TELEGRAPHIC.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 934, 24 January 1890, Page 28

TELEGRAPHIC.

(l>E:t PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Ivlasterton, January 17. Hugh Gallagher, for attempting to commit suicide on the 29th ultimo, at Eketahuna, by cutting his throat, has been remanded lo Wellington Gaol until Thursday next. Greymouth. January 1/. Thomas Miliican, who attempted suicide, is out of daDger. It is supposed that the conviviality of the holiday was the superinducing cause. Greymouth, January 16. Thomas Milligan, a well known Maori Creed miner, attempted suicide by cutting his throat last night or this moiniug. He was found by hi 3 mate Scarlett, in a hut, and brought into towD. He has siuce been taken to the hospital, and the doctor has advised him to make his will. WooDVTLLif, January 17. At a meeting of the Jubilee Celebration Committee last night it was decided to make arrangements for a special excursion train from Napier. Beside the general gathering of settlers there will be sports, and special arrangements are being made for the entertainment of the children. A fireworks disday take 3 place in the evening. Russell, January 17. Admiral Lord Charles S.otb has advised the Bay of islands Regatta Committee that he could not leach Russell by' the 11th Teb ruary, bo the Regatta Jubilee of the .Creaty of Waitangi- is postponed until the 12th February. Christchurch, .January 17. At the wool sales to-day about 6500 bales were submitted. The prices realised were as follow Merino clothing, Sd to 9MI ; combing, SJd t.o 10;jsl j crossbred, Sd to half-bred, 9d to lid ; fine half-bred, 1J id ; pieces and locks according to quality. Several large clips were withdrawn for shipment. Ernest Robson was committed for trial today on a charge of breaking into the house of Nellie Phelan and stealing a box containing clothes, jewellery, and money to the value of £34. The West Coast Railway League met today to consider the desirableness of holding a demonstration on turning the first sod of the Springfield section. There was some difference of opinion of the_ preeent time being opportune, several prominent members pointing out that the harvest is pending and business people anxious to settle to work after the holidays. It was suggested that laying the foundation of the first bridge and road be celebrated. Finally the question was referred to an executive committee to fix a suitable day for the demonstration. Christchurch, January 16. Owing to the shipping company requiting £4O to carry the yacht Pastime to and from Dunedin, it is improbable that she will be able to compete in the yacht races at the Exhibition Regatta on 15th February. The prize iB £6O, and the boat only measures 30ft over-all, and weighs not more than six tons. At the quarterly communication the Masonic District Grand Lodge decided at once to proceed with the erection of a memorial stone over the grave of the late Dr Deaurer, Deputy District Grand Master. It is probable that the design will take the form of a granite obelisk, with suitable ironwork, and the atone enclosed. CkkistchurC", January 18. The report and ba'ance-sheet of the Canterbury Typographical Association discloses a flourishing state of affairs. After a-.i expenditure of £72 the year closes with a credit balance of £lO6. The annual meeting of the Canterbury Industrial Association was held last night. The balance sheet showed the year'3 receipts to amount to £44 3s 7d, and the expenditure to £44 Is 3d. Lord Onslow was elected patron, and Mr A. W. Beaven, president. Christchurch, January 19. Lords Onslow and Carrington and Admiral Scott arrived from Dunedin yesterday evening, and leave for Wellington on Monday. Christchurch, January 20. Henry Bedford was committed for trial to-day on a charge of breaking into the houue of S. O. Mmldison and stealing thorefrom jewellery valued at £lO. Christchurch, January 21. In consequence of the removal of the coal hulks to secure more berthage for sailing ships, the New Zealand Shipping Company have arranged to coaltbeir steamers at Wellington. The Lyttelton Borough Council have resolved to endeavour to get the decision changed. Patea, January 17. About 16,300 acres of the Pohopura Block and 3300 acres of the Huiakama Block, situated inland of Stratford, have been sold privately to twelve buyers for loi 8, fide Battlement. Mr Coworn reports that this makes 40,000 acres sold within the past six months on the liue that was proposed tor the Stratford-Auckland railway route. Nelson, January 17. At a meeting of the Acclimatisation Society to-night it was resolved that the open season for red and. fallow deer shooting shall commence on the 15th February, and end with the 31st of March. Auckland, January 16. The Reman Catholic Bishop of Christchurch, Dr Grimes, has loft on a visit to Te A rob a. He ia improving in health. Chief Detective Brown has retired from the Police Force. An Auckland artist, Miss A. Dobson, who went Home six years ago and entered the Royal Academy', being the first New Zealand student iu that institution, has returned to this city. T<>-day tlie Revs J. A. Taylor, T. G. Carr, A. Reid, E. Best, and ElliotC left by the steamer UoOomaliaita to attend the auuuai Wesleyan conference at Christchurch. The horticulturists have decided to hold their show during tho Jubilee week, independently of tiie Jubilee Committee, if the latter body will contribute £4O to the movement. The racehorses Tirailleur, Jet d’Hau, and Renata were skipped to Napier by the Rofcomahp.ua, together wish five yearlings bought by Mr Golbn.

Auckland, January 17At a meeting of the New Zealand Insurance Buildings to-day, a league h t Ving for its object the abolition of the property- ax was established. A oommitteo was appointed to make arrangements for another public meeting to discuss the subject. There was a large attendance. Mr Withy, M.H.R., presided. The Jubilee Committee have agreed to contribute tho £4O required for the Horticultural Show. The steam yacht Nautilus, belonging to Mr Featherstoue, is to be placed at the disposal of the Governor and his party during the Jubilee week. To-day Mr John Dillon, with a number of friends, went on a fishing excursion in tho harbour. Mr Dill in yesterday visited Mias Manning, daughter of tho late Judge Manning, and conversed for some time in regard to her father ao.l New Zealand history, in which the Irish delegate appears greatly interested. Auckland, January IS. A number of lumpers discharging the barque Waimea struck work this morning, A local merchant, who is the consignee of a quantity of artificial manure on board the vessel, sent down a gang of men to re bag the manure, which had leaked out, but as these men were not lumpers, or members of the Lumpers’ Union, tho others left their work. They will, however, resume on Monday morning, when the labour of the nonunion men will have been completed. In the adulterated pepper case against Hart and Horne each defendant was fined 10s and eosis. Dr Giles ruled that it was not necessary for the prosooutiou to show that the defendants knew that the article was adulterated. Auckland, January 20. There has been a decrease in the number of applicants for charitable aid. The flax mills appear to have absorbed a great deal of surplus labour. A sculling race for ladies has been added to the Jubilee regatta programme. The annual meeting of shareholders in the Saxon Goldmining Company was held to-day. The report showed that the past year had been a most successful one, and tho Directors congratulated the shareholders on the splendid property ia their hands. During the past year they had called up only £4OOO from the shareholders, and had paid .£13,000 in dividends. The working of the mine had been very successful, and they had now a balance of £6OO from crushings iu hand. The dispute regarding the discharge of the barque Waimea was settled by the dismissal of the non-union men, the contract for bagging the remainder of the artificial manure being let to a number of members of the New Zealand Federated Wharf Labourers’ Union. Auckland, January 21. Mr Charles Warner, the actor, who has just concluded his New Zealand tour, states that ho has made thousands in this Colony. He is believed to have made over £3OOO. The new Thames Drainage Board estimate their first year’s expenditure at £4647. At the solicitation of early-closing agitators, ladies have notified shopkeepers who keep their premises open at night that they cannot deal with them. The horses bought by Mr W. R. Wilson were shipped for Sydney by the Te Anau to-day. The Rev Father o’SullivaD, Benedictine Superior, who is leaving on a visit tolrelaud, was presented with £l5O by his parishioners to-day. Mr J. Fitzsimmons, late of Greymontn, left for Sydney to-day, to float a company to work the Puhipuhi mines. He says the present prospectors have no idea of the wealth of the fields. It is probable that Mr Dillon will deliver another address in Auckland before he leaves for San Francisco, when he will reply to the c'iticisms of opponents, made during his New Zealand tour. He is at present at fJokianga, where he has gone to see the Maoris in their settlements. Sir John Thurston will probably' endeavour to arrange with the Union Company for the steamer Oreti to be kept on the Islands trade. Large entries have been received for the Jubilee Regatta. The Hanraki, West Eud, Thames, Waitemata and city crews have entered for the champion whaleboat race. The cutter Ciitherine reports having struck a vessel that was bottom upward, about four miles from the Little Barrier, on Saturday. The derelict is supposed to be the County of Carnarvon, which has not been heard of. Dunedin, January 16. In the tramway case, Mr Carew, R.M., held that double fares after 9 p.m. were legal under the Order in Council. The Poultry Show in connection with the Exhibition was held to-day, the birds being shown in the eastern verandah facing the gardens. The quality ot tho birds was good, but the numbers fell far short of the usual show. This is due to the lack of publicity. The preliminary Church Committee meeting in connection with the Primitive Methodist Conference took place to-day. I The following officers were appointed : — 1 Chairman, Mr @. Luke ; Vice-Chairman, Mr J. Bellringer ; Secretaries, Rev F. H. Lyon and Mr W. Price ; Readers, Rev J. Guy and Mr D. Goldie, M. SLR. The committee (numbering 35), then proceeded to examine the state oE the various church trusts and found that on the whole the propertiea had been improved and debts reduced. The trust etvtistios wer- : Churches -40 parsonages, 11 costing £26 402, leaving a debt of £6746. The full Conference meets to-morrow. At the Police Court to-day vV . P. Lewis, master of the Janet Ramsay, was charged with taking 16 fur seals in toe Auckland Islands during the close season. After hear* jn; the evidence and legal »*t*u went.. M r Carew, R.M., said Id wae aatieiic i teat, the defendant knew tho skins had come on hoard, bub he was not satisfied that he had in any way participated in the taking, and therefore he could not be convicted under the present information. The Crown Prosecutor then laid an information charging him with having skins in his possession, and an adjournment was granted. William Camp, one of the crew, w.a fined £7O and £42 costs for a similar offence.

! Mr Carew, R.M., to-day decided that the ! Tramway Company can fix and demand any ; fare not exceeding the maximum set out iu ! the Order in Councii, and were therefore ' entitled to charge 6d after 9 o’clock in the I evening. The following entries have been received for ! the Rink Matoli at tlio New Zealand Bowling j Association Tournament : —Dunedin Club, | five rinks ; Roslyn, Caledonia, Christchurch, 1 Taieri, and Victorian Association, four rinks j each ; Wellington, Invercargill, Canterbury, I Kaiiaugata, three rinks each ; Milton, I Phoenix (Oamaru), Green Inland, Lawrence, I two rinks each ; New Plymouth, Nelson, j Wanganui, Oatnaru, one rink each. Tho j drawing was adjourned to Friday. I Mr A. Coad concluded his second temperance mission to-night. He was presented during the day with a handsome album of views by the W.C.T.U. Dunedin, January 17. Henry Borden, while writing in his home. Castle-street, last night, fell off his chair and died before medical assistance could be procured. It is supposed that the cause was heart disease. He leaves a wife and two children, Mrs Nicholson, wife of a newspaper runner, committed suicide at North-east Valley, taking “Rough ou Rats.” She had been drinking very heavily. The Governors and Admiral leave by special train for Christchurch at 9.30 a.m. on Saturday. The County Councils Conference was a fizzle, only three chairmen attending. Dunedin, January IS. The Governors left this morning by special train. A large crowd assembled to seo them off, and hearty cheers were given as the train left. The Wellington members of the Sweating Commission are Messrs D. P. Fisher and J. R. Blair ; Canterbury, Mr Jones, M.H.R., and Mr E. F. Wright. Dunedin, January 20. Inspector Pardy takes permanent charge of the Dunedin Police District, Inspector Moore replacing him at New Plymouth. Mr Marchbaakß, of the Public Works Department, has received the appointment of assistant-engineer to the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company. At a meeting at the Town Hall, presided over by the Mayor, a Committee was appointed to make arrangements for the canvassing of the city and suburbs and it was also decided to communicate with the chairmen of county councils asking their cooperation in raising funds for a testimonial to Inspector Weldon. A donation of ten guineas was promised by the Mayor, two donations of £5 were received, and several other sums promised. Owing to the previous meeting being illegal, the annuaT meeting of the Walton Park Coal Company was again held to day, when the resolutions of the former meeting were re-affirmed. At the annu»l meeting of St Paul’s Church Archdeacon Edwards said they were not in a position to place the accounts before the parishioners. After the death of the Treasurer (Mr Ashoroft) a sub-Committee was appointed to look into the accounts, but they were so complicated and the work so formidable thatit became necessary to appoint a professional accountant, and he had not been able to report so far. The championship draughts tournament commences on Wednesday. Among the competitors in town are S. Gray (of Melbourne), Warnock (of New South Wales), and E. Reid (of South Australia). Up to and including Saturday 261,425 persons have visited the Exhibition, of whom the paid admissions represented 163,799. The aggregate takings amount to £12,040. , . , , Probate was to-day granted m the will ot the late Monsignor Coleman to Bishop Moran. Dunedin, January 21. The Athenaeum Committee have a balance to credit of £29, after reducing their debt to £7OO. The Exhibition Commissioners have arranged with D. Christie Murray, the novelist, to lecture here on his return. Mr Grant, railway station manager of Dunedin, is to be transferred to Auckland ; Mr Hudson, of Auckland, to Invercargill ; and Mr Gow, of Invercargill, to Dunedin. The Commissioners purpose making occassional transfers of managers so as to make them acquainted with various localities. The Industrial School children were given a free treat at the Exhibition to-day. A trial crushing from Sew Hoy’s claim at Skippers vielded loz Sdwts of gold to the ton. The Te Anau specimens are worthless, except one, which indicates the neighbourhood of tin. Oamaru, January 16. A man named Charles Jackson was arrested this evening for breaking into the store of Charles Kearns and stealing a quantity of goods. Suspicions were attached to Jackson owing to several articles being found near the place where he was working in a blacksmith’s shop. Jackson denied any knowledge of tho robbery ; but the police, after making inquiries, discovered where he had been lodging, and under the bed, in his room, found a Jot of the stolen articles. Jackson is a recent arrival, and had a number of keys, chisels, &c., in his possession. Blenheim, January 18. With reference to the telegram received by the Government from South Australia as to the apple insect, the contributor of “ Garden Notes ” to the Express says that a statement comes from Toowoomba, Queensland, to the affect that a fruiterer and practical gardener there exhibited at the Chronicle office a bottle containing hundreds of live insects or small beetles which had been taken out of Californian apples just received. These proved to be the apple weevil, authonyius pomorum, a mors destructive pest than the codlin moth. Blenheim, January 21. A man named Blackburn was seriously hurt by being struck by the pumping machinery at the Perseverance claim, VVaika. kr.ho, to-day. Haweka, January 18. The infant son oi Mr Elentworth, a settler at Eltham, was drowned in a tub of aour milk on Friday. Gisborne, January IS. A lacl named William Edward Ward

Grice was accidentally drowned in the river whilst bathing alone. Napier, January IS. The freezing machinery on board the S.S. and A. Co.’s cargo steamer Marnari, when wanted for use for the first time last Thursday, would not work effectually. One machine was put in good order by this morning, and the first, load of frozen carcases was taken off at 11 a.m. A special meeting of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Waiapu, held today, was presided over by the Very Rev Dean of Waiapu. A resolution sanctioning the nomination of Archdeacon Julius to the See of Christchurch, was carried unanimously. Napier, January 21. A cabman named Page attempted to commit suicide in tho lagoon to-nighr-, but was dragged out. The Harbour Board have appointed Mr J. F. Carr their engineer, The Board decided to let the next thousand feet of breakwater iu one contract The tender ot Mr J. Saunders, of Wellington, for 500 ft of wharf, at £6321, was accepted. Thames, January 20. A largely attended and most enthusiastic meeting of miners was held on Saturday night, when it was unanimously decided to form a branch of the Amalgamated A liners’ Association of Australasia. Five hundred miners ha»e already joined. - Invercargill, January 20. The s.s. Mararoa, which was expected from Melbourne this morning with the Earl of ICintoro, has not arrived. A special train is in waiting at the Blutt' to take his Excellency through to Dunedin. The Southland Frozen Meat Company propose to pay a dividend of 8 per cent. It has exported 45,000 sheep and lambs during the year. (from our own correspondent.' Westport, January 17. The Westport Coal Company ate about to erect a coal storage bin at Denniston to hold 1000 tons. Westport, January 20. The coal export for the weeic is 2725 tons IScwr. v The Bank of Now South Wales have shipped 2200 z of gold per Taupo for Melbourne.