GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9580, 3 August 1894, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[BY TELEGRAPH.— association.] Wellington, Thursday. Drs. Smith and Hall are appointed public vaccinators, under the Public Health Act, for the district of Whangarei. 0. W. O. Walker is appointed a clerk in the Magistrate's Court, Auckland, vice T. A. Moresby,'transferred to Marlborough. L. J. Bagnall is re-appointed a member of the Auckland Land Board. St. John's College Rifle Cadets of Tamaki have been accepted. The regulations which' come into operation on September Ist, as to the overcrowding of sailing vessels with passengers are gazetted. Christchdroh, Thursday. At a special meeting of the executive of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, the following resolution was carried: —"That the imputation made in the House by Sir Robert Stout thab Ministers conferred with the leaders of the Railway Servants Society in Christchurch regarding the appointment of Railway Commissioners and the dismissal of certain officers, is absolutely without the slightest foundation, and can only be viewed in the light of a deliberate and wilful misrepresentation of facts for the purpose of bringing discredit upon the Government." The first meeting of the creditors in the estate of John Thomas Matson, formerly auctioneer, was held to-day. The bankrupt's statement showed secured creditors, £3787 13s 4d (security £3880); unsecured, £1876 13s 7d. The debtor attributes his bankruptcy to depreciation in the value of property. Assets, £96 18s. A motion was unanimously carried expressing sympathy with Matson, and recommending his discharge as speedily as possible, JJr/NEDiN, Thursday. The directors of the Westporb Coal Company have declared a dividend,ab the rate of 6 per cent, for the half year. : ; '" A Chinaman was charged to-day with sly grog selling, bub bhe case was adjourned for a week. ~ '-'* '': ; The officers of the Education Board made a presentation to Inspector Pecrie, who is about to proceed to Auckland,' and the teaching body entertain him on Friday,