TELEGRAMS.

Colonist, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4174, 25 June 1885, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

Per Press-Association AUCKLAND, ? June 24. Louis Dare, draper, has been arrested on a charge of settiug fire to his premises in "Victoria-street; !•; A son of Captain McGillivray while playing j football on Saturday met with injuries which produced death, from strangulated hernia. He was 9 years old. NAPIER, June 24. | Mr Thomas Tanner, who unsuccessfully opposed Mr 0. C. Smith at the last general election, has been asked to stand for Tauranga, and has been promised the support of Mr iSheehan's Committee and of the Trade and ! Labor Society. Mr Tanner is a free trader and provincialist. iL DUNEDIN, June 24. The local Insurance Companies are opposed to the clauses of the Insurance Bill providing for the deposit of £20,000 with the Trustee, and are urging the withdrawal of that portion. At the annual meeting of the Perpetual Trustees', Estate, and Agency Company, the report states that the profit: and loss account, after writing off all expenses, showed a net profit of £482 3s Id, and an interim dividend of 6 per cent per annum was declared. The following telegram has been sent to the Premier with reference to the new tariff: —" The Directors of this Company regret that the Government has seen fit to propose increased duties on woollen goods, as the woollen industry in the colony in their opinion does not requiae it.—J. H. Morrison, manager Mosgiel Company." WELLINGTON, June 24. Major Crowe, after nearly 20 years service, is retiring. He has been allowed six months absence on full pay. At tbe inquest on the lad Seed, a verdict of accidentally shot was returned. , At first annual meeting of Wellington Woollen Factory to-night it was stated that j everything was now arranged for carrying on operations. CHRISTCHURCH, June 24. The Admiralty have supplied the s.s Aorangi with a quick firing six-pounder gun on a new pattern. , The s.s lonic leaves for London, via Napier, at midnight. She takes from here 5,734 carcases of frozen mutton, and 135 quarters of beef. Tamaiti Pratt has been duly declared elected M.H.R. for the Southern Maori Electoral District. NEW PLYMOUTH, June 24. Bob Erangi, a well-known chief on the West Coast, died on Saturday last, aged 63 years. He was always friendly to the Europeans, and during the war acted as guide to tbe troops. .. ■ .