TELEGRAPHIC.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 787, 1 April 1887, Page 27

TELEGRAPHIC.

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Christchurch, March 24.

Herman Goth and Charles Morgan were committed for trial to-day on a charge of breaking into Ballin’s wine and spirit store, and stealing liquor and cigars therefrom. The annual meeting of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association was held to-night. Mr John Dean was elected President; Mr John Ferguson, Vice-President. Resolutions were carried recommending the Goverument to remove restrictions on the imnortation of sheep and cattle. Timaru, March 24.

The Resident Magistrate to-day gave judgment for the plaintiff in re Inns v. Moore, for £9, the price of beer supplied and afterward seized by the Customs authorities. The defendant refused to receive the beer on its release by the Customs, and plaintiff now sued him successfully. Dunedin, March 24.

A poundkeeper was charged at the Police Court to-day with wrongfully impounding cattle and making excessive charges. He was ordered to pay the £4 4s fid levied and £4 15s costs. Owing to some rumors having got about as to the cause of death of the young woman Sarah Jane Kane, it was decided to hold an inquest. The medical evidence clearly disproved the rumors, death being irom syncope, caused by perforation and ulceration of the stomach. Hokitika, March 24.

The Ross United Company held its annual meeting to-day. The Chairman moved a resolution, which was carried, that £IO,OOO to £20,000 be raised by preferential shares in order to clear out the Cassius old shaft, and work from that point. New Directors were appointed —Messrs Comiskey, BarstoD, Brown, * and Spratt (Auckland) ; Bonar, Johnston, and Grimmond (Hokitika). The proposal to transfer the management to Auckland was abandoned. The Chairman held proxies for over 50,000 shares. A motion to sell the Prince of Wales and turbine elevators was withdrawn. Auckland, March 24. Steps are being taken to reorganise the Auckland Yacht Club. The names of 40 promised members have been received. t Auckland, March 25.

At the annual meeting of the New Zealand Stud and Pedigree Company the financial report submitted showed a balance in favor of the Company of £20,743. The following Directors were re-elected :—Messrs Morrin and Clark. Mr Firth (chairman), stated that the Directors hope to make the Company a paying concern. Peter Finn, an old offender, and now an inmate of the Old Men’s Refuge, was today committed for trial for grievously assaulting a fellow inmate. The Auckland Gardener’s Horticultural Society was opened to-day by the Mayor. The quantity of fruit shown this year is smaller than last year, but equal in quality. An attempt is being made to resuscitate the Auckland Rowing Club. Wm. Edward Allen, batcher, at the Union Sash and Door Company’s mill, Tairua, has been drowned. He lost hia way in the bush and fell into the river. The Free Public Library is to be formally opened to-morrow by Mayor Devore. Everything has been done to give eclat to the opening ceremonies. The officers of the Duauesne have been invited. Hokitika, March 25.

The Bank of New Zealand paid duty on 22550 z gold, valued at £9022, for shipment from Wellington to Sydney per the Hauroto.

Heavy rain fell last night. The river is in high flood, and much timber is coming down. Dttnedtn, March 25. No opposition is expected to Mr Mills at Port Chalmers. > • , Greymouth, March 25, Mr Martin Kennedy, of Kennedy Bros, and the Brunner Coal Company, who is going home on business, was given a formal farewell at a thoroughly representative meeting to-night. Dunedin, March 26. So far £527 has been collected for the relief of sufferers by the late fire at the Iron and Wood ware Company’s premises. Of this the Woodware Company gave £IOO. The Marine Department, having resolved to discontinue the employment of a harbormaster at Catlins, asked the Clutha Council to take charge of the harbor. The Council passed a resolution that the department be asked to continue the harbormaster until the railway is opened. They added that the harbormaster’s presence was of great service to the settlers newly gone to the district, and if the Government would only open np lands in the district and offer them for what they were worth, there would be no oocaBion to ever think of removing the harbormaster.

Dunedin, March 28. The Dunedin Iron and Woodware Company have forwarded the Mayor a donation of £IOO for distribution amongst the brigades who worked at the (ire on their premises. In the Bankruptcy Court to-day Mr Justice Williams suspended the discharge of James Campbell, china importer, for 18 months, for not keeping proper books. Nine years ago he went into business with a capital of £BOOO. In the Divorce Court a petition for a judicial separation, Eowe v Rowe, was dismissed. Tne wife in this case sued for separation oh the ground of cruelty. The petitioner gave two instances of alleged cruelty, one at Auckland, and another at Kaitangata, but his Honor decided the allegations were not sustained. Auckland, March 28. A charge of perjury brought against Mrs Graham in connection with the Ohinemutu Hotel dispute was dismissed by the Resident Magistrate to-day. Mr Justice Ward ha 3 directed that the divorce action Gordon v. Gordon should be tried before himself, without a jury, at the close of the next civil sessions.

To-morrow Mr Lamach meets the Chamber of Commerce to discuss matters of importance to the mining interests. Mr Jnsfice Ward haß suspended the discharge of Samuel Coombes, bankrupt, for six months. The Judge said the case did not look as serious as he thought it did at ope time, but still he thought the bankrupt had acted a little recklessly. In 1885 he had made a series of preferential payments, while other creditors got nothing. Christchurch, March 18.

Five men were committed for trial to-day on a charge of stealing 8 cwt. of lead from a plumber’s yard. The boy Oscar Anderson, injured iu the fatal fire at View Hill, died yesterday. March 29.

A total of 376 entries have been received for the Agricultural and Pastoral Associa. tion’s first ram and ewe fair, of which 282 are rams and 84 ewes.

Thames, March 29.

A dividend of Is per share (47,000) has been declared in the Cambria Gold Mining Company. j Dunedtn, March 29.

The report of the ‘ Accident Insurance Association shows that the total income was £4097, and the expenditure, including £3OO written off, £5740, showing a debit balance of £1642. The falling-off in premiums is attributed to excessive competition, the cutting of rates, and the circumscribed area. The Bible-in-Schools Association are about to organise throughout the country districts in view of the coming elections. A suggestion of the Nelson Association to hold a meeting in Wellington of supporters of the movement during the coming session, was adopted. Hokitika, March 29. The damage done by floods on the coast iB considerable, and several bridges have been carried away. Patea, March 29. A man named James Frederick Thompson, charged with forging the name of James M. Dickie, of Waverley, to a cheque for £9 15s, was brought before Mr 0. A. Wray, and fully committed for trial at the next Supreme Court at New Plymouth. No application was made for bail. Masterton, March 29. A special meeting of the Borough Council was held last evening, when it was resolved that the Council be the distributing body of charitable aid in the borough. Woodviile, March 29. Mr R. G. Williams, lately carrying on a saddlery business in Woodviile, has been committed for trial on a charge of forging a signature on the back of a P.N. for £44 2s 2d. Mr E. A. Haggen was, last night, presented with a handsome tea urn on the occasion of his leaving the district. Auckland, March 29. Typhoid fever is declining here. Henry Johnston Atkins, with half a dozen aliases, has been arrested for about a, dozen suburban robberies. The Devonport tramway plant has been sold by the liquidators for £650, subject to a concession to be got from the Devonport Borough Council. "ROUGH ON CATARRH” Corrects offensive odors at once. Complete cure of worst chronic cases ; also unequalled as gargle for diphtheria, sore throat, foul breath. “ROUGH ON PILES” Why suffer Piles ? Immediate relief and complete cure guaranteed. Ask for “Rough on Piles.” Sure cure for itching, protruding, bleeding, or any form of Piles.