TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1426, 7 December 1886, Page 3

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Oongregati uai Church. Auckland, December 7. The members of the Congregational Church at Bere ford have sent a unanimous call to the Rev Jas. Chew, of Afoheson, Kansas. United 't»te«. W-- item ta Election. The Radical Keh rm League supports Mr Farnell’s candid*t ire for Wahema'a and has alan passed resolutions calling on the Government to limit the appointments to and stop payra ntof roemnnra of Legislative Council besides otherwise reducing the expentes of Government. It sla> drew attention to the fact that import d cement is being used for Public Works here instead of the local article, which la far superior Supreme Court. >APi’R, December 7. The Chief Justice charged the Grand Jury at great h ng'h. He a -id the charges were more numerous than on any previous occasion, due rrobably to 'he increase of population. He reared to three eba g>s against b'ys. 15 years (f age, ind'cat i g an <• fluence at work caibng for legislative interference, each cases i ccurlng in an ex ttemelv well-to-do district, in fact the mns* nrosperousin New Z-aland, and allowing fo *he ex'remeiy liberal provision made for education their crime was probably due to tbe Oumparativi-ly high wages earned by boys. He th uyht provision should be made for licensing boys i f tender year* convicted f r offences without showing criminal tendencies. He thought neither industrial tchoola nor ref irmatories had fulfilled their mi-isloo. He said boy seivtd 5 tears in a reformat->ry aod probably came out worse than he came In. The Proba'Lmer« Act, ooald on y spp'y to gr;>wn men, a J even in their csi was almost unworkab’e. The licensing out of boys should be under Government contrl.

South I land Native Affairs. Wellington, December 7

Judge Macksy is now travelling in the South Island enquiring into Native matte-a and it i 8 expected that qiestlnn* which have been in abeyance for the last 30 or 40 years will be finally settled, w i» mission is principally in connection with the sub division of lands, c'eariug and Issuing titles, appointing successors and deciding claims of half-castes ; as the work includes the whole South Island it is not expected he will complete hla task much before next session. A bill will be Introduced to give effect to bis m'snon. When the S mth Island was purchased the Purchase Commissioners promised the Natives that certain reserves would be set aside for them to live on and Judge Mackay has been requested to make enquiries and report n n the quantity of land required to «»t'Bfv these claims. M d’and Railway.

Mr Alan .tt <m rives to-morrow and wih Mr Bmdie Hoare, Chairman of the Midland Rai way Company, will interview the Minister of Public Works on matters connected with the contract. Messrs and Scott will journey over tne country traversed by the Ime. Suspscird Incendiari m. The Minister for Public Works expresses the (pinion that the fire at the goods shed, Dunedin, was the resu t of Incendiarism, nnd probably the Cabinet will be asked to give a free pardon to accompbces of the person or persons connected wPh its destruction. Colingwjod Coal. Nelson, December 7. Mr Price WillUm*. who was sent from E? gland on behalf of a f hm™which is forming with a capita l of fif een(?) thousand pounds to inspect 'ha coal lease at Oollingwood, expresses himself wed satisfied wi'h i*s appearance He had coal removed from the face and tried In the steamer coming to Nelson, also in a 'ocoraotive on the railway and was well pieased wi h 'h" results. East and W at Coast RailwayMr Erod e Hoare. *lan Scut and members of the Midland Railway Board of Advice leave Nelson on tbe 20 th Inst for the Wts‘ Coast '•■ver'and, Puprme Court’ Invercargill, 'ecembsr 7. Tbe session of the bu rente Court co * • manned this morning under Julies Williams, whose o large was confined t<< a oketon of the cases Th a, Shelton, for I Tglng cheques of small amounts, wa* s.-nteneed to nine months’ {mpelsonmeut, p. H. D»le, msiboarrier, pleaded guilty of stealing post letters, four charges Sentencfc was de f er”ed till this af ernoon