NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9061, 23 May 1888, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[own correspondent.] Thames, Tuesday. A meeting of the Board of Works of the County Council will be held to-morrow, for the purpose of considering a telegram from Mr. Cadman, M.H.R., requesting the Council will forward him a statement of works upon which subsidies are desired during the ensuing year, in order that provision may be made for them in the estimates. Col. Fras'er, M.H.R., has forwarded from Wellington the following letter, received from the Trades and Customs Department, re petition lately forwarded to Wellington, urging the re-opening of the Thames as a port of entry:—"Wellington, 17th May, 1888. Sir, —I am directed by the Commissioner of Trade and Customs to acknowledge" the receipt of your letter of the 12th instant, forwarding a document signed by merchants and tradesmen of Thames, urging the re-opening of the port. In reply, I am directed to point out that the removal of Messrs. Ehrenfried Brothers' business to Auckland, and the closing of their bonded warehouse, will necessarily reduce the revenue hitherto collected at the Thames to so inconsiderable an amount that the Government do not feel justified in continuing the full Customs facilities there, especially in view of the proximity of the Thames to Auckland, with which port daily steam communication exists. A coastwaiter will be appointed, who will be authorised to grant clearances to timberladen vessels bound for places beyond New Zealand, and if the mercantile community should consider a bonded warehouse desirable, if suitable premises are submitted, and a bond entered into for the same, they will be appointed under conditions specified in accompanying document, provided a sum of £50 per annum is paid to Government to defray cost of supervision.—l am &c, W. J. Glasgow, Secretary."

[PRKSS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Tuesday. It is stated that Sir George Grey will open the Wairarapa exhibition in June next. Owing to bad weather to-day, the Sherard Osborne was unable to proceed with the operations for the repairing of the cable. She is now at anchor at Worser Bay, but will make another start as soon as the weather moderates. During this season the Taranaki dairy factory disposed of 50 tons of cheese at 4£d f.0.b., or 4d at the dairy. Wm. Pope, billiardmarker, who arrived here by the steamer Koronui, from Dunedin, having booked through to Greymouth, is reported missing. The vessel arrived on Sunday night, and since then Pope has not been heard of. Richard Smith, a well-known settler ab Pahautanui, was to-day arrested on a charge of stealing sheep from Wright and McMinamin's station at Terawhiti. A rich vein of manganese has been found on property at Makara. The assay shows 70 per cent, of ore. The local branch of the Irish National League will forward £100 next mail to the Lora Mayor of Dublin. The body of an infant, supposed to be prematurely born, was found on the beach near Oriental Bay this morning. The police are investigating the matter. Proceedings have been instituted in the Supreme Court by Mr. Skerrett, acting on behalf of the Attorney-General, at the instance of John James Smith, cab proprietor, the object of which is to restrain Messrs. Grace and Greenfield, proprietors of the Wellington city tramways, from using several portions of their tramway line, which are said to have been laid down without legal authority. Chkistchuech, Tuesday. A largely-attended meeting of citizens was held to-night, at which it was decided to get up a petition to Parliament, praying for the abolition of the totalisator. Duhkdin, Tuesday. The body of James Gray, miner, who has been missing from Teviot, has been found on one of the beaches of the Clutha River. • . A large stone was found in each of the trousers pockets.