TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1512, 29 May 1886, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Henare Kaihau, of Waituku, a near relative of Tawhaio, has come to Wellington to negotiate with Government in reference to various affairs in which Tawhaio is interested. If a satisfactory conclusion is come to he will send t. telegram to Tawhaio, who will then proceed to Wellington. An extraordinary meeting of shareholders of the New Zealand Smelting Company confirmed the resolution to wind up. The chairman said he regretted the unsatisfactory result of the company’s operations, both on account of the shareholders who had lost their money and on account of the Thames goldfields. At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, it was decided to* represent to Government the desirableness of passing a law whereby persona accused of offences against city by-laws and trivial police regulations may, if they do not dispute the charge, pay the fine prescribed for such offence without the necessity for attending the bearing at the Magistrate’s Court. The Russian warship Yestuikon Thursday morning saluted, it being the anniversary of the coronation of the Czar. Sh# fired 32 guns. The Wellington Artillery followed with a salute of 21 guns. At a meeting of policyholders of the Government Life Insurance Association at Dunedin, resolutions were passed in favor of giving the policyholders a larger share of control over the affairs of the association, and generally approving of Mr Fisher’s proposals. The clause in Mr Bell’s proposal to grant compensation to retiring officers was condemned emphatically. The annual report of the Auckland Fibre Manufacturing Company shows that the credit balance of last year has given place to a debt of £492. Owing to the light harvest the trad* in binder twine was disappointing. Steamers supplanting sailing vessels had reduced the demand for rope and cordage. If was decided to reduce production by working short time. About twenty left Dunedin for Kimberley on Friday.