Yesterday's Telegrams.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 8133, 17 January 1895, Page 1

Yesterday's Telegrams.

(By Telegraph.)

AUCKLAND, January 16

The 100,000 feet of sawn'timber which is to be sent'Home'by the Government, and for which; the Kauri Timber Company’s tender accepted, is to be shipped. by which leaves in a day or two'for London the .south. The company supply 50,000 feet, : and have distributed the balance Of the order among the local mills. The Shipment is to, he of- carefully= planks, : 9 by 3, cut out of thehest heart of seasoned kauri.” At the Volunteer banquehLieutenantOommander Little took the opportunity to giye a flat denial to; the statement by Colonel. Fox as to a rOurid robin having been signed for. the removal of the officer commanding the - district. No such document ever existed. The natives of, Great; Barrier, have reported to the police that; the Wairarapa has opened but and . broken up. The masts, and hull have disappeared. , The body Of a woman was found near the wreck with the head gone. The body was clothed save that it was without shoes and stockings. On the body were a knitted singlet and brown tweed dress with diagonal blue spots. Thdbodywas interred at Maori Bay. GISBOENE, January 16. A sudden death occurred shortlycafter noon to-day, causing quite a shook in the community. Mr James Finlay, licensee of the Argyle Hotel, was ailing somewhat this morning,, and at noon his malady increased . and doctors ..were summoned, but before they i. arrived he had passed away. Death was causedby angina pectoris. STEATFOED, January 16. • The.girl Messer was,suffocated -in the mud at the, bottom of the..dam. She dived into the dam in view of those on the bank, but never rose to the surface.

.WELLINGTON, January 16., Mr Gray, secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department, will accompany the Postmaster-General to the Postal Conference at Hobart. The 1 Wqpieu’s; Social and Political League passed a resolution protesting against the Government becoming a party to the Anglo-Japanese treaty. 'The Shipmasters’Association have received a cable, Strongly advising them to advocate the use of cotton powder fog signals at all lighthouses, as used at the Eddystone lighthouse and other points in England. Mr Van Staveren, chairman of the Benevolent Institution, urges that the Government should bring in a msasm - e providing places to which drunkards who will not support their families should be sent and compelled to work for them. John Welch, while working on the side of a road near Makara yesterday was struck by a large boulder and killed. George Calloway fell dead while haymaking at Canvastowii, near Havelock. A number of estates in various parts of the colony are under offer to the Government, and the offers are being considered by the Government. Mr Gilruth, the Government veterinary surgeon, has gone to the Chatham Islands, where the flocks are affected by some spinal malady. The Hon. T. Byrnes, Attorney-General of Queensland," and party, who have arrived overland from Auckland, leave for the south this afternoon. Mr Byrnes is due at Hobart in time for the opening of the Postal Conference.

Captain Shaw, of the Star of Victoria, reports that the vessel encountered strong easterly winds and head seas from Sydney to the New Zealand coast. The wind then went to the north-east, accompanied by very thick weather and fogs, but as the vessel came to the southeast the weather seemed to dear, land being sighted on the starboard bow. Captain Shaw was under the impression that it was the mainland, but it has proved to have been Great Barrier. As Captain Shaw was unable to pick up Tiritiri he decided to stand out to sea, and when able to distinguish Cuvier Island light took a freoh departure, which enabled him to verify his position and shapie a correct course. Captain Shaw, after sighting the New Zealand coast, kept in the course similar to that followed on previous occasions when coming from Sydney. He gives as a reason for being nearly 30 miles to the eastward out of the track that it is possible he may have kept the steamer a little further out than usual, and the strong current running through Hauraki Gulf must have caught her on the starboard bow and pushed her still further out. In view of the Wairarapa disaster this item is of special interest. The first meeting of tin; General Lending- Board under the Government Advances to Settlers Act was held today. Mr'J;' ‘K. '’Warburton, superintendent under the Act, presided. Among those present was the Colonial Treasurer, while the only absent members were the Surveyor-General and Solici-tor-General. None of the applications ! for loans were ‘ dealt with, the question under discussion being that of valuation. It was agreed that on each application as it arises a valuation should be made by the superintendent, or on his behalf by a valuer of his nomination in terms Of sub-section of clause 41. This is precisely on the same conditions under, which valuations are regulated bytlie publib trustee for loans under the Public Trusts Act. As regards the appointment of valuers for which provision is rnafie .under section 11, two appointments'have been already made by the Governqr-in-Cpuncil, viz., Mr Hugh Uarawen, 1 Otago,’ and Mr Wm, Duncan, Auckland,, and their appointment is to date from January Ist. Mr T. K. McDonald's, for Wellington, will shortly be gazetted, but the selection for Christchurch is hot yet made though it it is not unlikely that Mr J. W. A. Marchant, Commissioner of Crown Lands,-; will act in the meantime. These four are practically supervisory valuers, though it is not necessary that the superintendent should accept their figures, as the Act gives him the sole selection ,of valuers respecting advances and he may if he chooses, select any one of the capable valuers,; of whom he has an extensive list, to value the security. Mr Warburton has just issued' a circular' setting forth clearly the terms of the Act and the E revisions under which advances can e obtained. Already 600 applications are to hand,, and so soon as the superin-, tendeht receives the reports of the valuers for a few applications the Boards will be convened to deal with them. BLENHEIM, January 16. A man named Thomas Gittings committed, suicide at yesterday. He borrowed a razor from a tent-mate in the morning to shave, and was found in tlie evening with his throat cut. No reason is given for the act.

DUNEDIN. January 16. At the annual meeting of the Otago Railway Employees’ Benefit Society the receipts for the year were £615 12s 2d and expenses £522,8s 6d. The balance now to credit is £2557 10s lid. The third annual convocation of the Supreme Grand Royal' Arch Chapter of New Zealand was. held to-night, The balance-sheet showed a credit of £74 6s sd, with a substantial increase in the 2 membership. Ten Chapters and one Mark Lodge were within the jurisdiction and all doing good 'work, W, B. Scandrett was appointed first Grand Principal for the ensuing year.

‘ At the annual tournament of the Ne.w Zealand Bowling Association the final of the rink tournament resulted in Kaituna (Dunedin) .beating, Port Chalmers by 29 points to 7 points. At a meeting of the School Commissioners a return was presented by the secretary showing that the' total ’ paid over by the Commissioners from reserved for educational purposes during the last ten .years The income from -primary education reserves during the past twelve months was larger than‘ tor any other like period.