TELEGRAPHIC.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4577, 23 February 1893, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

i . [Special to Pbksb Association/} jt ■:■';. OBITUARY. LONDON, Fra. 21. ' ~? Mr Jotn' Pettie, the Scotch artist, .who was elected a Royal Academician in 1873, in the place of Sir Edwin Land seer, has died at the age of fifty-four. HAWAII. WASHINGTON, Pkb. 21. The Queen of Hawaii has appealed to Mr Cleveland to prevent the annexation of the islands by the United I States. . . «•

TPkb Pbbsb Association.! :, IN FLOOD. ;:.':. WELLINGTON, Fbb. 22. The Hutt River is higher than for many years,, but there has been no damage,except a little earth carried away from the bankß. I-- ; CHRISTIAN CONVENTION. V ' ' DUNEDIN, F«b. *22. , _ A Christian Convention was held to-day on the reserve at the north end of the town and attended by about five hundred persons: It ia conducted on the lines of the Kes wick Convention. GOOD TEMPLAR'S. ' At the annual meeting of the District Grand Lodge of the Good Templar Order resolutions were carried in favour of women's franchise, giving the people the: poWer of direct veto of the liquor traffic, and securing the co-operation of all temperance friends in a united scheme. ;