NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 7975, 15 June 1887, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[OWN CORRESPONDENTS. ] Thames, Tuesday. Mr. JohnNeal, butcher, presents twenty fore quarters of mutton to the Charitable Aid Board as a Jubilee gift. The annual meeting of the Blue Ribbon Army was held at the Congregational Church this evening. The attendance was large, and Sir Win. Fox delivered a temperance address. Mr. Wm, Bobbett is retiring from the turf, and will invite tenders through the Herald for the purchase of his race horses. Cambridge, Tuesday. The ordinary meeting of the Borough Council was held this afternoon. Present: Messrs. J. Gwynneth (Mayor), Jas. Bally, H. Gillett, and A. Clements. A letter was received from Mr. J. B. Whyte informing the Council that they would receive the Government subsidy for the current year. It was resolved to close the Cambridge public pound on the ground of the loss which the same entailed on the working. Tpress association.] Woodville, Tuesday. The train to Woodville last night ran into a bullock, lying on the line near Mataman, and the engine was derailed. The passengers were compelled to stay in the train all night, as the place where this accident took place ia a long way from any settlement. Wellington, Tuesday. Mr. Ballance leaves for Wanganui tomorrow morning. The Permanent Artillery of New Zealand have, subscribed £90 to the Imperial Institute. Oamarct, Tuesday. A meeting of the New Zealand branch of the Australasian Shearers Union was held here this evening. Rules were 'drawn up for the guidance of members, and a committee of five waß appointed to conduct the affairs of the Association. Mr. Slattery was elected secretary, and Oamaru was fixed upon as the head quarters of the Association for the colony. The charge for shearing was fixed at £1 per hundred for the North Island, and 16s Sd for the South Island. !It was stated that the New Zealand members of the Association now numbered 2300; Ddnedin, Tuesday. At a meeting of ladies to-day a subcommittee was appointed to canvass - for subscriptions to establish the Queen's Fund, as suggested by Lady Jervois. A strong north-west gale has been blowing all day, accompanied by heavy rain ad thick weather.