TELEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 6991, 12 July 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(Pjeb United Press Association,)

m , , , Auckland, July 11 The Auckland Poultry Exhibition was very successful, there being 431 entries, or 155 more than last year. The offer of R.T. Booth, of the Blue Ribbon Army, to start a mission in Auckland has been accepted by the General Committee of the SSffth^NewYe'r^ The ™°™*> h a .h^ ¥J Gra\ a 88ttlei at Manßawai, who naa had three houses destroyed in recent agrarian outrages in the district, has now, in addition to boycotting, received* threatening letter through the post-office hinting at his contemplated assassination.

A • -,-„,, Thamhs, July 11. A miner named Thos. Qualtly was smothered M ******

A man named William Knight was com"iM^ u£ yeßterd*y for stealing a draught horso valued at £40. .He took it from a farm at Waimate to a sale at WaneahftjSStaT1' arr6Sted With the ho™ »

-Thort- te ~ ~WELUNaT ON,JuIyIi. The rtght of footballers to play on the Basin Reserve was argued m the Magistrate's Court to-day, when an action for trespass brought by the trustees appointed by the City Council was Heard. , Damages amounting to £6 were clamed. The Magistrate gave judgment for defendant, and notice of appeal was given. A change m the weather has taken place,

i . 4 . " , Blekhkim, July 11. vpTJ^"lO" L^ nd ,named Stokes was killed yesterday m the Awatere by a fail from a horse. He was.a bad horseman, and subject

« . ... CHRISTOHrjEOH, July 11, A deputation representing 2CO of the unemployed waited upon the Mayor this morning requesting his assistance in endeavouring to form! ™ Gove,rnment give higherwiges for men employed up-country, or provide work for them m town. The Mayor telegraphed to the Government, but haa not yet received a

J?he following is Sir Julius Vogel's reply to Kh W^ Lea?K Ue,: "I£the EastCoaKe SS?-wt d n°rtbl lar# e conc<>S6ions must be made by the owners of privato property, who wUI almost exclusively be benefited.: Perhaps! N S fi ?«n« WAr bß,£ Und upreferable t0 con«ect wif ?^ . Marlborough with the Canterbury. West Coast line. As to the latter, my views have baen frequently expressed. ■ I think it of vast importance, and that efforts should be made to encourage its construction imme-

th^^A tS f °n ely Was ra-ele°ted chairman of the Board of Governors of Canterbury College at the annual meeting held today.

£. ' ''...'■ Timabu, July 11. J.ne second annual show of the Poultry Association held to-day, was a Rreat success^ the entries being far in excess of last year's many coming from outside.. , y '

SPECIAL TELEGRAM. (from our own corre'sfondeft.)

T(. • j , WaLLIN6TON, July 11, . J fc ?? understood here that his Excellency's intention in taking the house of the late MrT .Rhodes at Christchurch for a term of 15 E?Mk l." t0 ÜBe !t durin S occasional visits which he purposes to pay to Canterbury. It would be impossible, of course, for the Gover'f™Jk remaiP .awayJ'om the capital for any lengthened period, but his Excellency is a believer apparently in the expediency of paying a^r S&^^^ Z,^ 88m 1?' Ut uthe y carry «» h^tory of nnM^"* n*B further is already known publicly. There appears to be a growing feelJh?famoD^ CoWnt 'authorities at Home that the i ronch Government are willing to retire from the extreme.position they havp W«°,3 P- lfr lfc °an d°no withouttKe-appea?' ance of acting under compulsion or giving in to the clamour of the Australasian Colonies Ihere seems reason to hope, therefore, that if the matter is allowed to rest for a time a way will be found out of ,the difficulty. The position, howovor, is one of considerable delicacy, owing to the irritation existing among the French people at the attitude taken up bY the Australasian authorities. ■ I understand that a complaint has been ma^against the medical superintendent of the Wellington Lunatic Asylum by one of the female attendants, and that an official inquiry ment ™t0 be held the Go^n