TELEGRAPHIC.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1289, 12 November 1896, Page 36

TELEGRAPHIC.

Dunedin, November 4

The Presbyterian Synod concluded its sitting 1 to-day. A committee was appointed to consider a proposal to establish an orphanage as a means of celebrating the jubilee of the Church in Otago, and another committee to consider the other proposal to celebrate that event.

The weather cleared up this afternoon, but the cold is still severe. Although the snow which fell last night and early this morning disappeared almost at once from the lowlying ground, the fall was one of the severest experienced. From 9.30 p.m. to midnight the melting weight of water was equal to 75 tons weight per acre.

Auckland, November 4.

It has been reported that several earthquakes have been experienced in Tokaanu recently, including some severe shocks, but no damage has been done. No quakes were felt elsewhere in the vicinity.

The master painters have conceded to operative painters Is Id per hour for a week of 44 hours.

New Plymouth, November 4.

Councillor T. Furlong was to-day requisitioned to contest the Mayoralty, and consented.

Auckland, November 5

The R.M.S. Mariposa, with Fnglish mails dated the 3rd October, arrived here at 5 o'clock this morning, her due date. The Australian team of cricketers are passengers by the steamer. Mr J. M. Dargaville, formerly an M.H.R., and who was lately announced as a candidate for Auckland city at the coming elections, died on board the mail steamer Mariposa from a complication of diseases on the 25th October, and was buried at sea, Mr Dargaville was ill when the steamer left San Francisco.

Tho price of bread has been risen a halfpenny per 21b loaf. Dunedin, November 5.

The Mosgiol Woollen Company declares a further dividend of .£2940, making 8 per cent, for the year, and carries forward .£IOSB. Dttnedin, November 6. Mr W. W. Collins, M.H.ii., addressed a crowded meeting at the Princess Theatre tonight, in reply to the Rev L. M. Isitt. At the close, the following motion was proposed : — :t That, in the opinion of this meeting, Prohibition is an unwarrantable interference with the individual and collective liberty of the people, and opposed to the social, moral and political interests of the country, and altogether unjustifiable in a temperate and self-respecting community." The motion was carried by a majority of about two-thirds of those voting. In Chambers to-day Mr Maggitfc made ap. plication to the Judge to order Iho nonpublication of* eases wherein compromises were effected with debtors of the Colonial Bank, on the ground that publication of such details would be injurious to the liquidation. Mr Justice Williams said he could not dictate to the press, but no doubt if representations were made the conductors of the press would see the unwisdom of publication, except in contested cases.

Dunedjn, November 7. Tne Mararoa left for Preservation Inlet with 260 excursionists. Wkstpokt, November 8.

The output of coal for the week ended 7th inst. was -1569 tons 16ewt by the Westport Coal Company. CHRISTCHURCH, November 8.

At a meeting of the North Canterbury branch of the Educational Institute, Miss

Kitchingman and Messrs Watkins, Scott and Howard were elected to represent the branch at the annual meeting of the Council to be held at Auckland in January next. It was decided to recommend to the Council for consideration thatthe primary school curriculum should be made more elastic by allowing tsachers to.select specific subjects for instruction outside pass subjects ; also to ask the Council to rescind the motion passed at the last annual meeting having reference to a colonial scale for the staff. Invekcargill, November S.

A large store at Wairoa belonging to £L Cuthbertson, together with the contents, was destroyed by fire at 3 o'clock on Friday morning. The owner was -away at Timaru. The building was insured for c£sso, and the stock for .£2OOO, both in the New Zealand office. Re-insnred in the Commercial Union, Imperial, Phoenix, Standard and South British.

Palmerston North, November 9

On Sunday night a fire broke out in the back room of Johnston's (grocer), and spread to Clare's (baker), the upstairs portion of the latter being completely gutted. Johnston's stock was insured for .£IOO, and Clare's for .£l5O, including furniture.

Christchurch, November 9

Dr Prins, the well-known medical practitioner here, and at one time prominent as "Mr Horsford "in sporting circles, died yesterday.