TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 11462, 23 May 1890, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(PBB PBESR ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, May 22. The Auckland Railway Reform League have adopted a petition to Parliament urging that the Government Railways Act of 1887 has been most unsatisfactory and that it be at once repealed, and that an unconditional trial be given of the stage system of railway administration on the whole or a considerable portion of the railways of New Zealand. The petition is to be circulated throughout the colony for signature. WELLINGTON, May 22. In the Supreme Court in Banco, the Chief Justice dismissed the appeal in the case Regina v. Hill. The latter had been charged in the Resident Magistrate's Court with the distribution of certain indecent literature. The Justices dismissed the information on the grounds of insufficient evidence, and from this decision the Crown'appealed. In a preliminary objection His Honour ruled that there had been insufficient service, as the application was not made to all the Justices adjudicating. The s.s. Scotia has completed fche repairs to the Cook Straits cable. WANGANUI, May 22. At the annual general meeting of the Wanganui Meat Preserving Co, the chairman, Mr Field, made a statement, which showed a loss of nearly LSOOO on the past year's business. This loss he attributed for the most part to the work of the previous directorate and the system of book keeping introduced by them. Mr Jackson, the late chairman, repudiated the charges and produced a statement purporting to show that the loss occurred during the year just closed, and was due to the mismanagement on the part of the present chairman and directors. A resolution was passed that two expert accountants be appointed to go into the accounts and show how and where the losses occurred and to report at a future meeting. DUNEDIN, May 22. At a meeting of the executive of tne Farmers Union a letter was received from the Railway Commissioners in reply to one by the executive stating that weighing by the Railway Department is for the purposes of freight, but they cannot undertake to give the weights sufficiently accurately for buying and selling the goods. .Comments were made on the absurdity of charging farmers for weight, chaff especially, . and yet admitting that the weights were not accurate. It was decided to express regret at the weights not being accurate and to ask the Commissioners to instruct their servants to be more particular in weighing and recording. It was announced that, the executive expect to be in a position shortly to issue circulars on the question of forming a cooperative association. At a largely attended meeting this evening it was resolved to request the City Council to reconsider and cancel their resolution for the removal of the cabmen's rest from the street. Mr W. H. Mansford, Registrar of Otago University and a very old resident, died today at the age of 70. The assault case, in which two city pressmen are concerned, in which a walking stick and a revolver were prominent, and which was to have occupied the Police Court yesterday, was settled by mutual apologies being tendered.