TELEGRAPHIC.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1260, 23 April 1896, Page 37

TELEGRAPHIC.

Dunedin, April 10. At a meeting of tho committee of the Chamber of Commerce, it was resolved to communicate with the Minister of Commerce and Industries with reference to the 0 nest ion of trade with Western Australia, suggesting the advisability of subsidising a monthly line of steamers to that Colony. The other Chambers are to lie asked to join in tho representation. Christchurch, April Hi.

At a meeting of the committee of the Canterbury Industrial Association to-night, the President, Mr R. C. Bishop, gave notice to move that an exhibition should bo held in 1900, the jubilee year of the province. The cargo of tho Ruapehu, which sailed for London to-day, includes 32,170 carcases and 3000 legs mutton, 1(512 cases meat, 1(57(5 bales wool, 3209 cases and kegs butter, 21-79 cases cheese, 329 cases apples. At a meeting of tho Sehvyn County Council, Nelson Bros., who propose establishing freezing works at Hornby, applied for a slaughtering license. Petitions for and against tho application were received. The matter was deferred for further information.

A local gentleman has purchased for the Canterbury Museum .£IOO worth of Maori curios lecently secured by Mt D. Bowman iu the Wanganui district. Auckland, April 1(5. At a meeting of the Auckland Prohibition League it was resolved to co-operate with the Southern leagues in New Zealand in bringing out the Rev J. 11. Hector, of the Methodist Church in Canada, who proposes visiting New Zealand to lecture on temperance. Tl,o Governor opened the Chrysanthemum Show to-day. A man named Saunders has been arrested at Taupo 011 a charge of horsestealing, and remanded to Palmerston North.

The Nellie Brett, for Now York, took kauri gum valued at .£40,000. Nelson, April 1(5. The valuation for Nelson city is-£52,701, or some JISOO less than last year. Hokitika, April 10.

A flood in the Arahura River this morning cut away the northern approach to the Railway Bridge. Traffic was suspended for some hours while the line was being packed. Auckland, April 17. At a meeting of shootists to-day it was resolved to form a rifle club, and a committee was appointed to make enquiries. Eighty persons expressed their intention of becoming members of tho club. At tho annual meeting of the Mothers’

Union (St. Matthew’s branch) Lady Glaslj gow read an interesting paper on the advantages of such organisations. Auckland, April IS.

Captain G. 11. Fielder, of tho Rifle Brigade, has arrived from Sydney by the Monowai to join the Governor’s stall' as extra aide-de-camp. Auckland, April 20.

The annual meeting of the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Society for tho Protection of Children was held in the Y.M.C.A. Buildings this afternoon, Lord Glasgow presiding. The committee in their report state that 79 cases have been brought under their notico. The balancesheet showed that during the year the total receipts wero <£9B, leaving a balance of £7.

Three stowaways by tho Anglian, from Napier to Auckland, liavo boon fined 40s, or 14 days’ imprisonment. Mr C. B. 'Watkins, French master at tho Auckland Grammar School, has died of heart disease. New Plymouth, April 17. Sir Robert Stout and Mr F. 11. Fraser (Wellington) addressed a meeting of Rechabites last night. Gisborne, April 17. About <£so worth of goods was stolen from Sargood, Son and Ewen’s sample rooms last night. Reefton, April 17. The weather has been unusually wet bore this year, and much damago has been done to the roads in consequence. A heavy slip occurred at the Keep-it-Dark mine on Tuesday night. A mass of timber and mullock slipped away from the hill above the mine, smashed tho poppet heads and the old winding-wheel, and displaced and damaged tho new winding-wheel. The blacksmith’s shop was also carried clean away. Fortunately no one was injured. A portable engine has been ordered from Greymouth to bale tho mine. Several other slips occurred in the immediate vicinity, and did slight damage. New Plymouth, April 18.

Another vein of oil was struck this morning at a depth of 1.400 ft, in the Petroleum Company’s bore at Moturoa. Considerable trouble was experienced during tho last few days in the boring operations, but present developments are much more hopeful.