TODAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1768, 16 February 1888, Page 3

TODAY'S TELEGRAMS.

(Prr Pkkss Awtoutiok )

( Opening of the O.JHope Dock. I Auckland, Fujrua.y 16, i The OalHopo dck wa» opened t3-d*y unoomful'y by t^ir W J rvi it la » brir«f ppeeob, H.'M.S o>lHcpe and Diamond kva now In tlook. Thorts is amp c room for both. TliTowere over ton thoußin"' spt'Otaturß There w»b a yachting display m the harbor, and a luncheon whioh wno attended by about 20 » gu.»*tn, Mr Waddel), Chairman of the Harbor Board, presiding. The Fortifications. ; Wellington, February 16. ! The Gorernuie.it intend to complete all I tho fortiGcitionß m the colony by prison | labor. MaKistraU'a Court Procedure. Th ■ Ja<« ice iJepartm.-nt has iHiued th» foilowiou memo to Keaidt-m M gi«tr*tei, " Tho attention of the G.>vernmsi.th»Bon several ocoaaioog b*en called io a praouoe wh'oh prevails m Home Ocur*« of * ; 1 wi >v o'alm* for Bulicltora' fees m contHo'ion wittt b. 3 <siU4 of summons, on heari « t> be Inserted io the Bill of Ptirttoa'ao rorniithed with the pi-int or gammon* ) The Government it advised that •och * praotio* is wronn, as by it persons who desire to pay before the day of hearing must either p»y an illegal demand or be auder the necessity of attending Court to dispate the it«m. The Minister of Jus toe therefore reqaeits that 0 erki of Quarts be inttrnced that m no o*ae is auch an item to be included m the domandm*d* by «nmmo> s " Sir F. D. 801 l on the European B)tuati' n. > Sir F. D. Belt m a cable to the i Premier expresses the opinion that peace will be ma'i'taWed . A Literary 3 «cu'at on. I It is stated nero that a U-Mitpanjr is now i baing organised for the purpose of starting a publication on the same lines as the Pioturfsqne Atlas of Aus '■•lava, bat dn-1 voted exolasively to New Zi«i*nd. It U u.jderstuod that the liters, y work m conaoou'on with the AM«b will be m the hands of Sir Julicu Voge', and that his Impending vUifc to EugUnd i« m oonnto tioa with the business vi the new undertaking.

Acadinrc&l Honors. bLBNiiElu, F bruary 16 Mlis Mabel Crump, dou^hter of the Rev J Orump (Weeleyax) Blenheim, wh» left her** two years ago to j >ln tbe »t ff of the Ladles Yfethoditt Omie^o at Melbourne tits obtained tbe honor of dux of | the oolleg ; hiving saccsotfiilly matriculated m French and secured tbe Ann haw and Williams pr z<« of nVd guinena and five pound* for tan grc-imst profiot' nay io two lanaotgei-, mathematics tnJ science. Of te.i Ud'ei on tbe gcueral stiff three *ra Ne* Z aUnders :— M<bs Grossmann, f rmrtily of Nelson, und for sone time 2ud mt«tr«ss "f tho Girls High Scio»l, Oliiuoharoh, Ms* Fttoh»tt and Met Orump, the two former belosj gruduuteß of tho Now Zealand University. Th.« PresHoot of the Oollego ia tho Rev W. H. Fitihett, br.-ther f.f Df Fttohett, M H.R., Dunedii., so that N»w Z^alanders ocoopy a distinguished position ia the ©allege. Arrival of the lonic. Pout Uualmkbs, b" brutry 16, Arrtv d— -S.s. I'Miic, from Plymouth lia O»pato*n and Hobart, at whioh latter pott SB landed 49 ca-s^n^ers and 500 | <ons oirar>. Bhe btU-n 22^0 tons car<o, va :—lo">sf<r Dunrdiu, 424 forLytteltoif, and 74 L for W«IUu K ion, eixtcou saloon, tiv »nty nee >nd saloon, ond tbiry eight steerage passengers, and 199 nominated imralgMnts. The health of all bas beeu oxcellent. There wore no births or deaths. The personnel of her officer aia the sams, with x.h.9 ezcpUoa cf Doctor Dwyor, and Mr Oaven Booceoda Mr and m fourth ofiber. S«e left Pi) mouth at 3 50 a.m. oi> Daoembur 31 at, hnd strong head winds notU J*»aaty 2 h), tbeno ti.'w weather tc arrival at Tonenff^, at 11 v.m. on the sth. Loft again at 7*m on tha 6b, reached dpetown at 5. 25 a ro» on ihe 22 »d ; embarked pas^en^ers and m»i!s and left at 11.53 am sane day. Had fine weather ncroas the Southern Ooean, and ran d""ti her casting between the parallels of 45 and 46 S. l&t. Arrived at Hobart at 8 p.m. on the 10th, left again at 5 im.cn the 12th Had N.W. aud S. W, gale, with f< ggy woather, to arrival at Heads at 4a m. to-day Several of her northern pusnengers left this afieruoon by the BteamHr W»>h >a