The Dunstan Time CLDYE, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1886. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

Dunstan Times, Issue 1264, 21 May 1886, Page 2

The Dunstan Time

CLDYE, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1886. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

Beneath the rule of men entirely Jus > The pen is mightier than the sword.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]

(From our Correspondents).

Duskoin, May 20, 7.50 p.m.

At the I,and Board yesterday a number of'.he residents of Ida Yalley petitioned the Beard through Mr Pyke to have the road hitherto in uso on Run 244 kept open. Mr W. L Simpson, on behalf of J. Drummy, licensee of the iun, asked that the road be closed as it was not on the map shown at the sale. The Board decided that the road, being in common use, must remain open.

W. Bametson applied for a perpetual lease, instead of a deferred payment lease, of section at Tarras, Approved. The annual meeting of Colonial Insurance Company was held yesterday at Wellington. The transactions for the year showed a loss. There was a narrow escape of the Parliament Buildings, Wellington, being burned down on Saturday night through a defect in a raantlepiece in one of the rooms.

A steamer left Melbourne yesterday with a large number of miners for Kimberly goldfields. At the Education Board meeting today the appointment of Anne Trueman, schoolmistress at Bannockburn, was approved of

The Bootmaker’s strike at Auckland has cost LI 0,000 to ihe contestants.

The * Daily Times’ strike here still continues,none of the men having gone back to the office.

The inquiry into the recent explosion accident in Princes Street opened to-day aud is still sitting. Beports from Perth, Western Aus« tralia, state that fully 1000 diggers are m.w en route for Kimberly diggings.

No Parliamentary news of importance.

London, May 18,

It is rumored in the House thatM. Defreycinet, French Minister of Foreigh Affairs, is seriously disquieted at Germany’s reply to his enquiries why she was reinforcing her army.

The ‘ Standard’ considers it would be safe for England to annex the Howe and Pitcairn Islands in the Polynesian A vchipe’igo.

In the House of Commons last night a motion was adopted agreeing to set apart four days per week for the discussion of the Government proposals for securing autonomy for Ireland. Mr Gladstone, speaking to the motion, expressed his belief that the debate would occupy most of next week.

M r Labouclierc suggested that the House should ns-ent to the second reading of the Bill in order to affirm the principle of autonomy, on condi tion chat the Government then pro mised to withdraw the Bill in its present form.

The Ma-quis of Harlington, ad« dressing a public meeting last night at Bradford (Yorkshire), denied that he had in any way ceased his hostility to the Home Buie Bill.

The Marquis of -Salisbury addressed a crowded meeting of the Primrose League in Her Majesty's Theatre last night. Lord Salisbury complained that his advocacy of Coercion for Ireland had been greatly overdrawn by his political opponents, and urged upon Parliament the nece.-sity for granting full powers to govern Ireland, which powers should be exer. cised tirmly and with wisdom.