TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 11295, 30 October 1889, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(PBB PRESS ASSOCIATION.) /, ; ,;■- WELLINGTON, Oct. 29. Mr J.;"B. Hume, eon of Lieut. Qolqpel Hume, Inspector of Prisons and Volunteers has been appointed sub-Lieut, in the Defence Department and .will be attached to either the Torpedo ' Corps or the Perjnanent Militia. In reply to inquin'6B Captain Russell, Minister of Defence, states that he is not ia possession of full particulars of the appointment as it w.as made before be'joined the Government, but. he understood that.it was in accordance with a long-standing promise by the Government. ■:■.. On October 22nd of last year there were 805 " unemployed "on Government works, and at the aame date this year only 225. .. Of x those 152 are doing piece work on the dtago" Central, which cannot very well be taken out of their bands and finished by contract, but, by December, it is expected that they will all be paid off.: ' _ ) It is very probable that another circular .will 6000 be issued from the Colonial §ecretary?s^Department on the subject of the totalizator. It will follow the line that no permit shall be leaned to any club which has not complied with the regulations of the raoirig code recently drawn up by the combined blubs. NEW PLYMOUTH, Oot. 29. 'Mr Samuel, MH.B., having been re"quested by Sir Julius Yogel to obtain for him a couple of gallons of crude petroleum from the Taranaki district for refining purposes, got two men to collect that quantity from the drippings which ooze from ,the soil near the "harbour worki. ; Large holes in some of the gulließ seven or eight miles from town are full of petroleum,, and no water svelte can be sank, in that direction. ' • ,- A cottage near 'the Manganni railway station was burnt down last night. The insurances are in the South British office— building, Liso, furniture, L 25. CHRISTCHUROH, Oct. 29, At a special meetiDg of shareholders in the Union Insurance Oo to-day, it was unanimoualy resolved that the Company be registered under tbe Companies Act, 1882, and the Fire and Mariae Insurance Companies Act, 1889, as a company with liability limited by its shares, under the name of the Union Fire and Marine Insurance Co. Limited. A* a meeting of tha Lyttelton Presbyterian Church to-night, a practically unanimous resolution was passed to send a call to the Rev. Jumea H. Mackeazio, of Wai lacetown. TIMARU, Oct. 29. The Timaru Borough Council last night put off acceotance of the powers delegated by the Haroour Board to collect a harbour rate in the borough. The majority will refuse to take the work if possible. A girl named Thomns, aged 13£ years, while riding on a Cambridge roller along the road at Pleasant Point this morning, fell off in front, and the roller passed over her. Death was instantaneous. At an ioque6t the juiy acquitted the driver from blame. •DUNEDIN, Oct. 29. At a meeting of the Exhibition Ragatta Committee, after considering correspondence from the Wellington R.O. to try to meet the wishes of the N.Z.A.R. Association, it was decided to adhere to the programme, but Co add a race under the auspices of the Association for outriggers, provided five entries be received and a guarantee of Lls towardß the prizes, which, with the as try money, shall be arranged by the Association, The Hon. T. Ferguß, accompanied by Messrs W. N. Blair, O'Connor, Bell, and other members of the Public Worka Dopartmenfc visited the Otago Central line to-day, and inspected it as far as Sutton stream. The contractor for the bridges expects to finish in six months' time, accl after this the line will be pushed on speedily to Middlemarch. D. Cameron, farmer, was to-day at Balclutba fined L 2 and L 3 costs for cruelty to a dog. A company is being formed at Herriot to establish rabbit preserving works. The Croeaus Company, Hindon, obtained 118 ounces of gold from 130 tons.