LATE TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 916, 20 September 1889, Page 17

LATE TELEGRAMS.

IPER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, September 18. Further orders have been received here by cable for considerable quantities of flax for London and New York. Julian Thomas, “ The Vagabond,” left for Sydney to day. Snbscriptions are coming in freely for large amounts toward the funde of the Jubilee Regatta. A meeting of the syndicate owning the Sylvia Gold Mine at Upper Tararu was held to-day. . Dr Seheidel, general manager of the New Zealand Gold Extraction Company, stated that he had visited the mine, and congratulated the shareholders on the fact that lie had found there a big lode of very valuable ore. It is said that this find is likely to be of the greatest importance, and if it comes np to expectations a revival in mining will result. Captain Pye, Bruce, Annesloy, and the six seamen of tko wrecked ship Garston, left for Sydney to-day by the Tarawera. A sum of money, raised by subscription amongst the shipping people, was presented to the captain. Timaru, September 18. At the Harbour Board to-day, the Finance Committee reported that at the end of the year there would be a deficiency in the accounts of £2450, and the Board agreed to strike a harbour rate of Jd. At the end of the year they will have a balance of £6900 of the loan money ; this is to be kept for contingencies, shifting shingle, for instance. The engineer was instructed to bring up a plan and estimate of the co3t of dealing with the annual drift of shingle. Four of the nine members urged that there was no necessity to spend a penny for a longtime to come. Dunedin, September 18. At the Police Court to-day one of the drivers of Young’s palace cars was charged ou information with using a car for the conveyance of passengers, having the gauge of all its wheels nearly corresponding with the gauge of the tramway rails. This was one of a series of informations. The ca. e wai adjourned on the defendant undertaking not to use the rails until the case was decided. At a meeting of subscribers to the Macandrew Memorial Fund it was decided to devote £SO of the sum remaining available (£236) to the erection of a monument ever Mr Macandrew’s grave, and to a’loeate the balance to the erection of a fountain, or other suitable memorial in the city. The City Council to-uighfc received an offer from the Giilcher EL ctric Light Company, through their Wellington agents, for the light’ngof the city by electricity. At a meeting of the Hospital Trustees the question of a women’s ward and nurses’ home again came up. The c ecretary of the women's ward fund, subscribed by the public, sugg'. sted that a committee be appointed to confer with a committee of the subscribers. After a long diccussion it was resolved to appoint a comm ttee of fivemedical experts to assist the trustees in the selection of suitable plans for hospital additions, provided the money be subscribed into the hospital fund account. The Port Chalmers Gas Company have declared a dividend of 7 per cent, for the year. A photograph of Arthur Clampett- or G. T. Sullivan, about who.e identity the Christian Ministers’ Association in Christchurch has been exercised, was shown to Mr W. Runciman, who was at one time a resident of Wexford, where he was acquainted with the Clampett family. It is sopio seven years since Mr Runciman saw Arthur Clampett, but he picked the photo, out from four or five others, and said it was like Clampett, espc cially about the eyes and forehead, and be was pretty certain it was Clampett, though he would not positively swear to it. He says Clampett had what is called a “ cow’s lick in Ilia hair above his forehead, but as the athlete wore his hat when the photograph was taken, this could not be seen. He also says that Clampett was an alto singer as a boy in Waterford Cathedral, and after, ward became a powerful bass, but without much ear for music. Nelson, September 18. His Excellency lays the foundation stone of the new Wesleyan church ou Thursday. News in from the Owen gives a favourable account of the new reef found in the Wakatu Extended, which has been followed 33ft, the manager reporting that stone prospects much better than any previously found, gold being obtainable in any part. Mr Coad’s temperance mission is proving highly successful. New Plymouth, September 18. The s.s. Gairloch, whilst entering Waitara River yesterday, took the ground on the north side of the river, about Sft from the channel. They expect to heave her off to-morrow. The sea is smooth.