LATE TELEGRAPHIC.

New Zealand Times, Volume XLX, Issue 8169, 22 August 1887, Page 5

LATE TELEGRAPHIC.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT) ; Westport, August 21. The Great Republic has struck the quartz -in the main drive.

(united press association.) Auckland, August 20. A meeting of the Trades and Labor Conn•oil was held last night, when candidates for at elections in conjunction with the Radical Reform League and Industrial Association were selected. It is intended to hold _a meeting of delegates of the three associai 'lions, when the definite selection of oandi--dates will be made. A deputation from the Trades and Labor Council waited upon Mr Tole with reference to the recent reduction •of the Matamata railway stationmaster to the rank of porter and bridge-keeper at Ngaruawahia. It was pointed out that the ■omo was another instance of several where the railway servante considered they had ■been unfairly treated, and the time had arrived when a Board of Appeal for railway ’Servants, similar to those in Canterbury and Otago, should be appointed. Mr Tole promised to consider the matter. 1 Forty-six nominations have been received for the Plumpton Park Coursing Meeting, -which is to take place on the 27tb. The Gity Council propose to erect a storage •reservoir for water for the city supply in an •allotment at the Great North-road, a little northward of the present* pumping-station «t the Western Springs. Plans have_ been prepared of a reservoir 16ft deep, with a -storage capacity of 300,000 gallons, and costing £19,000, but it is probable other plans will be prepared, as the Council have since ■•selected another site for the reservoir. Dunedin, August 21. The glove fight for £25 a-side and the Middle Island light-weight championship between Murphy and Faddes took place 3ast night. Murphy knocked Faddes out •of time in the second round. Timaru, August 20. The case Bui livant v, Hening for malicious prosecution closed at noon, whoa - a verdict was given for the defendant, with costs on the middle scale. The judge returns to Christchurch to-day. Christchurch, August 20.

The body of Sir Julius von Haast was interred at the Avonside cemetery this afternoon. The funeral was the largest seen here since that of Mr W. Moorhouse. It was attended by the governors, professors, and stn-

dents of the Canterbury College, City Council, Philosophical Institute, Industrial Association, Consuls, Freemasons, and a large number of private citizens. . A statement of accounts issued by the City Council shows that the Auditor-General has disallowed the following items, for which no authority of law is shown Payment of Licensing Clerk, £SO ; refund of Club license, £5; expense of Queen’s Jubilee meeting, £4O 7s; contribution to Fire Brigade picnic, £lolos, . . . 01 Greymouth, August 21. Last night’s Reefton returns give the Globe 2500 z of amalgam from 100 tons of stone; the Progress 84oz amalgam for the Alfred William Willis, formerly steward in the Union Co.’s boats, was sentenced on Saturday to three in Hokitika gaol for procuring a passage in the Ohau from Auckland to Greymouth. He wrote a letter purporting to have come from a person wellknown in Greymouth, who he made it appear wanted him to come on here, and undertaking to settle for his passage when he arrived. The person named denied the authorship of the letter. A vagrant named Rob Carlyle was found in a person’s washhouse sleeping iu between several little fires he had made on the ground. He was sentenced to one month in the Hokitika Gaol. He admitted in the course of his examination that he had burned down a house in which he had camped at Coal Creek some time ago.