NEW ZEALAND. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] 1 WELLINGTON, Tuesday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2118, 4 February 1886, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND. [BY TELEGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.] 1 WELLINGTON, Tuesday.

Thirty- eight cues of apples ex Wai horn and a number by the Te Kapo have been seized here, being affected with oodlin moth. H.M.S. Nelson sailed for Hobart this morning. After a brief stay there she will visit Sydney, aud then goes on m three months' visit to the Islands. At the Magistrate's Court this after* noon Frank McDowell was charged with embez/Ung £94 Os 1 Id, the money of James McDowell. The case was further adjourned until Tuesday next. The Government Insurance Association have, it is understood, cancelled the proposal for a valuer for the whole of the colony, and consequently no appointment will be made Irom the application! sent in. Betting on the Wellington Cup is completely paralysed owing to Neison being made such a hot favourite. Six to four is laid on his winning. At a meeting of the Star Boating Club to-night, a resolution to the effect that it is desirable to deliuc " amateur " as one who hjs not rowed for money himself, nor made any pecuniary profit from prize money, wa3 carried, and it was also decided to ask clubs in other parts of the colony to adopt this resolution. At the R M. Court, the owners of the small steamers Gordon and Mohaka were charged with carrying more passengers than licensed wlnl-j plying to H.M.s. Nelson on Sundays. The owner of the Gordon, on two charges, was lined 50s and t'3 re>>pectively, and 2s a head every additional passenger, the total being £15. The owner of the Mohaka was fined £') on e.ich charge, and 2s per head over* carried. THAMES, Tuesday. Robert Griffiths Rees was to-day committed for trial for stealing £20 10s from Captam Field, of The Salvation Army, Accused admitted his guilt. WOODVILLL, Wednesday. A prisoner named Jaa. Cameron, alias Barlow, hanged himself in the lock-up last night. The prisoner was being taken to Masterton to answer a charge of obtaining money by false pretences. It appears he took a strap which he had previously concealed on his person, and fastened it to the grating of the cell, and then slipped his head through the noose. A son of his was sleeping in the cell with liini, but knew nothing of it untill awakened in the morning. An inqueit will be held. HOKITIKA, Tuesday. His Excellency the Governor, accompanied by Major Jervois and Mr J. D. Lance, M.H.R., arrived by coach from Christchurch this evening. He was met twenty miles off by the members for tho district, and the Westland County Council, and at the town boundary by the mayor, borough councillors, and a number of townspeople. He was accorded *n enthusiastic welcome at the Town Hall, and the towa was brilliantly illuminated in his honour. DUNEDIN, Tuesday. Mr Larnach has returned from his tour of Waikaia district. He wa« impressed with a largo extent of ground capable of supporting miners. He found those on the ground very prosperous. The Mayor proposes giving a reception to the firemen returning from the demonstration. Only three entries have been received for the Sires' Prodmce Stakes, instituted by the Otago Agricultural and (Pastoral Society for draught stock. The Manapouri has brought from Melbourne and Hobart a number of merino pedigree sheep for shipment per Doric to the Argentine State*. A number of Border Leicesters will be taken from Port Chalmers for the same destination. A young man named Robertson, 19 years of age, was drowned in Lake Wakatipu to-day. Wednesday. _At a meeting of the University Council, the question of Dr. Salmonds ap* pointment to the chair of moral and men* tal philosophy came up. Mr Stout, Minister of Education, wrote, suggesting that the Council, Synod, and Church boards should unite to secure legislation to alter the present system of appointment. A motion was submitted that the Council decide to proceed further in the matter of Dr. Salmonds election, and also a series of amendments to the effect that the Council caanot assent to the appointment until satisfied that the person appointed is under their control, and that a sub-committee be appointed. After discussion, the matter was referred to a committee, the general opinion being in favour of the amendment that, pending legislation, the Council should defer com* mitting themselves as to Dr. Salmond'a appointment. A motion was carried that in future the term of all professor's ap* pointed should be for five years. WANGANUI, Wednesday. It lias been definitely decided that the New Zealand Rifle Association's Meeting shall be held at Aramoba about three miles out of town. The place is approachable by wheeled vehicl* or steamer, and the railway runs within a mile of it It is rumoured that Mr Wakefield, M.H.R., is thinking of contesting Wai*. tQta* at tht »ext election.