LATE TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 914, 6 September 1889, Page 20

LATE TELEGRAMS.

tPEU PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, September 4. Mr Dillon has written, stating that he ha 3 found it necessary to postpone his visit till November. He leaves Sydney the latter part of October. He says the success of the mission in Australia has been wonderful. The amalgamated Society of Railway Servants here have decided to vote £25 to tho London Dock Strike Fund, and are inviting other branches of labour to co-operate and open a fund here. The attention of the Harbour Board has been drawn to the fact that the ship Piako, from London, discharged 110 barrels of gunpowder and 10 cases of rockets at the Queenstreet Wharf. This part of the cargo was consigned to the Government, and was in consequence free from restriction as to discharge at the powder ground. The Board decided to bring the matter under the notice of the Government. There was on the Piako whon alongside the wharf sufficient powder to blow up the whole of the shipping and the wharves. In his letter to the local Reception Committee, Mr Dillon says the wonderful success of the mission of the delegates in these colonies has made it necessary that they should give a great deal more time to the work than they had calculated on. Mr Dillon cannot yet state whether his two colleagues will accompany him. The meeting of the Auckland Racing Club, called to consider the rules adopted by theWellington Conference, was adjourned until the 25th inst. It wa3 held, however, that the amendments allotted as prizes for pony racing should not be recognised when the programmes were being considered. The civil sessions of the Supreme Court were opened to-day. W. L. Mitchell sued the Onehunga Saw Mill Company for the sum of £550, the amount of commission alleged to be due to the plaintiff a 3 commission for his having sold the property of the defendant Company to the Kauri Timber Company. Mr Theo. Cooper appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Edwin Ilesketh for the defence. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, but leave was given to apply for a non-suit, or that judgment be entered for the defendant. Christchurch, September 4. Davis’ Hotel, at Springfield, burned down yesterday morning, was the property of the Crown Brewery Company. The building was insured in the Standard office for £7OO, and the furniture in the National office for £450. The widow of Terrall, who died from the result of an accident at Chimery’s flax mill in July, purposes claiming £IOOO compensation on the ground that the scutching machine, which caused the accident, was in an unsafe condition. Mr Joynt is retained for the claimant. A meeting of fruitgrowers to-nigbt received an analytical report on Keen’s and Redwood’s scale blight specifics, from Professors Bickerton and Wilkinson and R. W. Fereday, which showed the scale was unaffected by them by the tests made in July and reported upon yesterday. At a meeting of the Hospital Board to day a lengthy discussion on the question of heating the wards by steam or water took place, a report being read from John L. Scott, engiueer, speaking favourably of steam. It was decided to continue the steam system, but to make sundry minor alterations to prevent an undue temperature being obtained, and suppress the objectionable noises in the pipes complained of by the medical staff and patients. The Ministers’ Association met to-day to discuss the bona fides of Mr G. T. Sullivan, who has been conducting a mission in several Wesleyan and Presbyterian Churches, as he is an alleged fraud, and not a brother to the pugilist as represented. It was decided to send a deputation to interview him and report to an adjourned meeting to-morrow. Masterton, September 4. Handyside, Roberts and Co. and W. W. Johnston were fined at the Tenui Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday by Colonel Roberts for failing to destroy rabbits on their runs to the satisfaction of the Inspector. .Tabez Rouse, who was brought from Pahiatua, was committed at Masterton this morning to the Mount View Asylum under the Lunatics Act. Dunedin, September 4. Signor Bafaelo Squariso, who is regarded as one of the principal violinists in South Australia, hat been appointed leader of the Exhibition orchestra. The liabilities of Southerland, a grocer, are —Unsecured creditors, £2112; secured, £4330. It is estimated that the value of the securities are £5257, and the assets £3372. At the Presbytery a strongly.worded memorial came up from Port Chalmers congregation protesting against the action of the Rev Gibson Smith, yvhpse motion was characterised as a reckless and ignorant attack upon congregational rights, and that he did not come into Court with clean hands; that his conduct throughout has been nagging, worrying, unmanly, and calculated to bring discredit on the Presbyterian polity. The Presbytery strongly condemned the language, and referred the matter to a committee. Thames, September 4. The Harbour Board meeting to-day discussed the Thames River Bill, and unanimously agreed to send the following telegrams :—To the Premier ; “ The Thames Harbour Board rely upon you to resist any endeavour to curtail the line.” To Colonel Fraser ; ** Tho B«ard met to-day and wag emphatic in its approval of the message sent you yesterday. The members spoke with great indignation of the attempt to alter the boundaries.” A deputation of Bagnall Bros, and a representative of the Kauri Timber Company waited on the Board. Their statements were listened to, but they made no impression whatever on the members,

Blenheim, September 4. The new fire engine, recently purchased by tho Borough Council at a cost of £ISOO, was christened this afternoon by Mrs Riley (wife of the Mayor of Blenheim) with great ceremony. A half-holiday was declared in the town, and the people flocked in large numbers to watch the display of the power of the engine. Itjwas shown that steam could be got up to 1001 b pressure in Six magnificent jets were kept playing from the stand in the Market-place. With the two fire engines now iu possession of the Brigade, the output of water is ISOOgal per minute. The new engine is a stationary one, No. 4J, and is considered more powerful than the No. 5 (portable) of the Christ, church Railway Brigade by the same maker. Blenheim has now the best appliances In New Zealand for the extinction of fire. It is expected the insurance rates in the town will be greatly reduced. Oamaru, September 4. A fire occurred to-night in a six-roomed house occupied by Mr and Mrs Booth, an elderly couple. Mr Booth says he went into his bedroom and struck a match, which be threw down, and before he was aware of it the room was in a blaze. Mrs Booth is au invalid, and had it not been for a neighbour who rushed into the burning house, she would have lost her life, as she could not move out. The place was not insured, and is almost completely destroyed.