NEW ZEALAND

South Canterbury Times, Issue 4984, 17 April 1889, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND

(By Telegraph.) AUCKLAND, April 16. The Piako County Council have adopted a resolution urging the Government to complete the Thames-Te Aroha Railway. An attempt is being made by the County Council of Waikato to establish a school of agriculture iu that district. A company is to be formed to work a promising coal find at Great Barrier Island. The Onehunga woollen mill is again at work. Everything except a mortgage of £SOOO has been now paid up. In respect of the dispute between the harbour board and Mr Lanigan, the contractor for the Calliope Dock, Mr Ware, who was appointed arbitrator, has reported that Mr Lanigan has been overpaid, and is indebted to the board in the sum of £1928. Mr Lanigan, however, on his part revoked Mr Ware’s authority, and the arbitration proceedings were abandoned. The board leave the contractor to any remedy he has at law. NAPIER, April 16. A woman named Greenwood, wife of a bailiff here, was found dead in bed this evening. She was suffering from drink, and lay down on her bed. She took some lea at 6 o’clock, and at 7 o’clock was found dead. She had emptied a bottle of aconite lotion, it is believed in mistake for spirits. WELLINGTON. April 16. The Raweon Commissioners have handed in their report. They entirely exonerate the judge from the charges brought, against him by three or four Taranaki residents. They say that there was no proof whatever of partiality or other misconduct, and that Mr Rawson must be acquitted of judicial wrongdoing. The commissioners think that there has been recklessness exhibited in the nature

and terms of tho allegations put forward which call for emphatic condemnation. It is stated that the Defence Department will put members of rifle clubs on tho same footing as volunteers as regards free passes on railways. Mr Dranefield, formerly a merchant hero, was to-day adjudicated a bankrupt. NELSON, Apexii 16. The funeral of the Vcn. Archpriest Garin took place this afternoon. In the morning there was a requiem mass with the office for the dead. Dr Waters, of St. Patrick’s College, Wellington, was the celebrant, and, as well as tho Archbishop of Wellington, the following clergy were officiating :—Father Eevoy, of St. Patrick’s College, Father Lewis, of Blenheim, Father Kerrigan, of Wellington, Father Mahoney and Father Landonar, of Nelson, and tho Vicar-General Father McNamara. In the afternoon tho Archbishop delivered a very able funeral oration, and many present were moved to tears. The funeral procession was a very long one, being joined in by the citizens and clergy of all denominations, including Bishop Suter. All places of business were closed, the people joining in a last mark of respect for one universally esteemed for his uprightness aud goodness. HOKITIKA, A Mil 16. The Supreme Court to-day was occupied with the compensation case against tho Bailway Department. It will probably be finished to-morrow. Ihe defence commenced this afternoon. The non-suit points were held over till after the jury’s finding, with leave to make application. CHEISTCHUROH, A MIL 16. The foreman at Mr O’Brien’s factory, about whom the operatives went on strike, has resigned. It is expected that the men will resume work. Richard Jackman, a labourer at Leeston, has been arrested on a charge of criminal assault on his daughter, aged 15. DUNEDIN, April 16.| g At a meeting of ladies interested in having a separate ward for women in connection with the hospital, after an address by Dr Batchelor those present agreed to collect a certain sum each by which means the necessary amount will, it is believed, bs speedily raised. A large crowd attended at the St. Clair battery to-day to witness a trial of the Maxim gun. Most of the volunteer officers of tho district were present. Major-General Strange explained tho mechanism of the gun, and Major Goring fired a number of shots seaward. The falling of the shots in the water was plainly seen, and an idea formed of the destructive qualities of the weapon, and of how hopeless it would be for any body of men to advance against its fire. It was like a shower of hail thoroughly under the control of the person at the gun. A few shots were then fired at targets to show its accuracy, and a dummy figure was completely riddled. Afterwards several ladies were asked to fire out of the gun to show that an expert was not required. Most of those who attended had heard and knew something of the Maxim gun, but even they were astonished by tho work it performed. INVERCARGILL, Apeil 16. In the Supreme Court tho hearing of the case Wilson Taino and Company v. Bank of New Zealand was continued. The case for the firm has closed. For the bank it will be contended that a special wool account was not opened on the terms stated by plaintiffs, and that, in tho absence of a specific contract to the contrary, the bank was within its rights in treating all the firm’s accounts in globo. Mr McKay, the manager of the bank, was under examination all tho afternoon and his evidence is not concluded. At the opening of the now chemical lecture hall at tho High School, this morning, Sir Robert Stout delivered an address on education generally. The tenor of his remarks was that the educational system of the colony would not be complete till tho poorest child in it had free access to the high schools.