LATE TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 915, 13 September 1889, Page 17

LATE TELEGRAMS.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Greymouth, September 11, Owing to the very heavy rains of the la«s day or two the river is in high flood, and several steamers are blockaded. No damage is reported up country. The weather is still unsettled. Masterton, September 11.

At a meeting of the Wairarapa North County Council yesierday, a motion that, passive resistance to the demands of th© District Aid Board and the writs issued by the Supreme Court be continued, was ©st, A motion was proposed that a special poor rate bo struck over the County. An amendment that the claim be paid out of the general fund, and the poor rate be held over to next year, was carried on theccstiog vote o£ the Chairman. A resolution was also carried to pay the current payment due to the District Board. The amounts are altogether £7OO. Auckland, September 10. The looal members of the Crimean Veterans’ Association held their annual, celebration last pighfc of the fall of Sebasfcapo! by a dinner. The usual half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Bank of New Zealand will bo held at the Banking House, Queen-street, on Thursday, the 24th October, at half-paab 2 p.m. A [young man in the shoemaking trade, who recently left for Melbourne, intends to return to Auckland. He says that work cannot be obtained in Melbourne, whilst on the other hand the cost of living is inordinately high. At the Police Court to-day, before Dr Giles, a saddler named G. Allen was charged with having unlawfully dismissed from his employ an apprentice named Martinsen. The evidence showed that work having beer* short, Allen put his employes on half time, when Martinsen objected and was discharged. Dr Laishley, who appeared for the* defendant, raised an objection to th© indenture between Allen and the apprentice, on the ground that it had been signed by the mother of the lad, and, not the* father, and also that _ it was bad ab initio, because the boy would be over 19 years of age at the time at which the contract would expire. Other objections wera« also urged. His Worship ruled that the two mentioned were fatal to the legality of the* indenture, aud dismissed the case. Napier, September 11„ The boy Blom, who was stabbed by anofcbrr boy on Sunday, is now expeciad to recover. At the recent auction of part of the Riverslea estate at Hastings, few Bales were* effected. Many sections hava since been* bought privately* and Messrs G. H. Hoadleyr and Co. report, the sale of 814 acres fov £28,400, an average of £35 per acre % prioes ranged, item £27 to £SO an acre. Christchurch, September 11..

The v Christchurch Presbytery to day- recorded an expression of regret at the Ices of the Rev James Hill, expressing a desire to> mark their high appreciation of hi 3 service® as Presbytery olork so long aod faithfatlllyr rendered. They decided to eiagross a copy of the minute and forward it toJiim. The RevH. Irwin was appointed Iris successor. Heavy rain set in last night from the S. WC, and has continued almost unabatingly daring the day. Reports from the country state that, tho rain was most acceptable. Thefarmors are delighted, and the spring crop® are muoh benefited thereby. An attempt to discuss the question off allowing evangelists to occupy Presbyterian* pulpits was brought up afe the Presbyterymeeting, but the suhjeot was adjourned ( „ pending a notice beinggiven thereupon. The Rev P. Ru Monro, who is chairman off the Ministers’’ Association, and headed the* deputation to meet Sullivan last week whem the latter gave him two minutes to leaves the room, gave notice of motion as follows : —“ That he would call attention to the fact that a person calling himself Mr G. F. Sullivan had occupied two pulpits in this Presbytery, aud that the ministers in whose' pulpits h.o preached be asked to satisfy the* Presbytery as to his character and doctrine.”' News has reached here by the Tongarirc* that Mr W. Benson, who distinguished! himself in amateur opera, has gained a position at the Gaiety Theatre, London, in the new burlesque “BuyBIaB.” Blenheim, September 11.

It has been raining very heavily «p country for the past two day a, and the rivers are all high. *