NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3962, 9 February 1882, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[FROM OUB OWN CORRESPONDENT.] i . j UNION SASH & DOOR Co.'S STRIKE. , Auckland, February 8. A meeting of delegates from the Carpenters' and Joiners', Bricklayers', and Engineers' Societies was held last night, when a resolution expressing sympathy with the employees of the Union Sash & Door Company was passed, and subscriptions iv their aid started. It is stated that only twenty of the "lock-outs" are iv immediate want of sustenance. TELEGKAPH CABLE. The Stella, with the material for the telegraph cable across the harbour, arrived here to-day, from Wellington. TAWIIIAO'S MARCH MEETING. Auckland, February 9. Tawhiao's meeting next month, to be held at Kopua or Euahiue, promises to be a great event. Invitations to the prominent citizens have been issued. SAVINGS BANK DEPOSITS. The excess of deposits over withdrawals, in the Post-office Savings Bauk for the year 1881 amount to £56,570. [PER T7NITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] MAJDIt ATKINSON GOES SOUTH. Wellington, January 8. The Colonial Treasurer will leave for the South next week, and will spend one month in travelling in the various parts of the Island. MR. BRYCE VISITS AUCKLAND. Mr. Bryce will leave for Auckland, via the West Coast, to-morrow morning. He proceeds overland, and it is understood that, on his arrival at Auckland, he will have an interview with King Tawhiao. CASE OF SMUGGLING. At the Magistrate's Court to-day, John Edwards, the steward of the ship Waitara, was fined £100 on a charge of smuggling four boxes of cigars. FIRE AT CARTERTON. Wellington, February 0. Hooke's stables at Carterton, near the Public Hall, were burnt down this morning at about two o'clock. The wind though high was fortunately off the adjacent buildings. ANOTHER SUICIDE. Christciiurch, February 8. A farmer named James Whitmore committed suicide at Kaiapoi Island yesterday. He had been Jiar vesting during the day with his family, aud returned home before them, and when they reached home they found him hanging from the rafters of the cartshed. There was no evidenco at the inquest to show any cause for the deed, and a verdict was returned that he hanged himself, but there was no evidence to show his state of mind. CRIMINALLY A-SAULTING A CHILD. Another scoundrel was caught in the act of criminally assaulting a little girl in Hagley Park. He was collared and sent to the lock-up. STABLE AND TWO HORSES BURNT. A stable was burnt at Kangiora yesterday morning under circumstances said to be suspicious. The fire was with difficulty prevented from spreadiug to other houses. Two horses were burnt to death. They were insured, with some harness, for £100 in the Transatlantic ; but the stable was uninsured. No sign of a light could be seen two hours before the fire broke out, and a wagon was driven up close to the building out of its usual place. An inquiry is called for. CASE OF STABBING. Dunedin, February 9. Smith, a settler at Tuapeka West, has been committed for trial on a charge of stabbing. He was proceeding home with a fellow settler from a meetiug, when they quarrelled, and during the struggle Smith stabbed the other with a pocket-knife in the neck and thigh. DIVIDEND DECLARED. The National Mortgage Company has declared a dividend of 5 per cent, for the half-year.