Telegraphic.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1013, 31 July 1891, Page 31

Telegraphic.

(PER press association.)

Auckland, July 23.

A fire took place at Cambridge, by which a six-roomed house, the property of John Brown, was destroyed. The house was insured for £llO and the furniture for £2OO in the Sonth British office. It is stated that W. Calder, of Whatawhata, Waikato, who was in consumption, is recovering in the Auckland hospital under Dr Koch’s tuberouline cure, and is expectod to return home shortly.

Auckland, July 24.

At the meeting of the Board of Education to-day it was resolved, with reference to the vexed question of quarter money, to supply school requisites free to schools other than class books and slates. Tlie motion that the maximum salary paid to head teachers by the Board by £3OO per annum, and in future all salaries be regulated by classification for leDgth of service and effi. ciency in teaching, was rejected on the casting vote of the Chairman. The City Council, after hearing a deputation from the Ministers’ Association, carried a resolution by ten to eight that the Art Gallery be opened on Sundays. A petition is being signed for presentation to Parliament urging the claims of the first class Auckland Militia who were in active service in the Waikato campaign of 1563, to grants of land for military service. At the meeting of the City Council to night tho Mayor stated that he had been asked by the Mayor of Wellington to urge upon the Council to oppose the Local Authorities Accounts and Audit Bill, which has been introduced into Parliament. He did not see the matter in the same way as the Mayor of Wellington. Personally, he was in favour of a severe audit; however, he objected to some of the details of the proposed Bill, which had been referred to a Legal Committee.

.AUCKLAND, July 25.

Captain McLean, of the schooner Christine, of this port, is fitting out the vessel for a whaling cruise to the Kermadec and Norfolk Islands in pursuit of humpback and right whales

Auckland, .Inly 27. The jubilee services of St. Paul’s Anglican Church were held yesterday. This was the first church built in Auckland, if not in the Colony, Governor Hobson laying the foundation stone. Owing to it being the old garrison church of the Imperial troops, there was a Volunteer service in the morning. Joseph William Kennedy was committed for trial to-day on a number of charges of forgery and uttering valueless cheques. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Hamilton, Waikato, to-day, judgment was given in the charge against Mihinui and his wife for destroying a culvert on the Patetere Land Company’s property. They were fined £1 and costs, £4 10s, each. Four pound was paid, and time was given till the 2nd of September for the payment of the balance. Aucicland, July 28. Owing to the communication from the Otago Benevolent Institution the Auckland Charitable Aid Board have determined to oppose the Lunatics Act Amendment Bill. A Maaonie Institute has now been established In Auckland.

The Poultry Show entries number 750, or nearly double those of last year. The Taupiri Extended Coal Company have declared a dividend of 9d per share for the half year, and carried forward £4SS. Dunedin’, July 23.

The Refrigerating Company’s net profit for the past year was £2445. They declare a dividend of S per cent, and carry forward £525. It is announced that Mr Robert Brydone has negotiated in England for the sale, subject to the shareholders’ confirmation, of the property as a going concern, the terms being equal to a bonus of £1 per share as at the 30th June. It is understood that confirmation of his act will follow as a matter of course.

Dunedin, July 26

A fire broke out at 11 o’clock to-day in an eight-roomed house in Heriot Row, owned by Mr James Clow, and occupied by Mr D. Dawson, jeweller. The top storey was gutted. The house was insured for £3OO in the Equitable, but Mr Dawson, who estimates his loss at £l5O, was not insured.

At the City Police Court to-day Annie Robinson, married, with three children, and

whose husband is invalided, was charged with the theft of door mats. She made a piteous appeal to the Bench, pleading that she had been obliged to steal in order to procure bread for her children. She vv»3 convicted, and ordered to come up for sen* tence when called upon. Dunedin, July 27.

The annual meetieg of the Koslyn Tramway Company (cable) shows a credit balance of £ll2O, of which'it is pro Dosed to devote £350 to depreoiation of plant and lines, £747 15s to paying a dividend of per cent, leaving £22 to be carried forward. The receipts for the j r ear show an increase of £72 14s 6d on those of two years ago, last year being exceptional, owing to the Exhibition. Dunedin, July 28. W. B. Buller has beeu promoted to the inspecting staff of the Bank of New Zealand, and Mr Michie, manager of the National Bauk, succeeds Mr Buller in managing the Dunedin branch of the Bauk of New Zealand. New Plymouth, July 24. Herbert Cotthill Shami, charged with passing a valueless cheque for £l6 at Hokitika on the 17th of July, was arrested last night, and this morning was remanded to Greymouth. Wm. Barnard, the well-known sporting man, was brought up to-day, charged with stealing a leg of mutton, a sheep’s pluck, and some salt from a butcher’s shop, and committed for trial. The case against the accused of stealing £3 from the till of the Prince of Y T ales Hotel, Bell Block, on the 25th May, is proceeding. New Plymouth, July 27. "William Barnard was charged this morning on remand with stealing £3 from the till of the Prince of Wales Hotel, Bell Block, on £sth May last. Evidence was given that accused was seen behind the bar and near the till. The case will occupy the whole of the afternoon. Greymouth, July 25. The coal export for the week is 2915 tons. July 26. There has beeu no rain for the last six weeks, and all sluicing in the district is at a standstill. There is no appearance of rain yet. Work on the Kotuku section of the Midland Railway is going on briskly*. The Greymouth dredge is at last in good working order, and easily lifts 200 tons per hour. Greymouth, July' 27. At the meeting of the Harbour Board tonight Mr A. R Guinness, M.H.R., was unanimously re-elected chairman of the Board for the next twelve months. There is no sign of rain yet. Christchurch, July 26.

At a meeting of the musical profession tonight, about 30 being present, the Canterbury Society' of Musicians was formed, to promote the interests of members of the profession generally. Christchurch, July 27. The City Council to-night approved of the larger of the two Electric Bills now before Parliament. Westport, July 27. The coal exported last week was 40S0 tons. Westport, July 2S. In the District Court to-day’ the case of Sewell v. the Buller County Couucil was heard. The action was brought to recover £2OO damages for negligent maintenance of the Bailer road, whereby' plaintiff’s cart was smashed and one horse killed. Plaintiff was nonsuited with costs. Judge Ward left for Wellington by the s.s. Grafton this afternoon. Marton, July 27. A man, William Scarrow, 32 years of age, committed suicide yesterday at Sanson by drowning himself in a dam on his father’s land. He had complained lately of pains and noises in his head. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Masterton, July 25. Messrs Earnshaw, Pinkerton and C. H. Mills, M.H. R.’s, will address a public meeting in Masterton on Wednesday next, held under the auspices of the Knights of Labour. Last night was the coldest here this year, the thermometer registering 21deg Fah.