TELEGRAPHIC.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIV, Issue 4898, 25 June 1887, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

LONDON, Junb 23

Tho Organising Committee of the Imperial Institute huve appointed Thos. J. Callcotb architect of the buildings, but the design he has already submitted will i)o considerably modified. The other do signs will also be exhibited at an ear'y date. It i 3 estimated that tho amount collected for the Institute ha 3 already reached £300,000.

At the afternoon sitting of tho House of Commons a man named Bedman, who was placed at the bar, was soveroly rebuked by the Speaker for having been guilty of whole- ale forgery of the signatures to a petition presented to Parliament. CAIRO, June 23. The Consular agents of all the Great Powers except Fiance visited Sir Evelyn Baring, the British Agent ani ConsulGeneral, to offer their congratulations on the occasion of Her Majesty's Jubilee.

SYDNEY, To-day. The sufferers by the Peat's Ferry railway accident are all progressing favorably.

Several proposals have been receiv ed for leasing the Sydney tramways from tho Governmen t.

ADELAIDE, To-day. Splendid rains have fallen throughout South Australia during the last few days.

MELBOURNE, Today. It is expected that fully one hundre Victorian members of Parliament wi'^ avail themselves of the invitation to visit the Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition.

An application was made today before Justice Williams for tho release of Charles Forward, solicitor, who wa3 arrested last month on a charge of larceny as a bailee in New Zealand. The judge reserved his decision.

Tho Government declined to release any prisoners in honor of Her Majesty's Jubilee.

WELLINGTON, Last Night. Tho weather yesterday was very stormy, a strong southerly wind blowing accompanied by a heavy downpour of rain. The balance sheet of the Wellington Woollen Manufacturing Company shows the receipts to be £2944 14s 7d and the expenditure £2910 oasd, leaving a balance of £34 143 2d, which has been carried forward.

The Representation Commission will not finish their report before Tuesday. The Press Association has made arrangements fora list of the alterations as soon as the Governor has signed the report, the Commission refuse to make any particulars known before. The boundaries may possibly bo gazetted on Thursday.

AUCKLAND, To-day. Mr E. Jury is out for Newton, and Mr Mitchelson opposes Mr Tole for Eden.

At about midnight Eden Hall, with a shop and two dwelling houses, were destroyed by tiro. The whole block was burned. M. O. Henderson was insured in the South British for £GSO, in the Royal for £500, and in the Norwich Union for £250. Donaldson's, bootmaker, stock destroyed was insured for £50 in the Norwich Union.

A private cable from London states that the Re? Chas. Clarke leaves this month for Australia.

An old woman named Davis was found dead in a house at Panmure this morning. She has been missing for several days. The body when found was in a horrible state, the rats having been eating it.

DUNKDIN, To-pay. The Wangatui viaduct has been officially inspected and will be opened to-day. David Parsons, who was charged yesterday with embezzling money belonging to his employer, was remanded as Beveral charges of forgery are to be preferred. Sir R. Stout definitely decided to stand for Dunedin Ea3t only.

A man named William Hunter has boon committed for trial at Balclutha for shooting at James Young. The evidence showed that Hunter struck Young. Hunter then went away and Young went home and while washing his hands a gun was discharged at him. He saw by the flash that it was Hunter who discharged it.

HAWERA, To-dat.

Mr Finnerty, one of tho candidates for E^mont, addressed the electors last night. Ho opposes the Government and bnlieves further taxation unnecessary, and will support the education vote in its entirety. He ridicules Balance's special settlements and opposes Atkinson merely on local grounds. A vote of thanks was accorded him.