TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1817, 17 April 1888, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

*■ [per pkess association.] Licensing Election. AUCKLAND, April 17. The Olty North Liconalng election yes terday resulted ia the return of a! " moderate " candidates. A Timber Syndicate. Mr G. O. Holdahip baa returned fron Australia where he has beec negotiating with a syndicate which proposes to par chase all the Auckland timber mills anc forests. It ia feared the negotiations will fall through. AccidentAyonngman, Simpson, this morning fell from a s:affoldlug, tvrenty-fivj feel high, at St Mary 'a Church, Parnill. Ht fell on hla head, and w«i picked ap bleei ing from both ears. It, is feared the skull ia fractured. His recovery la hopeless. Mr Mitchelson. Mr Mitchelaon hi»B held moetinga with the Europeaon and Maoris at Biloraa. Ho promised a deput»»(on of unemployed whltoa that about £3000 would shortly be spent m road making ia tha district. Taiwhanga, M.H.R., appeared as ihs moath pii co of the Natives and advocated the following measures : (1) Tha modification of tha Thermal Sprinaa Act; (2) Tho wi hdrawal of Government from tho management of llotoru* towuship ; (3) The retention with soon slight alteratmn of Mr Balance's Native Laud Act ; and some other minor matterß. Mr Mltohebon intimated m reply thai the Thermal Springs Act would probably be modified next session, that Rotorua township waa under the Miniater of Linda 1 oontro', and the Native Lind Administration Act, 1886. It would probably be one of tho subjects to be brought under the conaidc-ratii-n of tho earning Parliament. A couai ierjsble difference of opinion 3;em3d to prevail amongst the Native*. Mr Mitchelaon hoa left for Taupo. Home Rule Meeting. Mr K. 0. Molloy, fiT.P,, addressed a large meeting aj', ti gSt o;i Home Rule. Ho Bpoke for two hours. Mr J. O'iloagher movad, "Teat m the opinion of this meeting the system of coercion adopted by the present <J vernraant <,f England is r.pagaant to iha feelinga of r k ll true lovera of reasonable liberty of action, and h>»s a tendency to atunato fo 1 ;^3 of Iry t!ty to the throne." Mr R, POOI9 arc nde 1 the motion, which was ad >pu>d. _ 4 r h'v h p Rsdwood, who w>s roc ivei wih loud choorß, moved "Th-tfc tM* meeting h of opinion that Iha r. m ;dy f >r the i'l-. f.-r>m which Ireland suffor.'. \s\".l bs fnu-jd In ''>v urantiag of Liom ■ li.v\ t > hut c-u 1 • ; ." The A-chbiehop d live d .* bri.jf bit eflfective addre:*'. Th tnotioa wjjs aecoaded by M? P. J. Di ran and erne . A Proper Recognition. Wellington, April 17. The Qnderwrifc^rB 1 x\es iciition hay. declde^Jto present D->tecfc vj Ohryata' wth £50 iv rooognltion of hit akil! m tha arroat of the inoandiariea HiaJ *ud Dunkin. A Bankrupt Arrested. On the application ot M* Jjlliooe, James Madden, a bankrupt, has been lodged m gaol on the ground tSnt he was about leaving the colony for Sytloey. The Mails. The Maripofa, with the Eoglhh mall to 14th March left 'Frisco on Bth April, thren days late. Tha Z alaod a, with Ooloaial mails to 26th March, arr.vad t\ 'Frisco on j 14th .April, one day early. A Good Result. Dunkdin, April 17. A trial crushing of 100 tons stono from the Advance Peak, Arrowtown, yielded 102 ounco3 of retorted gold.