NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVII, Issue 2691, 14 December 1895, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Press Association. : THB CHRXBTCHXRCH UNEMPLOYED. » CKRisTCiiuaoa, iJecembor 13. The Mayor this morning received the following reply from tfio Premier to the communications regarding the unemployed; ‘Yourtclcgram in reference to the unemployed has been received. In respect to tho present communication, I 1 understand that the members for the district were also to advise, lam very much pained;.indoed to hear that some .of tfip mou uto said-to bo. starving. Surely ip your officiaT position, and' with the precedent established in respect to relief works, the local authorities of Christchurch, if the statement iai coirrect, will not permit tips reproach to exist , for a day. t I have forwarded your telegram to the, Minister of Labour, and fiavo asked Ifim to communicate with the labour agent at Gliristcfiurch, I still adficro to the course whiefi I suggested to tho deputation at Christchurch at tfio beginniag of November. — It. J. Skddqn. Bqmn of the mbn who waited ou the M a y 6r this afternoon spoke strongly regarding tho Christchurch m em b eps * whom they saidlbad promised to sign a letter’to tho Premier,: but had not found tin>o to fulfil tfiat proiqiso.

NEW ZEALAND; AND .RIVER PLATE COMPANY, Auckland, December 13. Tho attorneys in New Zealand for tho New Zealand and River - Plate Land; Mortgage Company have received the following formation from the London office of tho com-’ pany regarding the operations for the yearended 3Ut October last:—The net profits for ‘the year, including tho amount brought forward from cho preceding,year, is .£14,912.19s lid, out of which tho directors will recommend a dividend ?qf 2£ per cent. ;to bo paid.for the six months from the 30th April to, the . 31st, Qctqbof ' leaving the , previous six ‘month’s provided for by an incorim dividend, which will year. They will also recommend that XSOOO bo carried to the resqryq. fund, .and illOlG carried forward. - The second day of January is the day fixed for the annual general meeting in London* ' '' : Ohbistoiiurch, December 13, • At tho wool sales the tone of the market was decidedly firmer, merinos showing an improvement of £d to Id, and crossbreds and longwools £d as compared with previous sales. Auckland, December 13. The following team Vas chosen to-night to represent Auckland at. the Championship Meeting at Christchurch 1 ':—Jones (sprints), M. O’Coiinor and Davis (one find three miles), Creamer (one and three-mile walks), Roberts and Martin (hurdles), Pilkington (bicycle). Mcltean, will 1 also probably go for the.-half-mile, ■ but .‘Brady; and ; Beoro cannot-‘obtain leave. '* v Dunedin, December 13, At n meeting of the Board of Governors of the High School, a resolution was recorded that on the retiremeht'of Dr Belcher from the Boys’’ Ifigh School’after a'term of nearly ten years, the Board note with grekt satisfaction that tlje schqol, jucjged bj'toat of .the many examinations-connected with the sNow‘Zealand University and other institutions, may justly lqy, ; claim-to being at the head of all secondary educational establishments iniho Colony, and for this result: the Board think the rev gentleman is entitled to the thanks of the community. . / -VA / ■'