection of legitimate enterprise, with a consequent increase'of employment of the industrial classes. The resolution was carried.

INVEKCARGILL, Friday/ The stables and barn attached to J. MolntoßhV hotel -were burned down last night, and the hotel narrowly escaped. There were six; horses in the stables, and'one of thorn was 'destroyed. The ' building' was insured In the Union Office for £100, and the prodnce,harness, etc., for £75" in the' New Zealand Office. - The loss is : estimated at £100 over, the inraranceo. The origin 1 of the