NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3106, 2 May 1879, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

VESEY STEWART REFUSED. Auckland, May 1. Vosey Stewart's application to the Waste Laadj Board for a block of j land for Mr. Pritchard, as a special settlement, was refused, on tho ground that he had no power to act. ELECTORAL REVISION. The Electoral Roll Revision Committee has lodged 1,270 objections. HEAVY" RAIN. There ha 3 been a heavy downpour of rain, which is welcomed by sawmill proprietors. BUILDING SOCIETY. Auckland, May 2. The Auckland Building Society distributed yesterday £10,000 in matured shares. GRAMMAR SCHOOL. The Grammar School Governors have determined to fulfill the terras of the trust deed, by establishing evening classes. The masters are determined to have additional remuneration. FOR THE GOVERNOR. Workmen are busy making* the necessary alterations and improvements aft Govornrnenfc House, to fit it for i Viea-Regal occupation. NATIVE MEETING. Alexandra, May 1. Nothing is doing at Kopua except ■ the distribution of food. Pour war ! canoes are waiting for Sir George Grey and Mr. Sheehan, to convey them to Kopua to-morrow. OLD MISSIONARY. Tauranga, May 1. The Rev. Mr. Grace, one of the oldest Church Missionaries in the Colony is dead. COURT DIGNITY. Wellington, May 1. The perjury case against Mr. Kinross, of Napier, was set down for hearing to-day, and about twenty witnesses were present, most of them being Maoris. Mr. Mansford said the sum mons had been issued by a Napier J. P without consulting him, and he would not recognise the right of any other magistrate to fix a day in his Court for any particular case. This one he could nob take before Taesday next. ADDRESS. - Sir W. Pitzherbert last nighfc delivered an eloquent iuaugural address to the St. Mark's Young Men's Society. OPERA HOUSE COMPANY. The annual report of the Opera House Company (Limited) showed a loss of £972 on the year. SHIFTING COMMANDERS. The captains aud chief officers of the Union Company are being shifted about so that each may become acquainted with all the lines on which the company' 3 boats run. THE HYDERABAD. It is reported that the wreck of the Hyderabad will shortly be sold by the Underwriters, £10,000 having been *penfc iv vain efforts to float her.