GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10082, 18 March 1896, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[Br TKLEGRAFn.— PItSSS ASSOCIATION.

Wkllinc.ton, Tuesday. A preliminary enquiry into the stranding nf the New ZoalaU Shipping Company's steamship Rakaia, on the African coast, on her outward voyage, was held before the Acting-Collector of Customs here. The depositions have boon forwarded to the Marine Department. The directors of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway recommend the pay menb of a divi lend of li por cont. per annum.* The Harper caso again occupied the time of the Court the whole of the day. The Rugby Union has had a very successful year. Beginning with an overdraft and liabilities amounting to £150, . this was paid off and a credit balance of £27 left. The Union will send teams to Taranaki and Auckland if they will agree to a return visit next voar. After further consideration the Government decided to appoint .Mr. Frostick and Mr. Gapes, ex-Mayor of Christcluirch, employer?' representatives on the Canterbury Conciliation Board. Mr. B. C. Aston lias been appointed a special inspector under the Licensing Act. Throe othors have yet to bo appointed._ Kmanuel Jorgenson, a cripple, accidentally shot himself in the chest with a toy revolver. He is in no danger of losing his life.

Gisborn'e, Tuesday. The Shaw-Savill stoamer Maori has loaded 0000 cut-cases mutton from the now (lisborne Freezing Works, the wholo of which was run off in lighters in under 24 hours, a record porformanco. The Maori returns South to night. Fkatherston, Tuesday. Mr. T. Hutchison, S.M., convicted the licensee of the Club Hotel, Marlborough, this morning, on two separate chargos_ of breaches of section 142 of the Licensing Act, for permitting drunkenness on his premisos. On the first charge ho fined the licensee 40s and costs, and on the second charge £20 and costs, and license to be ondorsed for each offence. On application being made that ho would make the fine for the first offence largo enough for an appeal, the magistrate informed counsel that! he could appeal on law points, but he had set his face against appeals on facts. The third charge was withdrawn. Hokitiica, Tuesday. _ The Hop. R. J. Soddon is now on his way rom Nelson to the West Coast. He expects to reach Reefton to-morrow night. He will address his constituents here on Friday night. Messrs. McWhirfcer, Michael, and Stennard, the retiring members of the Education Boayd, have been re-elected. lb has been raining hard all day, and the holiday was completely spoilt. Dunedw, Tuesday. Eaton Jones, miner, was killed by a fall of earth at Bald Hill flat. An eight-roomed houso, the property of the Standard Insurance, occupied by A. Bell, on District Road, Normanby, was destroyed by fire yesterday. The insurances are, furniture £200, and house £-00, both in the Standard. _