TELEGRAMS.

Colonist, Volume XXXV, Issue 7265, 9 March 1892, Page 4

TELEGRAMS.

j R , ;; s,-.,.'. Per United Presa 'Association, v „ 3oU^ vj- xwtoiN'G^^;! :"■;■:•;. • '„ .-. , „ .. .. . ' V ,:(Maroh,B. ; i»- j l^ 'the Wesleyan Conference thiß morning n sWs6yp. E. Best and J- Cramp were made 'sStfpJßrnu^etftriea and, the Bey. Bonn's rer ■priest to remain aVsupornumerary ior a o %eoprid jtear. was granted. The high services K 'ijnaered to the Ohuroh by these, ministars. Was'duly recognised? Tha question of higher education waa considered, and the. report o! c C^mmittee" appointed on. the matter ■< pre- ; *S^tea, bjr; the Bey. Morley. A number ' of, devolutions were paesad, urging the de-i 'Blrabilii^f of establishing a college for higher. Satiation and theologloal training.- A Oom«j 1 ' ppQwating of . the ,, trustees; .of thej *va r ti6ns edaeatidnal" properties, \he ministers, •bf'thfeAacklftiid and Manakau circuits, dach <rHer)nbers of the Three King's College Cominttfceo' lioV being Irustees, with :Mesarß Dickenson, W. S. Wilson, Patterson, J.H. Laing were appointed to fl'eal with ithe matter. The. Conference then to elebr. the Principal of the Three King's : CoHege. l: The following ministers were > nominated j Revs. W. Morley, J. Hi Simmonda, W. J.. Williams. On a vote being taken the Bey; W. Morley was elected. The man Anderaon who was found seriously injured on Sunday night has improved since bia.remoy,al:to.ihe Hospital and althoughhe is stillttnopnaoious it ia believed that he vrill be able to- converse to-morrow. Enquiries by/the police elioited the fact that a row had Qocurred in the . vicinity ot the Salvation Airny barracks,, and following up the clue a' call waa made by the 1 deteotives at a hodße ne^r athand occupied by a labourer named Moore and hia wife. Here it was arsoovefed that a figh^ had taken place between Moore and Anderson and that the former,^ who aUhoagh not so seriously injured as the mnn taSen to the Hospital, . had received a oonBiderable manliog and r alleged that he ;^ad been stabbed several times in the back. From Moore's statement it appears that his wife proceeded to a neighboring hotel and on returning met Anderson, whereupon a conversation took place between' them On her j attempting to enter the house Anderson also j endeavored to get in, and the dietarbancei attracted the attention of her husband, who ordered Anderson off the premises, and his wife to oome in. . Anderson resisted' the interference, and a struggle took plaice between the two men, bub Moore, findim? his assailant too powerful for him, made a retreat inside the house and looked the door. Anderson then .smashed a glass panel and unlocked the door, after which a further struggle took place. Moore alleges that be ordered his wife to go for the police, and that although she promised to do so she did not fulfil' it- Moore's statement, if substantiated, may possibly account for the injuries to Anderson, and Mrs Moore states that when BhaMeft the house the men were fighting viciously. . Nothing farther has been elioited as to ihe assault on the man Anderson. The patient is still anconscious, and therefore unable to say anything. Arrived— Doric, after a fast passage of 3 daya 21 hoars from Hobart. " The Government hayegranted three months pay to Mr d'Arcey Irvine, in addition to his compensation, • •' At the Supreme Court- to-day, , John Down, for assault and robbery, and Podge Read, for destruction of property, were each sentenced to six months; imprisonment. The difficulty, in connection with the local members, Hempton and Batger, of the New Zealand athletic team for England, has been satisfactorily arranged, and the former, in a wire to therha'uager, states that he leaves the matter " to the good sense of the Mew Zealand Athletic Association." Hempton strongly objects to the regulations sent Christchurch, and wired as follows — " See no necessity for regulations, and will not go under them. Object strongly to Eule 6, and final rule also. -. Absolutely refuse to be dictated tor on all points by manager." He has.' received a reply stating that the. manager had written to Mr 8011, President of the Wellington Athletic Club, and asking the local members of the English team to see him and reply, so that if the team is to be stopped the passage money may not be paid. The rules Hempton objects to are: -The manager shall make such regulations as he Bhall think fit if or ; ensuring the health and efficient training of the team ; in particular it shall be in his power to enforce regulations regarding the hours members shall retire to sleep,' and their diet although in details of training he will consult the wishes of individual members of the team, and also be guided by. the trainer of the team for the time being. r The^snal rule reads ; "In the event of any dispute arising out of any matter not provided for in these regulations, the decision of the manager shall be final, and ' shall be acted upon." Batger also objects to the rules and both be and, Hempton will interview Mr Belltbis afternoon. - At the Wesley an Conference the following Committee was appointed, to consider the affairs of the New Zealand Methodist :— The rev, Biahwortb, Dukes; V F. W_ Isitt, G. W Parsonson and Spence, "with Mesers F. A White, T. Allen, 1 Tiller. George, Prudhoe, Ferryman, and ß. C Brown. - .... OAMAETJ, v a , v- Maroh 8. A meeting was held. at .Sandhurst on Saturday night to receive the report of the Chief Inspector relative to proclaiming the Waiho and Hakaterame'a. 'district . a rabbit '< district. Ihe Inspeclor reported unfavourably on the proposition. The meeting pa S3ed reaolutions. asking the Inspector to visit the distriot and see its real state for himself ; also that Messrs J.McKenzie, Stewart, Dunoan, and Rhodes, M.H.B.'s, be requested to use their influence in having the distriot proclaimed a rabbit distriot. The annual meeting of the Oamaru branoh of the Shearers' and Labourers' Union was held on Saturday night. A resolution was unanimously passed affirming the desirablenees of the amalgamation of the branches in New .Zealand into one central Union with local Committees. Mr McDonald, delegate from New Sontb. Wales, addressed the meeting. He stated tb at the presidency of the New Zealand Union had been offered to Mr Kelly, M.H.8., and that the offer was now under consideration, CHEISTCHTJECH, March. 8. The cricket matoh was resumed to«day in splendid weather. The Wellington team putting together 224 in the first innings. Fuller made 19 runs, Niven 0, Dxyden 16, Fitzsimmons 3, Holds worth not out 20, Virtue 2, extras 2. V With 70 runs b9bind, Canterbury- took the wickets, and rat the luncheon adjournment, had scored 54 runs with the loes of four wickete. A. Har man made 4, De Maus 7, Wilding 4, Lawrence 8, T. D. Harman 0, Labatt not out 3. ; " The cricket matoh, Canterbury v. Wellington, was continued to-day, and after all ended in a draw- The home team had all the worst of the play in the morning, and at lunch time^were still 16 runs behind Wellington's first innings with 4 good wickets gone, latter on though they improved considerably, and at 5 p.m had ;9 wicketß down for 222, then declared the innings closed. Wellington with 152 to get, then went in, and lost 2 wickets for 20 runs. In Canterbury's second innings T. D Harman 15, Mathias 37, Labatt 34, Reidley 24, Wheatley 16, and Cooks 12; not out all got into double figures. Every man Boored, and Frith*>got most of the wickets, the match closed at 5.45 in order to enable the Wellington men to catch the Penguin for home. . .