TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1542, 20 January 1887, Page 4

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

A't‘ the' United ' ‘Methiidibt* meeting n't Wellington on Monday afer noon, the Stationing aii'e|''PinAnce'"Coiumittjoe, ‘was 1 :e!ec(ed ns . follows : - - Revs, Perry,' Penny, } Bryant, an^ An.invitation'to! nbid. tjie next, .meeting •at St?‘Asaph Btreet';oh'nr6ifj'Chriatcflu'iyo(),' was accbptbdl' uTh'e a closer union' With l 'the Australian dislr’ct was disdusfffid', And deferred ho a' Commifee of the Bevßl^Mtfnfar^nrj< !, . h T'iVHon, Wrigley, apd'Mepsrs'ClTaiilbYi'i;. . r . Bowron. t ... In ‘ future officers of 'the Fofttal' Wd Telegraph n e partment wilj not jbe allowed any commisions bn fees, collected from tbe public irom/ither departments, except in regard to work done for the, Government Insurance-Department.. ! The annual valuation of Wellington ,City:prapertie&ha9.juit beeh complieted, The total andourit .id- £275,851,1 being-ian increase, of £29,885' 6V5r last * j ear.i M iThe water rate valuation is £247,689,' an increase" of £19,366'.

! ‘ VThe.trial of Charles Cheymol at Wellington dn’ffighWen diffiren’t' forging and uttering bode/ ’ vfEfrh'b'fc ilnst'ed tilt B,p.m. on Monday- - .The jury found'him guilty, and beiwvae sentenced to four yhar’a hardliabor;i‘)i): : ■i> t A boy' named 'Gardbii wits' drowned on Stinday i aftefnoon f| wbHe , 'b)itliing i 'in' the Waitfreka creek. 01 near Oarhaml 'The! boy was-Aged elevWfi'-jyhlarftJ and Went into the water with another boy, but getting' out 1 ; of Mils 1 deplihV,, J !waß ,‘drobiied before' aasistaVcearrived. ,| „ : An exainin ation of the 1 me bein g prepared for presentation to Mess'r£j]|azel add Hodgkinshy the Dunedin unemployed has, led ' 'tfle . (^Secretary (i p! .tfie^'grades and:Labor League .t^iheCcpnclusiga,.idiot it is the ’work(,p|..ppe man and.ijbat the signa.tttres tg jhare agtjgenuino.;, , , r ; A fbeenj rec4res|bat th|e* ttev. J. Dunlop has accepted the theological chair -of the Presbyterian Otago. ,ii ii. i I i [Another attempt to raise the b : g dredge s was only partially-successful. The _unwjsildy vessel was however shifted to a perfectly safe spot, and as her decks are now dry, a day or two will probably see her afloat. Eight fire brigades have entered for the competitions at the intercolonial. placefist. Bim-J 4dln next'month. *'

At the annual meeting of the Dunedin Jockey Oluo 1 "BalahcM-sheet showed that the Club h a d,.£1223 as a credit, balance. 1 Each ‘ race''.ffiethihg held bad returned a profit to the Glub, that on the Authriffi Mee'fWg £i2042.' TheHoni G, McLean wak"fe-(dedted President, and Mr Stephenson Yice-'Pfesident. The President, in tfi'A'course, of his remarks said • the } 'totail&aCor 1 was A preWn'trrig 1 gambling, as young men did not rob their employers to inWdt, On'the toV?lfs^t6K,V The steamer brdti, vrhiclvleft Auckland for Hokianga on-Tuesdny, J vvas crowded with special "shtt'drs. 5 : A htnltibpr of passages had to be refused. .The ,A Court was occupied tfii of Ttiead’ii'y witli : the evidence Of Grace Cearyalias Graham tlie paramour ofPenh." It' ’was partly contradictory, but the general,tendancy pf it was exculpatory. The application at Wellid|ton' for the discharge of Waters was refused, 1 and the Court fixed'baih'a't two surcVtied' of £2OO each. He haß , bheb' l «dmitted to bail, his brother and'ißobert GW I "having bebOtne sureties. Waters’ missing box was taken out anG«marmby: the police .bycSntsttfke; and-sem'tb ‘Eiurdvl'. It has bB® y ttHwP session of the railway Jpeople since, nhd has not been tampered with.

There has been no rain for four weeks. One result of the dry weather is aa excellent crop of hay in the country around Wellington; In the-Bivorce-Gourt, Christchurch, on decree nisi wasigrs'hted/xn the case of Mehrtens'V. MehrtengandEllmers with- £250 damagos against*'tih'bico-res-pondent;!) ' ■ i ? Gable advices'from*6a T lbvittii states- that a rise in corn f/saoksp per dozen 1 on 1 the cost of parcels on the water, has Taken place, i - .>: | Thehbaring of evidericeiat the nautical inqWry into the collision of 'the Obapere and the’dredge was continued onTiligda'y bfit not concluded. The damage to: the OmapdfA is>feStimated at from**£3oo to £4OO.

Mr Bowie, the faith-healer, held a farewell meeting at Dunedin-oh Tuesday, in which be induced; i$ a’loc off-remarks about his and finding the ! Veporbrs ! iprddehf wetdf not taking notes,, bergaye of the unrighteous press of the colony in. language more, forcible;than ,polJte. .......