N.Z. TELEGRAMS

New Zealand Times, Volume LIV, Issue 9881, 12 April 1893, Page 2

N.Z. TELEGRAMS

(prom our own correspondent.) Masierton, April 11. Ma Milner Stephen held a public healing yesterday, the results being moderately successful.

The Liefcrlct Court opened this morning. The only bankruptcy business was the granting of a discharge to E. M. Turner. The case of Blatchford v. Albert Martin, claim £59 for damages alleged to have been sustained through the overflow of water from the defendant's Und on to plaintiff’s property, is still occupying the Court.

(press association.) Timaru, April 11. A stack of wheat was burned on Mr E. T. Rhodes’ farm last night. A threshing party was just knocking off at other stacks in the same paddock, 200 yards to leeward, and ran over. They saw the fire only at the top of the stack, and saw a rat escaping It was singed clean. They set down the cause of the fire to tho rat eating matches. The stack was one of a pair 15ft apart, and the other was saved by the threshing party putting their machine olaongpide and threshing it by the light of the ure—a unique salvage operation 1

Auckland, April 11. The Crown Lands Board at its meeting to-day approved of a number of leases for sllvermlning at Groat Barrier Island. Tbo Board of Education has resolved to send to the Minister of Education a resolu> tion, adopted by the Auckland City Schools Committee, asking the Government to return to the system of payment on the working average, instead of the strict average attendance.

Nino memorial tablets, in honour of the Revs Walter Lawry, John Hobbs, Thomas Buddie, Jamas Buller; John Warren, G. Buttle, Joseph H. Fletober, Alexander Reid and C. H. Synsckeuberg, have been placed in the Pitt street Wesleyan Church, and were unveiled last night. Mrs Lane, wife of Captain Lane, master of the missing schooner Maile, died to-day at her house in Ponsonby. She worried a great deal over the supposed drowning of her husband, whose boat is now 52 days out from Launceston, Tasmania. Mis Lane leaves a family of several young children. At a largely attended public meeting tonight, a branch of the Mothers’ Union, established by the Couotees of Glasgow, was formed. Lady Glasgow delivered an address on behalf of the society. The furncral of the lote Mr McNicol, today, was attended by 5000 people, and was the largest ever known ia the Waikato. CiiiasTcncjßCH, April 11. At the Police Court to-day two boys earned Kearney (15) and Aldridge (14) wore charged with stealing goods from the shop of Ashby, Borg and Co., ironmongers, on Sunday afternoon. Kearney entered through a back window, after squeezing himself between hoo bars six inches apart, and he gave Aldridge some money for having kept watch. Kearney was sent to gaol for 24 hours, and ordered to receive 12 strokes with the birob. Aldridge was discharged.

At a meeting of the Canterbury Rugby Union to-night, a motion was carriel giving a referee power to terminate a matcSi should the spectators persist in encroaching the field of play. . S ** Tbe Rev A. Hetfey : p aa fc Grand Chairman of -Madras, Bombay, is making a tour of- tne Colony, and is at present in 'Christchurch, fle ia an enthusiast in freemasonry, and Is travelling naithwarda. He hopes to be present at tbe Grand Lodge meeting in Auckland.

Invercargill, April 11. The Eupply of gruiu on the Southland lines ia snob that the department is unable to transport it with sufficient rapidity. Passengers complain bitterly regarding the trains, which are often an hour late in reaching their destinations owing to the continual shunting, and demand tbe running of extra goods trains to relieve the pressure. Passengers by the outgoing afternoon trains grumble especially at being landed at wayside stations io the darkness, and sometimes in rain, when they should have b :ea there at daylight.

Hokitika, April 11. At the Education Board to night Mr Gammell, the inspector aui secretary, resigned tbe position, and it was resolved to invite applications for the appointment. Dunedin, April 11. A meeting of the Port Chalmers Political League was held to night, tbe object being to secure unanimity of notion at the coming general election, as it is understood that there are no less than seven candidates prepared to come forward in tho Government interest Addresses were delivered by Sir Robert Stout, the Hon W, Bolt,’ Messrs Pinkerton, E.ruahiw and others, who all urged the einking of petty interests. At a meeting of the Shop Assistants* Union it was decided to suggest to tbe Railway Commissioners that the excursion trains from tbe country to Dunedin should be ran on some other day than Saturday.