TELEGRAPHIC.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1264, 21 May 1896, Page 38

TELEGRAPHIC.

Auckland, May 13. Mr Seymour Thorne George has received a cablegram from Sir George Grey stating that Mrs and Miss George have sailed for New Zealand. Evidently Sir George Grey has abandoned his intontiun of returning to the Colony. There are 50 cases of typhoid in the Auckland Hospital firm town and country. The hospital authorities intimate that they cannot take further cases, as all the available accommodation is absorbed. The abnormal increase of typhoid is unexplained. The National bank of New Zealand has shipped four boxes of bullion, valued at .£6OOO, by the Waihora for Sydney, to-day, for transhipment by the P. and 0. steamer to London. Auckland, May 14. A Maori named Nuta, 120 years old, is missing in tho Coromandel ranges. Search parties are unsuccessful. A heavy north-easter prevails and there is bad weather on tho coast. Tho brigantine Ocean Kovor, from Lyttelton to Noumea, has put into Russell with her i spars and rigging badly damaged. ! Auckland, May 15. '

Mrs Tremain and Mrs Williams have been committed for trial on a charge of breaking and entering a storo at Kotorua. The Northorn Steamship Company has declared a dividend of 0 per cent. Auckland, May 10.

Several passengers by the Alameda from Sydney are reported to have missed sundry articles of clothing on the way across, in much tho same mysterious manner which characterised tho disappearance of some of the goods and chattels of the passengers by tho Tarawera recently. This appears to strengthen the belief that the thefts in both cases were committed before tho steamers loft tho wharf at Sydney.

Thos. Tremain has been committed on the charge of breaking and entering tho storo of W. A. Williams, Kotorua. 'This is a correction of a telegram sent on Saturday which stated that Mrs Tremain and Mrs Williams had been committed on tho charge. A nutnbor of old colonists left for Homo by tho Alameda to-day, some on mining speculations and business. Dunedin, May 13. A deputation waited on tho Mayor today to bring under his notico the matter of Sunday concerts, and after discussion tbo Mayor said it was intended to review tho by-law, and make provision to meet the difficulty. Dunedin, May 14. A private cable message reports the election of Messrs Meek and Short to tho Australian Mutual Provident Society directorate. Doth, are opposed to tho extension of the Society’s business to Great Britain. At the annual meeting of the Kindergarten Association, tho treasurer reported a credit balance of LSI. Some surprise was expressed by speakers that the Kindergarten system had not spread more rapidly. Mrs W. H. Koynolds was re-elected president. Tho weather has turned very cold, with strong south west wind and rain. Westport, May 13.

Thirty-two coal minors from Newcastle arrived here to-day, under agreement to the Westport Goal Company. Tho Cardilf Company has chartered a steamer to take 10uu tons of coal to Fiji.

Nelson, May 13. The Mayor (Mr Trask) gave his annual picnic to-day to the City Councillors and a large number of friends, including many ladies, at Annesbrook. 'The picnic was a great success. Jnvf.ucaiuull, May 14. A medical man was to-day fined .£2O and bound over to keep the peace for assaulting a servant girl with a candlestick, half the fine to go to the girl, whose teeth were loosened by the blow. Westport, May 14. Tho pioneer vessel of tbo foreign coal trade sailed this morning. The barque Cynosure, with 1137 tons of coal, drawing IS feet, left for Valparaiso, and was taken out without a hitch. Christchurch, May 10. A writ was issued this morning against

gat'd ing Coker’s Hotel. The alleged libel appeared in the Mat-aura Ensign, published at Gore. Napif.i:, May 18. A robbery took place at Pettit’s Kaikora Hotel, a sum of £25 in notes being taken from one of the servant’s rooms. The theft is believed to have been committed by someone staying in the hotel.