The Dunstan Times. CLDYE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1886. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1284, 8 October 1886, Page 2

The Dunstan Times. CLDYE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1886. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

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[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] (From our Correspondents). ])uxrD’>? October 7. 7 25 p.m. At Land Board yesterday P. Morrissey’s application to purchase section at Tiger Hill was further adjourned for a week. W. Williams’ application for Agricultural T.ease, Leaning Kook, was ap. proved of. John Pryde’s application for mineral lease, Bannockburn, was received, and ordered to be gazettedSir Julius Vogel has received the following telegram from the Postmaster at Wbakatani;—White Inland appears from here to be in a state ot active eruption, at 6 o’clock yesterday evening vast columns of smoke were thrown up thousands of feet. Joo Adams, alias Caffrey, has been fully identified as the Barrier Island murderer. His companion, Penn, has not been traced. Caffrey has made the statement that he expected to reach America, but was driven on the Australian Coast by severe gales. He fuither asserts that Pe.in and the woman were drowned by the caps’ziog of the boat. John Gurr, head master Onehunga school, drowned himself near Auckland yesterday. The K, M. S, Kaikoura arrived in Port to-day from London after passage of 39 days. "" Customs receipts foe the six months are 1-57,000 below the estimate. G'he Auckland lumpers stiuckwovk tlieie yesterday afternoon. The strike was caused by owners employing nonunion men. The horse parade at Tahuna Park to-day was a great success. London, October 5. Captain Evertt has made an offer to Mr Stanhope to expend a quarter of a million in establishing trading stations and exploring New Guinea if guaranteed concessions. The journal Des Petersburg in an article to-day 1 peaks in ironical terms of Lord Churchill’s solicitude for the people of the Balkan Peninsula, as expressed in his Lordship’s speech on Saturday. The journal hopes that the people of tho Balkan States will co-operate with a view to rescuing Bulgaria from the agitators who are abusing their present power to punish their political opponents, and are endeavouring to secure a majority in the National Assembly, The Austrian Government have instructed their A mhassador at St Petersburg to complain to the Russian Government of the conduct of the Russian Agent (General Kaulbars) in Bulgaria. It is announced that the British Government favors the proposal of Austria for a conference of representatives of the Powers to discuss tho

| Bulgarian difficulty. I The Austrian Press commands the attitude of the German Press over the Bulgarian question, and condemns the action of General Kaulbars, It anticipates an Anglo Austrian alliance.

Lord, Chnrchill’s visit to Berlin is believed to relate to the state of affairs in Bulgaria. General Kaulbars has been coldly received in the provinces King Milan, of Servians actively parleying with Austria. Lord Randolph Churchill, addressing a meeting at Birmingham, said that the basis of Imperial Federation should be mutual defence, and not fiscal unity, A sculling match has been arranged between llanlan and Wallace Koss for LSOO aside, .to take place- on the Thames over the championship course The New Zealand Government loan of L 1,567,800 at 4 per cent was announced to-day. Tenders are to be opened on the 14th inst.