TELEGRAPHIC.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 850, 15 June 1888, Page 26

TELEGRAPHIC.

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Christchorch, June 7.

The Canterbury Fruit-growers’ Associa. tion approves the principle of the Codlin Moth Bill, but suggests that the proposed tax should be levied on apples, quinces and pears only, and that the only effectual method of checking the further spread of the iusect is to prohibit the imputation of fruit and trees from infected into clean districts, that the importation of fruit and trees from Tasmania, Australia and America be prohibited, and that Parliament be recommended to increase the duty on imported fruit to -id per lb. ' / A home for destitute men has been opened here by Mr T. Herrick, the object being to provide bed and breakfast for men who would otherwise have to sleep in the Park or under the hedges. Several instances of this have occurred recently. A meeting was held to-night under the presidency of the Mayor, for the purpose of obtaining subscribers to the home. P. Brown and R. Griffiths were committed for trial on a further charge of stealing wheat from the Harbor Board’s shed at Lyttelton. Dunedin, June 7. There was a heavy fall of enow this morn.ine. At a meeting of local fruit-growers, resolutions were carried to strongly oppose the passage of the Codlifl'Moth Bill in its present form, as being a most useless and offensive measure, and certain to cripple tho fruit industry in this part of the Colony. Some strange things were told at a meeting of the creditors of William Henry Attley, confectioner- The liabilities were £273 and the assets £73. The bankrupt said he had made no losses on his contraots, but had lost £142 which was tied up in a parcel ready to take to the bank. He did not know how he lost it. £42 was afterward found under the sill of a workshop door by another man a fortnight later, the bankrupt having been ill for three weeks. He lost £4O in a similar manner about 12 months ago, and being further questioned, he said lie lost £23 some time before that. He denied being in the habit of going to a publichouse. It appeared that at a private meeting a few days ago the bankrupt stated that he had lent £IOO. bub as it was a family affair he refused to divulge the name. He strenuously denied saying so to-day, and when closely pressed, pleaded thftt be bad been ill and insensible

for 16 days. The meeting was adjourned to get more evidence on tho subject. The Licensing Committee for the borough of Eoslyn intimated to-day that they considered that no licenses were necessary, and if the same committee were elected next year none, would be issued. As they had no desire to do anything hurriedly they made this intimation, but granted the licenses this year. ' - • • - ' Greymouth, June 7. Eleven applications for the office of County Clerk were opened and dealt with by the Borough Council last night. Michael Phillips, Acting Clerk, was appointed unanirnously, after nine out of the eleven had been balloted out. ■ ! 1 : . O amaru, June 7. By the death of the Earl of Seafield, announced in this morning’s cable messages, Viscount Keidhaven, of Oamaru, succeeds to the title and to a seat in the House of Lords as Baron Strathspey. ' • Feilding, June 7. At a public meeting last night, the Mayor presiding, the following resolution was passed unanimously.:—That this meeting cordially approves the course which Messrs Macarthur, Bruce aud Wilson, the members for the Manawatu, Rangitikei, aud Foxton electorates, have adopted in the interests of Freetrade, by withdrawing their support from the Government in consequence of its Protective policy. Wanganui, June 7. The Chamber of Commerce to-day appointed Messrs Spurdle and Carson a deputation to wait on the Ministers, to urge tho necessity of improving the communication with the interior. Westport, June 7- ' Seven new licenses were granted in the borough to-day. Auckland, June 7. A man named Alexander Duncau was ariested to-night on a charge of setting fire to a liay-shed at the Kohimarama Industrial School ground. The damage to the shed was trifling. • St Mary’s Anglican pro. Cathedral at Parnell was opened this evening with the ordinary services of the church. The building was crowded, and a large number of clergymen were present. The sermon was preached by Archdeacon Dudley. The arrangements to endeavor to float the barque Sophia R. Luhrs with .the assistance ota tag boat fell through,andthere is now a danger of the vessel breaking up. - Mrs Mary Simson was fined £2O, and £6 s2s costs, at Waipa to-day, for sly grogelling. Napier, June 8. Mr Faulknor, proprietor of a coach factoiy, and a large employer-' of labor here, has given notice to reduce the wages of his employes by sixpence a day,- ia consequence of the pressure of the jiew tariff on articles used in the manufacture of carriages. He says his men must either do more work or take Jess wages, or he will be compelled to import the.finished articles required in his trade. .: Feilding, June 8. A flax-mill is about to be started near Feilding, the Borough Council having made concessions as to the cutting of flax on the reserves. Dunedin, June 8. A coroner’s jury found that a stack fire at Tarras station was wilfully caused, and added.a rider that grave suspicion attached to James Mackenzie, farmer, of Tarras, aud to John B. McKenzie, his servant. The Committee of the Chamber of Commerce decided to take no action in making a recommendation regarding the tariff. Regret was expressed at the decision to reduce the salary of the Official Assignee, as the offioe had shown a profit since it wa3 instituted. Auckland, June 8.

Mr W. A. Waddell, Chairman of the Har. bar Beard, and ex-mayor of the city, died to-day. A young man named G. L. Coward was committed for trial to-day on a charge of forging and uttering a cheque for £25 on the Bank of New South Wales. ■ Mr G. W. Basley was to-day sworn in as Sheriff of Auckland, vice H. C. Baddeley, resigned.' . ' The municipal acoounta of Auckland for the halfr'year ending 3lst March show a debit balance to the general account of £20,272. The ward accounts have £18,355 standing to their credit, and there is £1631 to the credit of the free library, and £3192 to the good of the waterworks conservation fund.

A largely-attended meeting of fruitgrowers was held to-day at the Industrial . Association's rooms, the Mayor presiding, when it was decided to send a telegram to the Legislative Council requesting them to throw out the Codlin Moth Bill. It was also agreed, “ That if the Government will entirely prohibit the importation of all fruit of the class infected by the codlin moth, and admit dnty free materials for the destruction of the insect peats, and employ a skilled entomologist to experiment and aid th 6 fruitgrowers, that the glowers will themselves be able to arrange much more effective measures than is possible under the proposed law.” Christchurch, June 8. * William Fanning was committed for trial to-day on a charge of setting fire to two oat stacks at Lin wood, belonging to Alfred James Lewis, on Junp 5. A uckland, J une 9. The Financial Reform Association last night adopted .a report condemning the proposed increase of taxation, declaring the retrenchment inadequate, ahd pointing pat how £336,000 per annum could be saved in railway management. The report declares that the time has come to stop borrowing, and regrets that the property-tax is not abolished and the school age raised, Mr Justice Gillies has arrived and opens the Supreme Court sessions on Monday morning. There are 22 criminal charges on the calendar, one-half being for false pretences, forgery, and uttering. There is no hope of saving the Sophia R, Luhrs, as the vessel to-day is reported as breaking up. Woodville, June 9. At the annual meetiug of the country Licensing Committee to-day, two renewals were applied for and granted, and an application for a new lici-nse was refused. There was no quorum of the town, committee, the reason being that two applications for new licenses are alleged to be informal, and the committee iriteAd ftdjeurßing from time to

time, so that the informality riiay bis ovetbbme. : : ■, , ~ Hokitika, June 9. Public iileetiiaga have been held at Hokitika aud Kumara endorsing the action of the Government.in providing n Mines Act Amendment Bill for the proclamation of rivers as tailing receptacles. . The meeting at Kumara last night was crowded, enthusiastic, and unanimous. Miners from all parts of the goldfields were present, and resolutions were carried supporting Government in their aotion, hoping that the Amendment Bill would be carried, and stiongly urging Mr Seddou, the member for the district, to assist the Government in the matter. It was also resolved that all goldfield members be communicated with urging them to assist in the matter. Nelson, June 9. Mr W. J. Ford, Principal of the Nelson College, resigus at the eud of the year, when he returns to England. ■ • __ Dunedin, June 9: The Mutual Assurance Society of Victoria have purchased the Exohange Buildings formerly occupied by the Chamber of Commerce, and will shift into the now premises almost immediately, Masterton, June 9. Mr J. 0. Boddington, local manager of the Bank of New Zealand, . was this morning presented with a handsome silver salver auu a purse of sovereigns, iu ) ecoguition of the able services rendered by him as Chairman of the local School Committee. The presentation was made by the Mayor in the presence of a large gathering of ladies and gentlemen. The salver bore the following inscription 5 —** Presented to Mi' J. C. Boddington, together with a purse of sovereigns, by Masterton residents, iu recognition of his seven yoars of service as' chairman of their public school, and as a memento of the zeal and intelligence with which he labored to advance the educational interests of the town, ISSS.” Blenheim, Juno 9. A workman at Upton Downs station, Awatere, is reported to have died suddenly, presumably of heart disease. There will be an inquest. - Grevmoutii, June 10. Forty-three Chiuese landed from- the Koranui this morning. There was no molestation or outcry, though a largo number of citizens gathered on the through cariosity. A number qf the Chinese are evidently old m inera i Mr Haulan, the new sergeant of police for this district, arrived by the Koranui. Reefton mining returns for the week : Keep-it-Dafk, 2210 z of amalgam for the week; Progress, 119 oz of amalgam from 120 tons; Fiery" Cross, 191ozof amalgam from J)8 tons. The Fiery Cross cleaned up with 6540 z of gold, from 570 tons for the miQntli. Vonu'S, IBOoz, of amalgam ffij five days!. ' The football Grey v. Hokitika Ssw£®s»jfV was won by. Grey, with sis; points to nil, * 1 Coal the week, 2,pp3 tons. Christchurch, Jurje 9, At a meeting, of shareholders of th.e Qaa. terlyury frozen Meat C°mPA u 2 iprday the following' resolutions were unanimously agreed to ‘-.That wijth. a vieijr to obtainjug ‘a moderate rate of freight for aliped period, file Directors be instructed to, ob. tain a guarantee from stock owners to unpply stock'to“ ISO,OOO sheep per' annum for freezand snipment during the year 1889-90, at a rate of freight hot exceeding Id per lb, and that the Directors be accordingly authorised to engage freight for up to ISo.OOO Bheep per annum for 1889 and IS9O at a freight not exceeding Id per lb, it being left to their discretion what portion of the said number of sheep they will require to be guaranteed by stookowners before they make any contracts.” ’ June IK A meeting of dafiV representatives on Satqrssy resolved to ask Government to delay“ the proposed appointment of Mr McCallum as Government Dairy Factory Instructor, and to furnish particulars as to the precise nature of the appointment. Another meeting-is-to be held .shortly* whhn the; matter will be fully discussed.- ■ ' ll » A child ttoo and a half years of age, a son of Captain MaLead. Vf'the'-schoorier'-Crest of tfie Wave, was : severely'burned >on Saturdaynrght-,’ 1 and died yesterday.‘V His mother sent him into * the sitting-room while the other children were being washed, and he was soon after heard to cry out; and'his clothes we’re seen'to be in a blaze. Prompt UttenfiOri was giver*, hut severe buriik had ;, by this fclnie been- inflicte'd.' The Only explanation that the e&ild accidentally ignited i.ts dloth'e'k at’the' fireplace.' u The man Fatriclf; Murray, wijtlfc attempting t«j s^aftie? fJcmmgj ' y?as V byef. % aiif ngofttbai put failing fd fipd weu,t fa ga,o}, Af a meeting l&q Brigade tmonafratiqn it was resolved a,ak tfie q*e?fthavs far the town and district ta their influence to have the Government grant of £250 to the United Fire Brigade continued.

OltKlsTcfiuKCH, June 11. There has been a good deal of rowdyism in the streets on Saturday nights lately. Last Saturday, while arre£tifig a WW (W being d?s n h tb® ye-ii qftackqi by several iamlUQB, and pad " irfiahle in. keeping hold pf their raan t .._At 'the Resident Magistrates -Court to-day ha was sentenced to two months’ hard labor, and ordered to pay a £4 fine and damages. Another rowdy was fined 40s for ness and sent to gaol for mepfh. At a meeting qf s,rtiaan3 and, others inaiM jiiwrl Dunedin, June 11,. Robert. ffngen, bootmaker, of Mainlandotrerit, committed suicide early ’ log, by cutting.b\B tbiqat. • : ' 1 1 - Blenheim, June 11, John Middleton, employed temporarily at Hilisfien S.tatfon/-was 'committed * for stealing' a 'wat&li and Chain, ring, money, &c., fVom a whare, the' property of one of. the station hand’s. • >* • • Timaru, Jnne 11. Mr James Bruce, the well-known miller, wastbis. ipornuig charged with removing a truok from the railway line without autho-

rity. He received by rail a 10-ton boiler for his mill-, and it was run on to his siding. He laid down a track at right angles to the siding without a turntable, and by means of shear-logs and tackle lifted up the boiler aud a truck on to. hi 3 private traok, and on it ran the boiler to its place in the mill, 40ft or 50ft away. The defence was that he never thought of asking for permission, as he had done a precisely similar thing before, and nothing was said about it. It was admitted that the truck was not damaged. A nominal penalty of £1 was imposed with costs. Hokitika, June 11. At a fire at Rimu this morning the store an 1 dwelling of Mr Perry was destroyed by lire. The insurance on the building is £2OO, on the furniture £SO, and on the stock £250, all in the Norwich Union office. A portion of the stock was removed.

The dredging plant at the Five Mile and Threo Mile Beaches was safely landed. The prospecting plant is almost finished. Steam was got up on the 6th. They expect to start dredging next week. Heavy rain has again set in. Sluicers will now get a sufficiency. Water has been very short lately. The Kennedy has not yet got off the gravel bank at the mouth of the river. . _ Auckland, June 11.

The Supreme Court sittings opened to-day. The calendar, though large, is not a serious oue. Henry Smith and John Kelly were acquitted on a charge of arson at Kaukapakapa. The Grand Jury found no bill in the case against S. T. Rowe, charged with indecent assault, and he was therefore dis charged. Captain Fairchild has telegraphed to Mr Reiscliek stating that he was not in charge of the Government steamer Stella at the time when the case of valuable scientific specimens belonging to the latter was destroyed. The funeral of the late Mr W. K. Waddell took place yesterday, and was witnessed by thousands of people. The deceased was interred with full military honors, ha having been a captain in the Gity Guards, and a number of Oddfellows aud Freemasons were also present. Mr S. Browning, one of Auckland’s oldest and moat notable colonists, died this morning-

Masterton, June 12.

The subjects of three serious accidents were admitted to the Masterton Hospital yesterday. Arthur Poulsen, a well-known jockey, whilst leading a draught horse, got his leg broken by a kick. Abraham Fielding, whilst pig-shootiiig at BranoeIpeth on Monday evening, fell, and, his i gun going off, the bullet passed through iboth thighs, smashing the right bone. Fieldring was found hours after by his mates j lying in a pool of bl.opd. Dr Hpsking i arrived frein Masterton, distant 30 miles, land dressed the wounds. The injured man was conveyed; on his mates’’ shoulders Three nfil e3 » and thence came on by brake. a henchman, employed at the jManagamahoe sawmills, was struck by a ; large splinter from, the machine, which ! entered the. sid,e of hip eye. and passed underneath to the brain. Be was qhlorcdavmed I at the Hospital, and i.t, too.!; the united efforts lof Dra Hoskius and Milne to extract the i wood. All the sufferers are progressing favorably considering the nature of their injuries. Michael • Dowling, for wilful damage to property, was sentenced to six weeks’ hard labor to-day. Wanganui, June 12. A man named Symons, with several aliases, who was at last Supreme Court acquitted off a charge of watch-stealing, v?as tlii§ "morning arrested on a ctjarga’of larceny, and remanded-! i B a well-known character, and iis 'said to be implicated in some other cases pending, Gisborne, Jnne 12.

The Oil Springs Hotel, Matatutu, occupied by Mr W. Devery, and owned by Mr A. C. Arthur, was burned to the ground early 'on Monday qujsning.' The Btore adjoining and a little furuiture-were saved. Inlaurano'6, £3OO oh the building in the Royal ioffice, and ( £IOO on ! ' the' 'furniture, and £SO, on the stock iii the South British office.

' Christchurcilj June 12. C, The legal profession are taking steps to perpetuate' the inemory of the late Mr Justice :Jqhngt6b. ’ 1 ‘ ” 1 r ’■ • Invercargill, June 12, Stewart Island fishermen complain of the I alteration' of the date oh which, the. majl isteame'r visits them, ’ sp%rs refuse to ijerOjefly High;, cpphplaint. 1