LATE TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 907, 19 July 1889, Page 17

LATE TELEGRAMS.

tPER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Dunedin, July 17. A rush on a small scale has set in at Morrison’s Farm, five miles from Lawrence. The prospectors are earning 15s per day. Stripping does not exceed 23 6d. The gold is found in wash overlying cement, which is similar to that at Blue Spur. Thomas Easton Waugh; formerly a clerk in the Postal Department, who was arrested in Melbourne for embezzling over £BO belonging to the Government, was brought up at the City Court this morning and remanded until Tuesday to enable the police to prepare the case. Between 30 and 40 designs from nearly all parts of the Colony have been received for the Exhibition certificates. There are exactly 1000 shareholders in the Exhibition Company. The Auckland Committee has applied for 16 bays. The Council of the Victorian Agricultural Commission will send Viotorian grown oranges, lerpon§, olives and raisins. Fetlding, July 17. The inquest on the attempted fire at Manchester House concluded yesterday with a verdict of arson against iome persons unknown. Mr John Staples, of the firm of W. and J. Staples, bootmakers, Wellington, died yesterday at 7-15 p.m., at Light’s Denbigh Hotel, of inflammation of the lungs. His remains will be taken to Wellington by train to-day, Christchurch, July 17. A meeting of the leading Irish citizens to-day elected a Committee for the purpose of receiving the Irish delegates on arrival. The Poultry Show opened to-day was a great success, and the largest ever held here. The building is very superior for such an exhibition. An immense gathering is present to-night. Nelson, July 17. George White, late Superintendent of the Nelson Lunatic Asylum, has been committed for trial on three charges of embezzling money received by him for the maintenance of patients. The Waimea County Council at a meeting to-day passed a resolution condemning the proponed Hospital and Charitable Aid Bill, and calling on the local members to. oppose the measure. At a special meeting of Hie Nelson Hospital and Charitable Aid Board to-night, it was agreed that the. prpposed Bill wo.uld not be an improvement pr for public benefit, and expressing an opin.ipn that all contributing bodies should he represented ou the Boards. Invercargill, July 17. Joe Sewie, a Chinese, was charged at Riverton to day with rape on a half-bred Chinese girl, six years of age, at Round Hill. The acoused was remanded, and admitted to bail. Auckland, July 17. At the Supreme Court to-day a decision was given in regard to the application by P. Lanigan, contractor for the Calliope Dock, that a previous order given in Chamber bp rescinded ; that an arbitrator "'b,a appointed to, adjust hip/’ pfuim against the Auckland Havbour Board for the cpnafcruoiioa of the dock, and that the Harbour Board be ordered to pay the cost. Mr Justice Gillies said that having looked into the particulars of the claim he wes of opinion that this was specially a case for determination by arbitration. He therefore reversed his previous decision In Chambers, and ordered that'au’ ’arbitrator be appointed, 'i&e' apjAioant to have costs of mp.tiah hnd'those of the Chambers suit, His ‘ Honor also added that if the parties did not agree as to who should aet as arbitrator, each of /•

them should have leave within seven days to suggest names of skilled engineers suitable for the appointment, and from these he would select one. The costs were fixed at £lO 10s. A trial firing of the Maxim machine gun, under the direction of Major-General Strange, was held to-day at Cheltenham Beach, North Shore, with great success. A mezzotint engraving by the famous penman artist, Charles Hess, of Guido’s painting, of the “ Assumption of the Blessed Virgin ” was hung in the Aucldaud Art Gallery today, having been placed there on loan by Mr F. Hay. The original painting is in Dusseldorf Gallery, and is valued at £30,000. The plate now in the Auckland Gallery is be ieved -to be the only one south of the Line. A fully equipped billiard table has been bought by public subscription for the use of the inmates of the Avondale Lunatic Asylum. The judgment of the Supreme Court in the action New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company v. Firth has not been satisfied, and the property known as the Eight Hours Roller Mill and the machinery and gear are to be sold by auction on the 29th inst. By the s.s. Dupleix there are en route to Christchurch a pure-bred Leicester bull, six rams (one Leicester aud five South Downs), which were bought in England for Mr Dean, of Canterbury, and are now on the way to his Btation. Ir. has transpired that a son of Mr A. J. Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland, arrived in Auckland about a fortnight ago, and after a short stay returned Home by the Mariposa, via San Francisco, as quietly as he came. Mr Balfour’s visit is said to have no political significance. The Viotorian Insurance Company gave a guarantee to the Thames Borough Council for Dean’s integrity. As yet, however, they have received notice that defalcations to the extent of only £B4 have been discovered. It is stated that the defalcations are not all against the Borough Council, but that other institutions, for which Dean acted as treasurer, have also suffered. A protest has been entered by Howie, who ran third in the Zealandia Handicap, against the payment of the first and second prizes to Cummings and McManus. He alleges that they did not send in time lists of their performances. Mr W. L. Bright, M.P., and Mrs Bright left Auckland this morning for the Hot Lakes. They will thence go to Napier and Wellington. A man named Godden, a deserter from H. M.S. Dart, has been arrested on the gum fields. The scheme for carrying ou the Elam School of Design seems to be in abeyance. An application has been made to the Trustees asking to be informed oi the specific duties required of the master, and the time that was to be given to the school. The reply was that no information could be given further than what had appeared in the published notices. This, however, is very meagre. An opinion is advanced that it will be impossible to get one man to teach all the branches specified. The members of the Auckland branch of the Hibernian Society held a special meeting to-night, when it was rosolved to take part in the reception of the Irish delegates, and contribute £3O to the Irish evicted tenants’ fund. The money is to be raised by a levy upon the members. H.M.S. Orlando, with Admiral Fairfax on board, left to-night for a cruise among the islands of the So.uth Pacific. It is expected that the Admiral will consult Dr Macgregor at New Guinea.