TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1244, 3 May 1884, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[PP.B PRESS ASSOCIATION. ] The British Sing. s ' . . Auckland, To-day. The British Sing has arrived from London after a' voyage of 43 days 21 hours including stoppages at Teneriffe and the Cape ol Oood Hope of 1 hour 16 minutes. ; ' She brings 350 passengers. Including 120 single .women. Of the immigrants 19 are, for Napier, 21 for Wellington, 14 forTaranaki, 15 for Westland, 7 for Nelson, ♦; 5 for Marlborough and 72 for Canterbury > This is the last trip of the vessel tinder • ' charter to- the Near Zealand Shipping Company. She bed no sickness through-out-tbs voyage, except the death of a child ,named Walter Holt. The immigrants apeak well of the accommodation. Friendly Societies. a meeting of the Friendly Societies lest night they adopted a report generally approving of the result of the interview la&ly held, and they approve of ths present Friendly Societies Act generally, but suggest the compilations of valuations with five par cent interest, and alls vonce for losses. - . Supreme CourtNew Plymouth, To-day. .The case of Suiter, charged with arson - at Haiiera, bsa occupied she Court all this morning. At the adjournment Mr . Samuel was addressing the jury for the prisoner. Insubordination. ; , Ckkistchukch, To-day. Seven firemen of the Tongariro were . charged to-day at the Lyttelton Police . Court with disobeying orders. The charge was proved, bat Mr Joyce, who conducted ■ ..the-esse tor the Shipping Company, said , s tfaat tfae second engineer under whom the aosen had refused to work because of >. . -alleged drunkenness and incompetency, would not gj. on board, and mat the Company would not ask for costs against them. The men then proceeded quietly onboard. Mr MKenize, M.H.B. Dunedin, io--ay. ' .. Mr MOEenrie addressed his constituents •t Palmerston last night. His speech dealt chiefly with the land administration. With tbe s territory at bis disposal, Mr Roileatefl should be Able ‘ to. settle conn- - try fasier than' at tlte’rate of a thousand a year.' Bis* liberality was instanced by the way in which, indefianee of the wishes of fke public, he lacked up the Otago runs ggainet settlement. The Ministry (mowed dbmmyisra to flourish extensively ’ in Otago, and the Minister bad permitted Mr Stopt ahd J&epress to fight tha|; battle. He severely,Condemned the reap- . ppintmsnt of members of the Otago Board, ffhoeyer heafd ‘of a jury that diajtgrped bejng callpd pn to re-try C one. Why had no steps been taken to aguish those who were guilty of making . false declarationsin connection with the Silver Peak cases. He was in favor of 'immediate dissolution. He received a vote of confidence, and was afterwards presented with a purse of 172 sovereigns *n recognition of bis efforts towards the iiofM fide settlement of land. It was mentioned that steps were being taken to teslimonialise Mr Stont for his services on . the Land Board. Copper Assay. The shipment of copper from the Waitahnna mine, sent Home by the Bsitish King and Waimato, on being assayed in England realised 6-j and 8 per cent, reepectively. Ibis >s very disappointing, and the Company is to be wound up.