TELEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10509, 5 November 1895, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(Pan United. Press Association.)

Auckland, November ♦.

j A'/ the hospital • inquiry the Charitable Aid j Board so far "endorsed thp- actiou of the lady J superintendent of,tho hbapHei asrto suspend a nur»e for one month instead of six months as' j recommended by the Hcuja Committee, nnd .granted hor leave of absence for two months, | when she will be at liberty to return to duty. At a meeting pf; the Auokland Trades and Labour Council it was resolved to send the following resolution to the Hon./W. P. Beeves and to a«k the varioui councils of ihe colony to endorie it:—«' That this couucil desires to place on record its appreciation of the great services rendered to the cau»« of labour vi this colony iby the Minister for Labour dueing tho recently expired session of Parliament, and wo are of opinion his t-fforts have well e«ned the th»nks aud gratitude of the workers of New ZeaUnd " _ Johu Sissons Garrett has btitn committed for trial in the ease of ajfault known as the Surrey Hills case. Accustd reserved his defence. The bail totalled £800.

A journeymen tailors' union .is being formed.

_. _ Wjkjjj,-gtox,„ November 4. The Tax-department is about to bring into operation the provisions of the act parsed:this tessiou providiog:j'or the licensing of nonrebident agents travelling on behalf of firms ouUide the colony., The lioeuse fee it £50.... C.ptain Fairchild gcea'Home in » couple of months to superintend the construction of the new steamer for the New Zealand Government The captain Of the Aratapu reports that wbeu off the Poor Knight., midway ■ between WhMigarei and the Bay of Islands, he pasned within about 10(t of what was apparently a vessel bottom up, with the'soas breaking over ifc The night was very dirty,- which prevented observations being taken with.any degree of accuracy. Mariners are requested to keep a sharp look-out for wreokage. •Mr Fake, cf Palmerston North, claims to have invented a scheme under which it is impossible for any number of "torpedoes to sink warships. He adds :—"My scheme will also allow of much greater speed without auy increase of steam power; also, our ironclads may be built with lighter, armour, and be perfectly safe from destruction by torpedoes The principal part of my schema is tbat an ironclad may ba struck with 50 torpedoes and noo.be destroyed nor put out of action. This scheme I have-forwarded to the Admiralty a* being of the greatest importance to our nation at the present momeut." ."'.,'

Tho Public Works Committee of the City Council decided to recommend the council to call.-for tenders for the erection of pnblic baths.

The Industrial Association has deoided to hold an exhibition 10 months hence.

1 CiiuisTCHnncH, November 4. In the Supreme Court this morning Mr Justioe Denniston made an order that the oases against Leonard Harper be tried by a special jury. The trial was fixed to take place on the 2nd December.