LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 872, 25 August 1879, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[from our own correspondent.] WELLINGTON. This Day. The report that Mr. Thomson has resigned the Surveyor-Generalship of the Colony is incorreot. The child-woman, recently exhibited, is dead. House rents are rapidly falling. In the business parts of the town they are as much as 20 to 30 per cent, lower than they have been for years. Brother C. J. Toxward was on Saturday mstalled the District Grand Master of the English constitution m succession to the late Sir Donald McLean. Representatives from other lodges and other constitutions were present, besides about 150 'of the brethren. The ceremony was performed by Brother George Graham, District Grand Master of Auckland. Messrs. Hutchison and Levin addressed the electors for the City on Friday night, and received votes of confidence. Mr. George Hunter addressed the City electors on Saturday night, and expressed himself m favor of Liberal measures ; but he is opposed co the present Government. He received a vote of confidence. WANGANUI. This Day. Mr. Ballance held a meeting at Waitotara on Friday night, and received a vote of confidence. Sir William Fox received a vote of confidence at Waverly. v AUCKLAND. This Day. A young man named King died suddenly on Saturday after having a tumour lanced m the ear. William Davis, Chairman of the Thames Harbor Board, has been offered the post of Pilot and Harbor Master at Tauranga. The central committee decided on Saturday on the following candidates : — For Eden, Mr. J. A. Tole ; Newton, Mr. W. Swanson; Parnell, Mr. F. J. Moss ; Onehunga, G. M. O'Rorke ; Franklin, Messrs Harris and Hamlin ; Waikato, Mr. Campbell ; Rodney, Seymour George ; East Coast, Mr. McDonald ; Marsden, Captain Colbeuk. Josheph Newman announces himself for City West. DUNEDIN. This Day. After an unprecedented run of crowded houses, Harding ]and Grains' English Opera Company went from here, leaving numerous creditors unpaid. A Liberal Association was formed on Friday night. At Geraldine Mr. Wakafield addressed a crowded meeting on Saturday night. He stated his reasons for votiag against the Government, and received an unanimous vote of confidence. CHRISTCHURCH. This Day. The football match between Canterbury and Otago on Saturdey was drawn, nothing being scored on either side, though Otago had a slight advantage. Sir George Grey's meeting -on Saturday night was fearfully rowdy. The j people began to arrive an hour before j the time for the meeting. At seven o'clock the Odd Fellows' Hall was crammed to suffocation • with a dense crowd. Even the platform was crowded. I On Sir George Grey appearing, there was tremendous cheering' and also some determined hissing, which was kept up throughout the meeting. The noise was so great that it was some time before the Premier could commence, and then the crush made the audience restless, and continued noises prevented even those on the platform from hearing the speaker. After this had gone on for some time a man fainted, and was carried out through the door on' the platform, and m a moment the whole crowd, not knowing what had occurred, surged on the platform. The Mayor called out that the meeting would adjourn to the Drill-shed, and several hundreds left for that place, but the bulk remained. The curtain was dropped, but Sir George would not give up, and the curtain was drawn up again, and he delivered his speech, amidst great cheering, through which could be heard the hissing that had been kept up from beginning to end. A vote of confidence was proposed and put to the meeting, and as no one had courage to say no, it was declared carried unanimously, although the hissing was immediately heard again. It was 20 minutes past II o'clock when the meeting closed.