TELEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 8792, 30 April 1890, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(Peb United Phess Association.)

Auckland, April 29.

It has been resolved to devote the jubilee celebration surplus, £150, to a school for the blind, on condition that tho public subscribe an equal amount.

His Excellency the Governor leaves Aucklaud to-morrow morning, going to Lichfield by train and then riding through the Lake Country to Napier. Lady Onsluw will leave on Friday by the steamer Hinemoa, arriving afc Napier on Sunday.

Fifty-three entries have been received by the Auckland Racing Club for the Northern Champagne Stakes 1891. Mr Gollan is the principal nominator with five.

A call from Dunedin to the Rev. B. Huttson, of Whangarei, has baun sustained by the Auckland Presbytery. •

Among the through passengers to Sydney by the Alameda was Miss Annis Montague, a wellknown prima donna.

In regard to the alleged mutiny on the Egeria, it appears that whilst the vessel was iv Auckland there were vague rumours thafc the men were dissatisfied. As for tho row in the Thames Hotel, Auckland, which is said to be part of the mutiny, the facts show that it was not of much magnitude. Ou the night before their arrest the men were at the hotel singing and drinking, but when the police came next morning aboufc 10 o'clock the" men Were in tho Bitting room. Thero were 11 of them. When the constable came the entrance door was wide open, nofc barricaded as represented, and when the police entered one of the latter upset a table ou which there were some glasses. The men submitted quietly, one remarking that he had been expecting the police, but they made no resistance and marched off quietly. No furniture was broken, but a little half door over which liquor is served into the sitting room, and which was secured by a'nail instead of a lock, was pushed open in the crush. The men had a grievance against First Lieutenant Helby, who, they said, gave them unnecessary work, keeping them at ifc from 4 o'clock in the morning until late at nighfc. It was on Good Friday that matters came to a climax. The men were brought ashore to church, and amongst those so sent were soma of those who had previously been sent on board by the police and picket. When they returned on board they were ordered to go to work, but refused on the grouud tbafc Good Friday was a public holiday and should be observed as Sunday. In facfc, they refused dufcy, and the first lieutenant called them to the quarter-deck. They refused to go, and the petty officers were ordered to bring them forward, but they said they were too few for this service. However, on the captain sending an order forward, the men at once obeyed. What transpired afterwards is not kaowii, as the Egeria left port early on Saturday.

New Plymouth, April 28. " La grippe " of a very pronounced type has made its appearance at Patua, but as yet only a few cases ore reported.

Wellington, April 29. Afc the annual meeting of the Acclimatisation Society, the report showed "a credit balance of £155, and that the pist 'year's operations had been very successful. Ifc was decided to introduce snipe from the Auckland Isles, and partridge from India.

Chbistchubch, April 29. The leases of 20 runs, aggregating aboufc 220,000 acres, in Ashburton, Ashley, Akaroa, and Selwyn counties, were sold by auctiou at the Land Office to-day. All realised only the upset prico except Blackford, 35,000 acres, which was sold to Mr A. M. Clark at £70 advance on the upsefc.

Archdeacon and Mrs Julius arrived by the express to-night, and were met at the railway station by the Reception Committee appointed by the synod, with several other clergymen and principal laymen. A crowd of over a"thousand "assembled and cheered heartily. The cathedral bells rang a peal of welcome, and the Archdeacon aud Mrs Julius were then driven to Bishopscourt, where they aro tha guests of Bishop Harper. The Primate and the Bishops of Dunediu and Waiapu arrived to-day. Though 800 tickets for the consecration service have been issued, the applications far exceed that number. The tickets for the luncheon on Friday are going off well, and a very largo gathering is expected at the public reception at the Palace Rink on Friday evening. Sir Johu Hall will preside.