TELEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10194, 31 October 1894, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(Pee United Pbess Association.) Auckland, October 30. A); a meeting of the Governors of Auckland College and Grammar School two applications were received for a share of the board's insuranceo. Mr Luke proposed—"That the insurances be divided amongst the four New Zeiilatsd offices." Colonel Haultain stated that ; Auckland offices were, under similar circumstances, bojeotfred in the south. The mayor corroborated this. Mr Udy said the matter could not be dealt with ab present. There was a resolution oa the books which would have to be rescinded first. Mr Luk« thereupon gave notice to move his proposition at tho next meeting.

A seven-roomed house at Ngunguru, owned and occupied by A. M'Kinnon, has beeu destroyed by fire % The house was insured for £200 in the Royal and the furniture for £50 ia the North British office.

There has beeu a strange development in the perjury case which has occupied the Police Court for several days. ISorue time ago Abraham Bowdeß was charged, tried, and convicted of assaulting another cabman named Davsson. The magistrate (Mr Northcroft) directed the prosecution of Bowden for perjury. The defence produced a number of witnesses —■ chiefly cabmen in Bowden's employ—who swore that the assault was committed by Samuel Given, who himself admitted that, such wits the case. It was stated that between 10 aud 11 o'clock at night Bowden, Dawson, and Given were driving up Queen street, when biven (notßowdeu) struckDawßon with a whip. The Crown Prosecutor, in crossexamination, laid BtreSß upon the fact that none of these witnesses had mentioned Given's name in the assault case, though Bowden, .whose cabs they were driving, was convicted of' the assault .in tho lower court. Bowden was committed for trial. Bail was allowed, and was immediately forthcoming. •

Napier, October 30. .A 6 tho unanimous request of the postal officers in Napier distriotJVTr G. D. Cameron, chief clerk in the Napier offics, haa come forward fo contest a seat on the Postal Board of Appeal.

AVelmnoton, October 30. In the Magistrate's Court this afternoon seven young men, all under 20 years of age, were charged with a serious offlence upon an elderly married woman. The latter asserts that on Thursday night last she was accosted by accused in Victoria street, and on his whistling about 18 young men answered to the call, and carried hsr to a blind lane, where she declares she wan knocked down and criminally I assaulted,by two of the gang, whom she iden- ! lified. The alleged offence took place about 30 yards oil Willis street, one of the lnsin thoroughfares,- at 9.3o'in -the evening. Under cress-examination the woman admitted she had beea in the Island -Buy Hotel nearly all day, and had btien drinking beer there. Oae or two I of the accused admit being present. Thees&e was adjourned until to-morrow morning. The tahiatua bridge over the Tirauinea river at Ngutiri, ou tho VQad f r om Pahiatua river to Mauuri, was opened to-day by the Hon. Sir Se.ddon, who was accompanied by the Hon. Sir Carroll and Mrs Saddon. Messrs Hogg and Hall, members of the adjoining .districts, were present. Some 800 people assembled on the' bridge when Mr Bolton, the county chairman, welcomed the Premier and party. Airs Seddon broke a bottlo ef champagne on the pier and declared the bridge open. Luncheon followed and was partaken of on the bridge, where a number of toasts were proposed aud duly responded to. The bridge is a very important one over a dangbrous crossing. The cost was £2500. . The Premier is expected back to-morrow, end is to go to Christchurch on" Friday en route for his home at Kuraara. The Hon. Mr Carroll is to go to Christchurch, The Minister for Mines exoects t» go to ftlilford Sound in th,e Hinemoa on Saturday, taking thither a road party. The Railway l ommissioners have decided te dispense with the services of Qlr M'Garva, inspector of bridges, who is alleged to have inspired tha charges brought, by Mr B. Norton Taylor, aud subsequently denied before the Railway Committee having done so. la recognition ol the eioellent service previously rendered by Mr M'Garva, he will be permitted to draw' his retiring allowance. Mr M'Garva has for some 23 years been a valuable officer of I the department, and had Hitherto an un- ' blemished record, bat'it is felt by the commis--1 sioners that his recent indiscretion and subse- | quant denial render it advisable that he should iioc bs continued in the service.

Work was started at the Wostport Cardiff ipojil Company's mine yesterday, thus relieving somewhat the pressure.of the unemployed.

Mr Hales (engineer-in-cliief), on behalf of tho Government, and Mr l'ulton (of the Rlaaawatu 'Railway Company), ou behalf of the owners, have gone down to value the Mokihinui railway line prior to its bei»gp taken over by the Government. As soon as the line is acquired steps will be taken to have operations resumed in some of the other mines.

Captain Nqwby, of the barque Helen Denny, who was seriously ill in Nelson, is now almosi recovered, and will rejoin his vessel at Timaru,

. . Nelson^ October-30. At the request of a full mei-ting of tha local post and telegraph stalf, Mr H. Calders, chief postmaster, has consented to become a candidate for a scat on the Board of Appeal.