NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7403, 11 August 1885, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

(PRESS ASSOCIATION. J

WELLINGTON, Monday. The Oamaru Band gave a concert at the Exhibition to-night, and give another on Wednesday evening.

CERISTCHURCH, Monday. About fifty gentlemen, including many who had been friends of the late Mr. Seftou Moorhouße, assembled to-day to take a private view of the statue of the late gentleman, which it is proposed to erect in the Domain. The opinion was unanimously expressed that the statue is not a reasonably good likeness of Mr. Moorhouse. Great disappointment ia felt in consequence.

TIMARU, Monday.

The girl named Julia Connor, who had been missing from I'aeroa since Friday night, and for whom search was made on Saturday and Sunday, was discovered in Peerses Town this morning. She slept out in the open air all Friday night, despite the wintry weather, and got into town very late on Saturday night. She was arrested this morning on a charge of supposed lunaoy. Sho states her mother would poison her.

DUNEDIN, Monday,

Bishop Neville announced, on Sunday, that he intended shortly visiting the South Sea Islands, with a view of organising a mission work in those not at present supplied with teachers.

PORT CHALMERS, Monday,

Mr. L. B. Wood, .Rector of the Port Chalmers High School, recently appointed Inspector for North Canterbury, has been presented by the committee with an addreas, and by the pupils with a writing desk and oak cabinet,