NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7513, 17 December 1885, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[>'ROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WARKWORTH, Wednesday, i At a meeting of the Warkworth School ■ Committee held thie evening, Mr. Palham i was eleoted Chairman, vice Mr. Bradnan, ' resigned. The Chairman was authorised to communicate with the owners of the e.s. Rose Casey to request them to give the usual excursion to the Kawau on Friday, January 8. The country districts are beginning to want rain sadly. Archdeacon Maunsell's letter is much approved of through the North. I PRESS ASSOCIATION. ] WELLINGTON, Wednesday. Bishop Redwood and Father Lanzeau returned from Sydney this morning. The German residents hero have presented. Mr. F. A, Knill with a handsome clock on the eve of his departure for Wanganui, where he intends residing. In connection with the indiscriminate killing of seals on our coast, Mr. Ballance now proposes to deal with the matter by leasing lands along the coast lines to responsible persons, and make the months of October to May inclusive, a cloee season for seals. Draft; regulations in connection with seal-fishing are now being drawn up, And will be submitted to experts for their opinion.

Trie case of J. Stuart Reid v. W. K. Bishop, an application to restrain the respondent from publishing " Bishop's Bradshaw's Guide," again came before the Banco Court to-day. Mr. Justice Richmond dismissed the motion with £10 10s costs.

The Wellington end of the Cook's Strait cable was picked up this morning and buoyed. The iSherard Oeborne is now grappling for the Blenheim end.

BLENHEIM, Wednesday,

The Wairau Road Board have declined to pay their quota on hospitals and charitable aid on the ground that the Hospitals and Charitable Aid Act is wrong, and that such institutions ought to be supported out of the Consolidated Fund. The Board are taking stops so induce other Boards to follow their example.

CHRISTCHURGH. Wednesday,

The weather was magnificent to-day, and fully 3000 people were present at the Caledonian sports, on Lancaster Park, where the Governor was present. The live milee walking handicap was won by D. Libeau (scratch), in 3Smins ISsecs. The menagerie race was a fiasco, there being only two competitors, a cat and a goat. The former won. The five mile bicycle handicap waa won by C. Reece, by 50 yards, jn IBmins Dlbccs. A boy twelve years old, named Robert Thompson, of Oamaru, carried off the prize for the sailor's hornpipe, beating half-a-dozen men.

The popular sporfca at Hagley Park were rery successful, 6000 people being present. C. Hulston (scratch) won the 100 yards race in lOaeoH. Libeau won the two-mile walking match.

OAMARU, Wednesday. The stores of J.Austin and C. Strachan, o! Bakatoramea, were destroyed by fire on Tuesday evening. The fire began in Mr. Austin's place, and the whole of his stock was destroyed. Mr. Strachan saved nearly all his stock. Mr. Austin's stock and building were insured for £650 in the Victoria office, and Mr. Strachan's for £50, and it is believed in the South British office,

Aβ the Hospital Committee has only been able to obtain between £13 and £14 towards the guarantee to maintain the institution separate under the Act, they have decided to call a public meeting to discuss the matter before handing their trust over to the District Board.

DUNKDIN, Wednesday. The Girls' High School broke np to-day. The average attendance has heen 184. Professor McGregor presided, and delivered a long address, in which he spoke of the progress made in education of girls. He said that the solid discipline of a Knowledge of the nature of things alone could lit them for life, as it is an industrial demooracy like ours. It was, however, withheld from many for fear that softness and graoe may give place to hardness and grim self-assertion. He thought the emergencies of modern life demanded for girls a general education in all enaenti.il respects similar to that of boye, The Premier also addressed those present. The dux of the school is sister to the dux of the Boys' Schrol.

Bishop Moran yesterday received an addrese from his Sock, to which he made a lengthy reply. The cathedral is to be opened on February 14 by Cardinal Moran.

A five-roomed house at Maori Hill occupied by Donald McGlaehan, and the adjoining houie of George Wright, have been burnt down. McGlashan was insured for £400 in the National office, and Wright for £200 in the Union.

INVERCARGILL. Wednesday. A man named William Gooch Woods was founddeadin hie cottage at Averal yesterday. Deceased, who wan between 50 and 60 years old, lived by himself, and was last seen alive about three weeks ago. People in the vicinity noticed a peculiar smell,and informed the police, who burst open the door, and found 'Woods' body, which was greatly decomposed. The appearance indicated that death must have occurred some time ago.