TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1411, 29 October 1885, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

The s,B. lonic arrived at Wellington yesterday from London; She left bn Sept. 10 at 1.50 .p.m., Plymouth at 1.47 p.m. on the 12th, Teaeriffb .pn Sept. 17th at midnight, arrived at Capa' Oat. 3rd at 11 p.m.. 1 left at 1.35 p.m. on the 4tb, arrived in Hobart at 6.45 a.m, on the 23rd, left at 7.25 p.m the same day. Arrived at Wellington at 627 this morning. Fine- weather and moderate winds were experienced throughout the voyage. • Ihe Hon. Mr Ball'ance had an interview with Queen Makao, of Raratouga, and other tijembers jo f the Embassy on Monday. He presented a number of Mosgiel mats, rugs and blankets to them. The consideration of political m itters was adjourned to another interview. Prospectors on the land beyond Kauria Point, near Wade, Auckland, have, it is said, discovered payable gold in the sandstone hills. A Bank of New Z ealand assay of a parcel showed 2oz of gold and 2>z of silver to the ton. It has been decided to forward 20 loads to be treated by Lamont’s process. The prospectors are .confident the ground will pay, as there are millions of tons of sandstone hills in front, 504 ft high. The American warship Enterpiise fired a royal salute at Wellington on Tuesday morning as the Union Jack wag hoisted at Government House. The Artillery paraded and'; saluted the Stars anti Stripes. Henry Matson, head of the firm of H. Matson and Co., stock and station agents, Christchurch, is dead, aged 75. He was harbormaster at Georgetown in 1835, Tasmania, and he cleared out with Bateman’s party who were proceeding to colonise Victoria, He -cams to Canterbury in 1862. ’ For c&ntinmtwn of reading see J first and fourth pages .

The Southland Hussars assembled on Monday'iqi* their annual drill. \ Tls Si ulhiand Hospital Committee li»re, to give notice to the m-w Administrative Board that steps wiu b»» lak'B 10 create the Hospital » separate bif* l nation under the Act. Mr.Mf'Xwell, General Manager for It ail toy*,, has arrived at Invercargill u. enquire into the tariff questions that are Agitating cohuuerci'al circle*. The New Zealand shipping Company are advised by cable dated 26th October of the arrival at Loudon of the Waimau frdlii fi uikhmail w-dl." Ihe.jiij/spfiat Commi t tee, Auckland, have"--prohibited the fbuse Sorgern from taking fees from parteis applying lor advice at the Hospital. He pleaded that the practice of taking fees from who the House Surgeons privately, prevailed at all the Hospitals in the chief cities of the colony asheLud if on the highest authority. Bishop lledwood leaves New Zealand in * few days in order to attend Council in Sydney. Archbishop Moran will pteside. Bishop lied wood has beem selected to preach the imtugura sermons at the Council, the first of the kind to be held in Australia, and it will be attended by a large number of bishops and priests from the oiff rein The sii dog of the Coonei wi 1 ) commence on the 14th pros. The Governmey have not yet decided who will be the Boys! Commissioner' representing New Zealand at tin Colonial Exhibition in Loudon, hi) they will be chosen from among tin many colonial resident# who are »i Home, and will probably include Sir F. D. Bell, Sir John Hall, Sir K Staffer 4 , and Sir WMiara Fox. Tha Government have not receive* an; farther information respecting tin now metal discovered at Bain's Bay. near Jackson’s Buy, but expect to receive onother sample in n few days. Too Warden of the district recommend* that owing to the difficulty of obtaining provision* and tools for the men, tin Government should cut a pack track U the looadiy, but at present there is no ▼ote for die purpose. At tbe Wellington Magistrate’* Court oa Tuesday afternoon, the charg of pt-rjory preferred iagainst Daniel am) Mary Bum by their mother, Anastasia liyau, was partly heard, and adjourned till Thursday. Tha offence is allegeu to have been committed in a recent divorce suit, in which Mrs llyan petitioned for a divorce from het husband, ‘A successful trial trip of the new steamer Invercargill, intended for the Dunediu-Invercargill trade*, took jJac< at Dunedin on Tuesday, when everything was found to work smoothly. At. a public meeting at Dunedin, ai which representatives from nearly aii religions denominations spoke, it whs resolvedto form, a White Cros? Society.