LATE TELEGRAPHIC

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 8966, 17 April 1890, Page 5

LATE TELEGRAPHIC

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Christchurch, April 16, It, has been dacided to tend an amateur athletic term to Sydney by the Wakatipu, leaving Wellington on May 14. At the annual meeting of the Aoclimatiaation Society to-night 200 members were present, Mr J. T. Peacock prniding. The report of the Council stated that the year began with a liability of £l9O. Owing to the renewal of public i-upport th ? s had been paid. 88,000 fish were distributed during the year. The receipts were £705 and the expenses £683. There is some antagonism between tbe old members and the anglers who lately joined the Society in large numbers. An amendment wa i moved that the report be referred back to the Council, a: the members had notsren it. Mr Peacock explained shat it had been prepared by the Secretary and himself in accordance with the usual custom. The amendment was negatived, only five voting for it. The report was adopted. Dunedin, April 16. At a meeting held to-night it was decided to entertain Mr Roberts, President of the Exhibition, at a banquet, and to present Mrs Roberts with a service of plate. At the invitation of Mr Sawers, the Government dairy instructor, a meeting is to be held next week to du cuss the advisable□ess of forming a union of the factories, in the South Island especially, with a view of ceouring co-operation in shipping dairy produce to the Home market. Favourable replies have been received from nearly all tbe factories in the South Island. At the City Council meeting to night the Mayor explained the steps taken with regard to the milk seizure, and a certificate was received from the North East Valley inspector stating that the dairy was now perfectly clean. Some very strong statements were made with regard to the barm done by impure milk, one of tbe councillors stating that a patient had died in the hospital from typhoid, traceable to the milk supply, and others were suffering. The inspectors have been instructed to inspect all dairies in the suburbs, and the By-laws Committee were instructed to frame by-laws to deal effectively with the oases. A committee was appointed to inquire into the complaint that Mr Fish, as Chairman, remarked that the Committee undertook works without consuiting. The Committee reported that the charge was unfounded, and as Mr Cramond would not apologise, Mr Fish has given notice that Mr Cramond be relieved from his duty on the Committee. Mr McGregor has been elected chairman of the Education Board. Timabu, April 16. The Harbour Board to-day instructed the Engineer to fix a place beyond which the shingle cannot be allowed to accumulate along the breakwater without danger to the harbour, and earmarked £IOOO off the balance of the loan to meet future expenditure on the shingle if needed ; and a minority objected to the latter, on the ground that the liability was too remote. The Board resolved to proceed with the drafting of a Bill to enable them to make levies on the local rating bodies to save the cost of collecting a separate harbour rate. Auckland, April 16. The dead body of a man .named John Sheehy, an inmate of the Old People’s Refuge, has been found in the harbour. It is reported that, owing to the continued downpour of rain, the township of Kawakawa, in the Bay of Islands, is almost surrounded by water. . His Excellency the Governor is recovering from his indisposition. The delegrates from the federated wharf labourers of New Zealand at the Conference recently held in Sydney, Messrs Brown and C’reagh, have returned to Auckland. They speak highly of the kindness extended to them. Twenty-four thousand men were represented at the Conference, Last night Mr Shepherd Alien, who is a candidate to represent the new constituency of Te Aroha, addressed the electors of that district at the Te Aroha Public Hall. He said this, would be his only chance of addressing a pub ic meeting before he paid a hurried visit to England. He bad come to New Zealand because he wished to give his sons a chance of colonial life, and felt that in New Zealand they were more likely to succeed than in any of the other colonies. He had been asked why he desired to go into the New Zealand Parliament. To that he would reply that he felt that he could do plenty of work yet, and therefore did not wish to be laid by on the shelf. Mr Allen advocated'retrehchaGent and the abolition of the property-tax, and declared himself a Freetrader, and also in favour of the present system of education. He held it to be the paramount duty of the State to see that every child received a sound elementary education, but there the duty of the State stopped, except in the case of remarkably talented children. He was opposed to Sir Julius Vogel, and was not a blind supporter of Sir Harry Atkinson. Mr Allen received a vote of thanks. At the invitation of some Australian capitalists, Mr J. H. Witheford has left for Sydney to endeavour to introduce capital here for the development of goldmines in this district. . The G rman warship Alexandrine left port to-day on her return voyage to Samoa. Mr Meysey Thompson, A.D.O. to Lord Onslow, has left on a visit to England. The Harbour Board has received intimation that the French warship Duquesne is reported to have struck upon a shoal in leaving Auckland in the fairway of Rangitoto Channel. The Auckland pilot, Sainty, believes that what was supposed to be striking on a shoal was in reality the surging of the skip from the unskilful manner in which the anchor was catted. Westport, April 16. The meeting of creditors in the estate of Laurie, irontnonge l , to-day, was largely attended. Mr Skerrett appeared for the Wellington creditors, and accused the bankrupt of falsifying his books and allowing fictitious claims. The remarks were endorsed by Mr Hodgson, the Assignee, who sends the bankrupt to the District Court for examination. The proceedings verged on disorder, but the Assignee was firm. Wanganui,' April 16. Two inches of rain fell here since Monday, and did much good.