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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1163, 15 June 1894, Page 32

TELEGRAPHIC.

Nelson, June 8. The Nelson School of Music was formally opened to-night. Mr Henry Cock, the treasurer, said the subscriptions had sufficed to purchase the orchestral instruments and piano, erect class-rooms, and meet all the preliminary expenses. Herr Balling is principal and teacher of harmony, Mrs Houlker teacher of singing, and Miss Dugdale teacher of the piano. The school commences work next Wednesday with about 50 pupils. New Plymouth, June 8. The local petroleum syndicate, having their plant in order, has secured a headdriller, engaged in Sydney, and on his arrival will commence boring operations. In pumping out the bore, which was carried to a depth of over 900 feet, oil freely appeal's, and the owners are sanguino o + " success. Greymouth, June 10. The Reofton gold returns for the week aro ;—Progress, 19Goz amalgam from 185 tons; Wealth of Nations, Sooz from 111 tons. The coal export for the week is 3277 tons. The weather has been very windy and wet since Saturday morning. The timber export for the week is 100,238 feet. Christciiurch, Juno 9. At the Police Court Charles Curran, who had only been released from prison by order of tha Supreme Court on account of an informality in a conviction for vagrancy, was sentenced to six months' hard labour for fighting and using obscene language. Westport, June 9. During the week 2225 tons of coal have been shipped by the Westport Coal Company. Auckland, June 11. This afternoon, in the presence of a very largo concourse, His Excellency tho Governor Lord Glasgow, laid the foundation stone of the new church of St. Paul's, to be erected in Lower Symonds street, adjacent

to tho Grammar School. The Bishops of Auckland (the Acting-Primate), Dunedin, Christchurch, Nelson, and Melanesia were present. The Mayor, Mr J. J. Holland, and many leading citizens attended tho ceremony. Tho stono was the same as that laid f>3 years ago by Governor Hobson in old St. Paul's. It was laid by Lord Glasgow with a silver trowel. Lord Glasgow delivered an address, and said the spectacle they had that morning witnessed in St. Mary's Church at the consecration of the Bishop of Melanesia was enough to prove to all those who wished the Church in the Colony well that it was not dead. Bishop Cowie congratulated the people of St. Paul's. He said he was very glad tho good example was being set of building tho church in stone, and he hoped the people would not encumber themselves with debt. A collection in aid of the building fund amounted to £oo 14s, including a cheque for .£lO from Lord Glasgow. The Colony and Church have made wonderful progress during half a century. Instead of tens there were now hundreds of clergy, instead of being one Bishop for the whole of New Zealand there were now sevon. Oamaru, June 11. The Licensing Committee met to-day and still further reduced tho licenses by three. Tho hotels closed are tho Enfield, North Town Belt, Commercial, Northern and Medora. Three of these are in Oamaru and two in the country. Dunedin, June 11. * At a meeting of women to-day, a committee was appointed to canvass the town for subscriptions for the memorial to Dr Stuart. Tho Acclimatisation Society havo accepted an offor from Mr Blackwood to send from Victoria soveral hinds and some

stags to be liberated with a herd of deer on the Morven Hills. The Union Company agrees to bring over the deer free of charge. William Wright, holder of a bottle license, has been fined 10s and costs for selling a bottle of beer to a child under 13 years of age. The whole of the steerage passengers of tho Kimutaka, now on the Quarantine Island, are expected to to admitted to pratique on AVednesday. One of the number was to-day sent to gaol for four (lays for assault on a fellow-passenger. A conference was held to-night between the members of the Legislature and the Otago Central Railway League with the view of arriving at an understanding regarding the lino and what tho Government should be urged to do during tho present year.