NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 6732, 15 April 1885, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

fs3 «L» ER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] <' - DjEATfIOF AN OLD SETTLER. ( ' L ;: „ .'. Auckland, April 15. „' Mr. 0. J- Sfone, an old and wealthy . settlor of- Auckland, died of heart ■disease at 7.30 this morning. He Las .. been 43 years in. the colony. He was ■', 'a director of the Bank of New Zealand, ..and was largely interested in the • timber and mining industries. His -,; bous are Stoqe Bros., the well-known 1 'fillip owners. - A STORMY PASSAGE. Arrived : Loch Linnibe, ship, Capt. ■ Vaughan, 98 days from London. She "experienced a stormy passage, and the y. provisions were damaged through •water getting iuto the cabin. " TRIUMPH SAILED FOR. SYDNEY. • <v - '• . z [Auckland, April 14. 81 -' Sailed : The s.s. Triumph for Sydney. . She goes ou to Newcastle and .back to Christ clmrch and Wellington. 'S'CAIICiITY QF LABOR- IN AUCKLAND. oa".T Tlib'AlinMtftf of- Public Worli3, to*tfay^oPl^ sr aejfiitatiou tint the Government ware_unable t> obtain the re/ijujsit© 'araonnt "of labor for the de* fouee*worliß,> Ho.suggested the Har- , -bt>c s > '-Board f sh'oald lend men employed at f tlie Calliopejclqclt. r ,~g i. '.DEFENCE FORCE. -Mr. J. ®tiL. ; Wgaville, M.11.R. prokp'ose's; rai3U)g' r a' defence contingent of 400 from gum .diggers and bushmeu j^Noithertt'Waitpa. R.i MURDER. <a.?luUlid case"' at the criminal sessions "oPRBljeVt Srendfeffgast, for wife murder, °i(rt^blfeno]^hb''jijry returned a verdict l'/>f.'fj§§i^y t ", wiib a recommendation 'iCjjnescsy putbo ground of previous infjflaniCy." 'ft'he prisoner said nothing in idefelice^'s'ave 1 that he was sorry he did not 'k^l' tho, nian,,;meaniag Buchanan, lot "sbVnvb.e wasvjealous. r>.^ »'THE WAR PANIC. "=»««»^ ;:ase^WE£Li.vGTON, April 14. OiT4j6r Oanfciey.'R.'E., Lieut. Douglas, B.^'iM^Mr. Smythe, torpedo in.struotorj leave for the Manukau in the 'Bineipca to-night, in connection with the defence of Auckland. The Hinemoa will also, if possible, take up a torpo'do boat, intended for tho defence of . Auckland harbor, the intention being to send it across by rail from Oockunga to tho waters of the Waitemata, in preference to taking it up by a long East Coast route. TRYING TO FRIGHTEN THE COLONISTS. : Wellington, April 15. The Government have received from the Agent-General a telegram stating that the position of affairs between England and Russia was still very Berious,and it behoved New Zealand in common with all other parts of tho Empire to' hasten the completion of its defence preparations, MINISTRY TO MEET IN COUNCIL. The Ministjy will re assemble in \VelliDgton towards the end of the month, when the date for calling Parliament together will be settled. REVENUE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR The revenue accounts for theytar aro nofcfi-nl'y n-nrV «t\ »<n* i< i-< probable tljna.r,';* \p •! '.- 1' -•« Wiweu rev<'hno • uiio ' ■ x < < .'i ure of irom £20,000 fa £8.0,000. ihu reveyue col'

looted for the year was about £29,000 below the estimate, and the expenditure -was also considerably less. Both the Railway and the Stamp Departments show a deficiency for the year, while the item miscellaneous and the Customs Department show a surplus. In all other braucheg the amounts collected were pretty near the estimate.