NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 221, 24 January 1894, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

■»— — i (PER PBEB3 ASSOCIATION.) ] Dunedin, January 23. Eberbaid Kufner aud Richard Dobson were to day coimiiitted for trial on the ! charge of maliciously stabbing Charles Ash'ou at Fouih Dunedin on Xmas Eve. i Christchubch, January 23. ; Tup Customs revenue collected at ' Ljttelton and Cbristchurch iu 1893 | amounted to £276,273, an increase of i £9274 on thv previous year. The beer duty amountod to £10,811. At a public meeting to night the leport of i be commit'" e, that the most suitable memorial to tho liito Bisl ep Harper would be the completion of tho Cathedral, wns adopted. This Day. An elderly man D. McCormick was found lying dead on the floor of his house, yesterday, on the Sunincr road. Deceased was* -a vevy old resident in Canterbury. Auckland, January 23 The action of members who hnd not supportod the Parliamentary candidates brought forward by the Liberal Association was discussed. It was resolved thnt all members who proved disloyal to tbe Association at the general eleclions bj not supporting the candidates run by tho Association and approved of by the Go vernment, thereby causing the defeat of two of the Government be struck off tho roll of membership. Wellington, January 23. The Ruahme, from London via the Cape and Hobart, arrivod at 9.30 to night. No communication was held with the vessel. The Telegraph Deportment announce from the Ist prox. shoit Press messages, not exceeding three hundred words, from stations not re opening iu the evening may be forwarded if lodged not later than 4 30 p.m , for a rate of one shilling per hundred words or a fraction of one hundred woids. At tho Wellington A. and P. Association's Ram and Ewe Fair to»day, the at« tendance was limited, aud competition poor. Mr Matthew Holmes' Romneys and Lincolns realised the highest price, twelve guineas beirgthe average. In the inujnity of cases sales were efferted at from £2 2-j to £2 10s. Many of the lots failed to find purchasers. Iu accordance with Colonel Box's recommendation, the big breech loading guns in tbe forts are to be sent Home to be strengthened. The; will go one at a tune. Tho total cost is estimated at £9.000. Since this type of guu was imt used, it has been found too weak. The licensing elections are expected to involve an outlay of from £6.000. Can didates for licensing committees will have to deposit £10 like party candidates, under the same conditions of forfei'ure. The Government will belp local bodies who are Una bio to bear the expenses of the elections. This Day. The Ruahiuc, from London, was berthed this morning. Her dates are London December 7th, Plymouth December 9th, Capetown December 31st, Hobart January 19th. She had no communication with Tenerifie, owing to the prevalence of cholera. The passage, which was uneventful, occupied 44 days 14 hours 38 minutes. Applications for re -registration are coming iu very slowly, only some two hundred so far having been received. Very few of them are women. Timabu, November 23 The Timaru Borough Council estimates the extra cost entailed upon the borough by the licensing election at £100, The Mayor has written to tbe Colonial Secretary, asking the Government to bear the expense of printing tliG rolls, and also asking a time to be fixed for the closing of the rolls. The Key Mother Sbarman, first Supe noress of the Convent of the Sacred Heart here, died yesterday after a few days' ill ness, agod 70 years. Thames, This Day. A new departure in mining is about to be made at Waiomio beach, about eight miles from the Thames, where experiments have resulted in the discovery of rich alluvial drifts, varying in value from two dwt to five dwt of gold per ton. The deposits are practically unlimited aud are to be worked by means of dredging appliances.