LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1181, 19 September 1885, Page 3

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

fFrom- our oxon Correspondent..) Dunedin, September 18th. The work of judging at the Exhibition has now been commenced.

The fete to have been held this evening in aid of the Burns' statue fund haß been postponed, owing to bad weather. The Commissioners reporting on the Wellington Hospital scandal state that they consider it proved that Dr Chiltou was unfit to properly perform his duties ; that the dismissal of the nurses was justified, but the order might have been postponed till the following morning. They also consider that the notice of dismissal given to other servants was necessary, and, that great extravagance prevailed since Dr Ghilton's appointment. They are glad that, notwithstanding great difficulties, the nursing has been well performed. The dead body of an infant was found this morning on a public road near Auckland.

The question of the validity of a will made by Mrs Adair, who died at South Dunedin, was before the Judge to-day. She had left her money to her father and mother/ and her husband opposed the granting of probate on the ground that she was not of sound mind. It was shown that the deceased during her illness was subject to illusions, and as the evidence was conflicting as to when her mental abberations were first manifested, His Honor took time to consider his decision. Preliminaries have been arranged for a pedestrian match between T. Hunt and T. Woods for £200 and the championship, at 100, 200, and 446 yards. {Special to Press Association.) London, September 16th. Admiral Sir Erasmus Omanney advocates the equipment of a Government Antarctic expedition. Louis Riel, the Canadian rebel, has been respited pending the settlement of the point referred to the Court of Appeal. Dr Marsden, Bishop of Bathnrst, resigns his bishopric on the ground of illhealth. Mr C. H. B. Patey, third secretary of the General Post-office, and British delegate at the International Telegraph Conference, opposes the proposed reductions on Press messages to Australia. The" " Times" of to-day, in the course of an article on Sir H. Drammond Wolff's mission to the Porte, states that the British Government declined to fix a date for the evacuation of Egypt by the English forces, ibut perhaps an Anglo-Turkish Commission will be appointed to determine the period when such evacuation may become possible. The British Government have made a recommendation to Spain to accept the decision of an arbitrator in settlement of the dispute with Germany as to the Caroline Islands.