LATE TELEGRAPHIC.

New Zealand Mail, 15 February 1900, Page 26

LATE TELEGRAPHIC.

AUCKLAND. Hondav. , rr t ie ami «al .meeting of the Auck'jV 1 , A v P°gra.phical Association, the credit balance was shown to be £lB9 The working members number 101. The Hon ; Jfmrmgs, M.L.C., was re-elected president. The rules and bv-laws recently drafted by the Board' for case lianas and linotype operators were read and adopted, with several amendments It- was resolved that they be printed, and copies sent to all master printers, accompanied by a letter stating that the association was willing to meet the eniplqyers in-conference if desired, I he Melbourne cricketers, who arRotorua° m Sydney to ' day > have left for

Lord Ranfurly proceeded from V r '*y? ranga on Saturday to the site of the S* ~ ebrated Gate Pa, and laid the foimditK ’ - stone of the Memorial Church there Jr Excellency made an appropriate making reference to the old days of tv 1 Maori war, when so many British - 1 diers and sailors lost then- lives tiff i storming of Gate Pa. The Rew C- ftfe Ayi don ancl Captain Kerr. R.N., also spoks ‘1 ana the National Anthem was sung TV Xy church is being erected to commemorat! v the Gate Pa and Te Ranga fights’ and- 1 the old tablets to tbe memory of tk J troopers who were killed -at- Opepe neir *1 Taupo and other souvenirs of the time will be placed in the church. The Auckland Cycling Club's sports £ Saturday afternoon, in aid of the PatrioffiTrtl Fund, drew an attendance’of a little 1 two thousand. The track was uEgSffl! M order, but a stiff cross breeze militated against good times. The Reynolds MrtX there were the heroes of the day. E. Bsk"’.'i uolds, who conceded long starts in evert event in which he started, carried off ft*’X “plums” on the cash side of the too. ’ ; gramme, showing quite his old-time bril- ’v 3 liancy. His younger brother, W. Be». A nolds, quite outclassed his opponents hi •- ’ the amateur section, and fully maintain- ' ' ed bis reputation as one of the speediest ; amateur riders in the colony. Ken Lewis 4 A who was advertised as a competitor, did ”; not put in an appearance. .i AUCKLAND. Tuesday. A The Sydney bowling team (two rinls- - and an emergency man) left to-day the Mararoa for Wellington, plavj£g(vi matches, if possible, at Gisborne ‘and - A Napier. A number of Auckland ers saw them off. STRATFORD, .Monday. At an inquest before the Coroner, Mr Coutts, lasting ail day, with reference to V the late fire, nothing was elicited. - A verdict was returned that the fire origi- A; mated at Patterson’s (tailor’s) shop; The jury added a rider that the attention civ,) the Police Department lie called .to the;- ;- necessity of providing additional police M protection for night-duty. -- ■ CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. : - Tliis morning the lascars A<jT U the Knight Templar’s crew Teff’A-; the vessel in a body. - ItMew"”' understood they contend that their tune'-L----lias expired, and they maintain fhatf'-’ 5 ' they should be taken back to Colombo ;i 1 direct, and not via the Cape, although ' this will involve a delay'or about a fortnight only. Captain Marciel, Marine Superintendent, was interviewed by them, and has communicated with the Marine Department. : rif. 1 At the Supreme Court to-day Frederick William Dennett, charged with attempted criminal assault, was found not guilty. ’ Thomas McGinity, oh a" charge of stealing a totaiisator | was sentenced to three months’”- imprisonment. John Amc-s was charged'; with having obtained credit by fraud! ancl false pretencc-s, and with hating failed to inform the man from whom he obtained credit that he was at the time bankrupt. He was sentenced to;; three months’ imprisonment.

The General Assembly of the Prefcby- - terian Church of New Zealand commenced its session to-night. The Moderator-elect, the Rev TV, IV. Campbell, gave an address in which regret was expressed at the retirement; owing to ill-health, of the Rev Gordon .- Webster, and of the deaths of the Bets c W. P. Hunter (Auckland). J. roa) and Captain Runciman (Waikato),..;ITe referred to the war in South Africa#?--?,, a war in which Britain fought, for justice-: and freedom, and Britain’s victory woM'. be for the good of South Africa world. Therefore, all friends of Laris--; tianity and freedom might pray i° r tish success. The checks and Josses nm with in the beginning of this IT'D' waged war reminded them that oven : champion of the most righteous;i could not Tightly enter into batJe-tvitji*'.., out the most humble acknowledgmen t v,: God. and the most earnest P ra ß?v mercy. A great- cause of tnankftl-h was to be found in the loyalty,an ? ;’ t riot ism of the colon.es. Eugkthtt.fi' AM *- treatment of her colonies was this "• A bearing fruit. He spoke ot unr =, f"■ interest and activity in mission » said that the doubts and questionr g» the nineteenth cent ivy had erta Acts’"! more firmly than ever the historic u p.. of Christ’s human history. . PAPHATUA. Tuesday A poll taken to-day for raism* a 2--.000 loan for borough improv fA was carried, the voting being and 9 against the proposals. • NAPIER, Tuesday, The Hatuma ease was novo at the Compensation Court _ • j: V; Mv Logan applied for the Mr Guild, the Government a,tbe ground that he had before * tfiM - pointnient expressed the °P in * the estate was not worth K; asked for it. , ~ Mr. Justice Edwards, in ;- application, said the Act ’W a ” > fc .he beSd. tunsatisfactory. it placed at jodae r.' of the Court a Supreme to > .uniSfc who knew nothing of the va j u oIW - ; To assist him were two a ' v ’ e i" i nussi; ■ appointed by each party, a- 11 ' j>rscadvoeate of the party's cni«? e * -: a t tically the Judge was I<M t 0 ffiC6 of ;; the value as best lie could m . ; evidence containing th° ni , L -5-vj ;i The death is announced 0 c _ f 4Urs / Wilson, one of the original Southland. In 1856 Mr ;Is r 0 o S* l - to Dunedin and back to setar joE'neer. ;;;;