TELEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10034, 27 April 1894, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(Per United Phbss Association.)

Auckland, April 26,

The Loan and Mercantile Agency Company expect to ship 4000 or 5000 purebred sheep this season to Sydney for sale. The freight has been reduced from 7s 6d to 6s.

At a meeting of representatives of the Board of Education, Grammar School Board, and University College Council, re the establishing of a working men's college, the draft report suggested the establishment of a "continuation school,1' and expressed the opicion that the promoters of the working men's college should at once proceed to put themselves in a position to participate in the parliamentary grant of pound for pound for subscriptions.

Wellington, April 26. The Chief Railway Commissioner goes south tomorrow to inspect the southern lines and be present at the opening of the Ofcago Central extension on Tuesday next.

The Harbour Board to-day decided to ask the Ohago Harbour Board to extend the charter of dredge 222 for one month. The present charter expires on the 9th June. The Acclimatisation Society's revenue for the year was £975, and the expendilure £839. The overdraft at the bank reduces the credit balance to. £35. Experiments, are to •be made in England at the request of the council of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society to ascertain whether it is possible to retard the hatching of the English grayling by the application of cold for a sufficient time to enable them to be successfully imported. A sum of money is also voted for introducing Taimanian crabs and fresh water lobsters to the colony. In its annual repor.t, the council of the society regrets that the Government could not see its way to comply with the request made by several of the New Zealand societies that the sale of both native and imported game should be prohibited for one year, with a view to checking the export trade in frozen game.

The Government are making inquiries from the Secretary of State for the Colonies as to whether the Colonial Governors' Leave of Absence Bill, introduced into the Imperial Parliament, applies to this colony. At the continuation of the inquiry into the charge brought by Mr Charlton, the ex-Govern-ment veterinary surgeon, against Mr Ritchie, head of tho Agricultural department, the former Vvished.to withdraw the chargas. The commissioners, however, decided to go on with the inquiry, which will be resumed on Saturday, when Mr Clifton, stock inspector of Auckland, will be examined.

Christchubch, April 26. A man named Phillips, while travelling from Akaroa to German Bay on Monday night, was thrown from his horse. He succumbed to his injuries this morning.

The driver of the coach from Pigeon Bay, Ak&roa, found a man named John Keenan lying dead on the road to-day. Deceased was an old resident of Little River.

The Ljttelton Harbour Board to-day decided to accept the offer of the Otago Harbour Board for the charter of dredge 222 for a term of six months. The Lyttelton Board to have the option of extending the charter for a further term of six or 12 months. It was reported that the estimated cost of the dredging decided upon was about £17,000. It was reported that the Government had not replied to the request of the board to protect tho reclamation works at Sticking Point. The chairman said unless something w&» dcae the work would continue to go to the bad. It cost the Government a large sum of money, and now was being washed into the harbour, and the board would in time have a heavy claim against the Government for the cost of dredging it out again. He thought the unemployed of Lyttelton should be put on the work. Ultimately the matter was left with Mr Joyce to approach the Government.

The steamer Wakata, which left Lyttelton to-night, took 22 unemployed for work at Cheviot. Two of the men are from Oamaru, the others from Chriatchurch.

TiMAno, April 26. Information was laid this afternoon by the manager of one of the banks against George Edwin Best, a grain buyer and sampler, for obtaining £30 by false pretences. Best h believed to have left the colony by the last San Francisco boat. It is alleged that he has swindled over a dozen farmers by buying grain, reselling it, and clearing out with the proceed*. The amount of his defalcations so far as is known is about £1500. His wife and two children left Timaru for the north the day before and Best by the same train as the mail.