TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume X, Issue 2035, 15 November 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

Pbb Uxited Frkss Association.] WELLINGTON, this day. At a sitting of the Court of Appeal, the Chief Justice, Justice Richmond, and Justice Gillies disposed of the case of Johnston v. Maitland and others. The appeal was from a decision given by Mr. Justice Williams, of Dunedin, dismissing a motion for a mandamus asked for against the respondents, the Chief -Commissioner and members of Otago Waste Lauds Board com- ' iiianding fihein tq issue to appellant a pastoral license jn tjerms qi section 35 of the Land Act. After oonaiderabl© discussion the motion was refused, with costs qf appeal, £97. At a meeting of the Cabinet to-day it was degided to, rpcommend to His Excellency tho Qqvernop fcb'e names of four gentlemen for appointment as. Q%ial assignees under the »«w Bankruptcy Act. r J'he gentlpmon are ? ••".Utandt Mr. Mn L.awsoa, fqv—For /uu,~ *"- Krogdsn and Sous, inerly connected wicu . " '** Noi'tll and for some time Commissioner Island Railways ; for Wellington : Mr. U C. Graham, at present Town Clerk ; for Chustchurch : Mr. C. E. Latter, a wellknown resident ; for Dunedin : Mr. J. Ashcroft, until recently editor of the Ofcago Daily Times. The appointments will be gazetted as soon as His Excellency has given his consent. The districts over which of the official assignees will administer arc the same as the Supreme Court districts. The Spring Show in connection with the Wellington Horticultural Society yesterday, was a great success.

Dr. King, of the Lunatic Asylum, has been asked to also take charge of the Wellington Hospital, in place of Dr. Hammond, who it is understood retires from the position of superintendent of that institution almost immediately. Taylor, who was hurt by a tram accident on Tuesday, lies in a critical condition. Hopes are, however, entertained of his ultimate recovery. A meeting of the Council of the New Zea land Rifle Association was held last evening, when the question as to members of the reserve volunteer force being allowed to compete for belts was discussed at some length, and it was decided as Government subsidised the Association, and as the champion belts were originally derived from Government for the purpose of encouraging efficiency of the volunteer force, the council see no reason to alter its published programme in that respect. The question of prize list was also discussed, and it was resolved that as it will be necessary for about 200 men from all parts of the colony to enter 1 for the several matches in order to cover the necessary expenditure, the total amount of donations raised in Auckland will be added t© the programme, should that number enter, but if that number be not reached a proportionate sum will be added to the programme, in accordance with the number of entries. DUNEDITSf. thin day. At the inquest on the body of Skippington, killed by a truck, a verdict of accidental death was returned. The Land Board, at a meeting to-day, granted a re-hearing in the Waikouaitidummyism case. Messrs Green and Clark, who are adverse to the cancellation of the licenses, allege that they left the previous meeting on the understanding that the motion for cancellation had been lost. At the annual meeting of the National Insurance Company, the report and balancesheet, which have already been telegraphed, were adopted. Some Ll5O has been remitted from Otago, in aid o£ the destitution existing in the highlands and islands of Scotland. AUCKLAND, this day. The scheme for lighting the Queen-street wharf with electric light has been abandoned for the present. GREYMOUTH, this day. A body has been found on the beach, and identified as that of a seaman named Kelly, who belonged to the schooner Eliza Firth.