TELEGRAMS,

Southland Times, Issue 8056, 10 July 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAMS,

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) (AUCKLAND, Thubsday. Buchanan, remanded to Otabubu on a charge of burglary at Otahqhu railway station, served for a number of years in the police force, and was formerly clerk to the R.M. Court, Ashburton. WELLINGTON, Thursday. Tenders of Union Insurance Co. for insuring the Exhibition building and contents have been accepted. The directors of Gear Meat 00. have received advice by cable that they have been awarded a medal at.the Antwerp Exhibition for their exhibit of meat. * An accident of a painful nature occurred at the excavation works on Clyde quay today. One of o tbe men engaged in sloping a high cliff accidentally let a pick fall, whioh struck a man named Doyle, who was working beneath, on the back, the point of the pick penetrating his lung. The Gazette notifies tbe appointment of W. Craig and W. J. Willcocks as members of the Bluff Harbour Board, and of S. Hodgkinson, M. Instone and George Reid as members of the Riverton Harbour Board. J. K. Lea (Winton), and D. Campbell (Invercargill), are appointed assessors for the Southland Property Assessment District. The County Council Conference met again to-day, when the following resolu* tions were carried : — That European ratepayers Bre suffering considerable injustice under the administration of tbe Grown and Native Lands Rating Act, and tbis Conft rence is of opinion that tbere are large districts in which all lands owned by natives should be liable to the same re- ! pponsibilities as those imposed upon land owned by Europeans ; that tbe construction of aU roads to open up Crown lands be handed over to County Councils, who shall have fcU hority to settle the grades, location, and construction of all roads to op n up particular blocks of Crown Uads, subject to the approval of the Government as to given line and termination of line. CHRISTCHURCH, Thursday. ' The Kaiapoi Wooilen Factory Co. waß fined Ll to-day for allowing 45 women to remain in a workroom during meal time. It was stated for the defenco that the women remained frcm choice. Several other firms were also fined for breaches of the Employment of Females Act. A conference of the City Council witb other local bodies having jurisdiction adjacent to the city was held to-day, and it was decided to take measures to endeavour to securo an alteration in the Healtb Act to enable these bodies to, combine as. a Board of Health for Christeburch and suburbs. The floods in North Canterbury have subsided, but considerable damage has been done in some places to tbe railway lines and to tho land through scouring. It is also feared tbat many cattle have been drowned. The weather is still unsettled. TIMARU, Thubsday. ' The weather now shows. signs of improving, and so far no serious damage is reported. At the Harbour Board to-day the revenue for the Jpast six months showed an increase of LBOO on the corresponding period of last year. On tbe advice of the Manager of the N.Z.L. and M.A Co., a committee was appointed to draw np a report as to the best steps to get the present high rate of insurance _on vessels at Timaru reduced. OAMARU, Thubsday. On the 3rd inst. the Oamaru Hospital Committee passed a resolution against the bringing into force of the Hospitals tod Charitable Aid .Bill. To-night the^on** Ifiiit§e pf tjbo Beneyelent gooie^me^Bß4

passed the following resolution to be for- ' warded to, the members for-the town and district :— Tbat the present mode of dealing with the relief of the .poor, viz., bysudsidising voluntary efforts to. the extent of £ for & is the best and most acceptable to this community, while the idea of pauperism and poor rates is repugnant to the sympathetic mind and the best feelings of the community, and hot to be forced upon such a young country ; this meeting is further of opinion that the Charitable Aid -Bill now before the Assembly is cumbrous and expensive ; and tbat what ought to go ae subsidy to voluntary contributions will be swallowed up by salaries, officialism, ahd buildings. DUNEDIN, Thursday. The Harbour Board have granted their Engineer leave of absence to inspect tbe Riverton wharf . Mr Driver, who contested the Bruce seat with Mr Gillies, has declined to stand for the vacancy. Two or tbree .local candidates are likely to como forward, and probably Mr W. A. Murray, the former member, will be asked to come south again. '