SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

Thames Advertiser, Volume XVI, Issue 5178, 27 May 1885, Page 3

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

1 ![Pbb PRE3B ASSOOIATION.'J

•,..,-, c . ' /Auckland,Tuesdav. Arrived: The s.e. City of Sydney, from Sydney. Mr Charles Bright is a passenger foriAucklandr--: ; ; ; - v;; - i: ;>;.^,.; "Among. the r paa?engerß by the City of Sydnejf for England were tho Hon. James Williamson and, ; Mr D; ; U ; Murdoch, general manager of the Bank of New Zea' land-; aW 'the Bight Hon.-'Ji: A. Stuart Wartley, lieir"t"o ; the,earldom .of Wbark :Cjiffo.;yi;, r; , "; ]■'". '■". ;;.'.■;- ! i * A boy named, Williaip Martin, of Pona bottle of nitric acid bursting in his pocket during a ';-'": T; ' i ;-' ! - : -,Vw ;. ■■■■■* J ' ; ? 'TADBANQA, Tuesday. , Mr Kelly demanded a scrutiny, on'the ground that Maori: Voters had' personated' othore. He. was : not present. The scrutiny Yesterday, and resulted in the, discovery: of .three - informal .votes, leavings a. majority: for Mr* Sheehan .of twelve instead: Of fifteen.; 7.'; •; .-.— i ry v ~:■:.•/; ;; v7 Tuesday; It is stated that the religious sect kn6wn las Ohristadelphianßsare about to petition Parliament; to be excused; from "militia service ae being contrary to their religious .principles.,,. _ r •■'■:;, ;• ■ "•,.' -: Complaints are madei that α-ritimber of yolunteer{i,;,yhilei; returning:' from- ithe review, yeeterday, disohared? blank amiinii MPS , ;'!/^ , -"'!? 6 ". The na.mes'of,eix : of;the ..offenders bave' : been takdn.'dowDj,and; they, will-be proceeded ; against ! uoderf tH^ r 27l6t' 'blause'-ofulie Volunteers Act,, and also, probably, they HriHr;.be, dißraieeed" from vtheT:volunteer force;;.! ?:n'?7/ '"'•/"f uj.!i v/.:.-r_;: !: .'Aiiother raid by the ; resulted, in two employers, of female labour being proseputed for a,•; breach. of the Em'ploy.rnent of 'Females Act. : ]i}^ : - ■'■,:::'' .'-. .■'. ;

ppP^•wb^khpußβ'■•B^onde^,^^o;^■wai3 ißrrested;,;at, Otaki, :,Weliington, and 'taken home, has been .sentenced to •twd'ydare' impnWment. -From; - evidence adduced it,was.,,proyedjthttt ; ithe embezzled was over £600// ;; ■•■':-- i U;>:.> v May;' from Signa'pore, with a/cargo of Eastern 1 produce, after tin' uneventful passage, v . . ,;The argument .in the ■second caqe of Regina;v;Waring; Taylor;,at; the Appeal Court; ;waß cpiiipded;thiei:mormng,Nwhen judgment wae reserved,'and this being! the last caße, , the Court adjourned until Friday, when the: judgments will b'ede'liveredi

;;:; ;, ; -: ; ;Naw'PftHoUTfi, : Tuesday. :.;;Settlerß ]; dn the, requested' Major, Atkinson to'.call -a meeting to iiBCUBB : -the-aepect of affairsi iirtliedisirict..... ~,'/ ■'•,.,....;;:.:■. '■■ '

Inspector Pardy Has returned from the \V ; est; Coast/ f He, saye the eettlera had gr'ouiidß:for;alarm,:but he has quieted their apprehdnßiba,;ahd ; haßiraade;;arrangementß ;for.arre.Bting; ; the; first man; whocotnmits any depredation or attempts; t6 lannoyithe settlers;' ; Ho 1 ■says'the settlers appeared % be .doing ..well, and they .assured him that if they were only freed, from the anxiety.the natives have caused them, they that their Hyesihad fallen in pleasant places, :. ~..,,; ,-..,:* The Opinion'.is, gaining ground that if the' A.0.. in .the district were replaced' by a Civil Police force, that the natives wonld cease to be : trouble'spme, as. the. Maoris appear to have lost all respect for armed constabulary.; : :; : '/ ;; !, ■ j '" "" ' ■'' : '~\. [ : ::The Queen's Birthday, was ; celebrated here' by'a parade of,.;Voiuhteers and.a grand; ball given by. the Blenheim Rifles. During the ball John Tucker Robinson, who has, been'captain of the company for ■J 5 years,:'was.presented with a valuable ! marble clock, subscribed for by the officers and'ihen'.'/■'■.•' '^[-..v'i^-V;-" =~ '-■- Ohrktohuroh, Tuesday. A":boy,-nine years;old,.son;6f Mr Thos. Carter,; assietanlrpilot at LytteltOD, died suddenly to-day. He was a'stong, healthy little f ello w, and had only been unwell for threedays, when' to-day, : ff6m no apparent cause, tetanus set in, and.ho diedjn a few hours. ; r ; v : ; ' : '"- '- -■■■"^■■-]---

'Mr Donaldson, chief gaoler' at Addington,complained in theß,M.Court today of the difficulties the gaol authorities had in.dealing with persons; who were committed to gaol-when Buffering from lunacy and drink.; He said that he had "at present five. such cases, in which. the : inen concerned were raving mad. -Iniact the gaoj was transformed into, ajegular: Bedlam, and the enforcement of proper discipline with the present staff was almost prevented; • Mr Beetham, R.M., advised Mr Donaldson to telegraph to Government for inore assistance, :•■ - ; ■' : ■ "

■■■■•■ -J,:';'; ■ •■;; .^DoNEDlN,Tuesday. Two' inquests' were held yesterday, thi« first pn-the body of Richard-; Pope, killed by - 'a fall of stone' from' the now building of tho New Zealand .Loan and Mercantile Companyi : 'on which the deceased was working; A verdict of ; " Accidental Death" was returned. ..'The second was on .the body, of the child Alexander, two years of age, whpdied in the Industrial School. ;A verdict to the effect that the boy died from syncope,' the"'effect ; of cramp upon a feeble heart, was returned.'

Invbroargill, Tuesday. . A meeting of policy-holders in the Government Insurance Association was held laet evening to consider the proposal to establish Local Boards in Ohristchurch, Auckland, and Dunedin, when the following resolution was submitted:—" That this meeting is of opinion that the business of the Government Insurance Assbciation;can be best administered;by one Central , Board, both on the score of efficiency- and economy, besides securing uniformity of administration: it thcrofoio disapproves, of the, proposal to establish local Boards of Ditectore as being., raiachievpus, extravagant, and unnecessary." It was objected that the motion ;was too sweeping in terms, and ultimately: .it was withdrawn in favour of the following, which was carried unanimously :^- ( f That in the opinion of this meeting the propbaal of the Central Board to create Local Boards in Auckland, Christchurch, arid Dunedin is premature, and.further, that before any local boards arc established a vote of, the policy-holders should bo taken on the subject." . Duringtho discussion it was stated that the meeting had been called out of no spirit antagonistic to the Central Board, but merely to elicit the views of members pna maitor reganling.whioh there appeared to bo a great diversity of opinion.