NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 236, 10 February 1894, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

+- (PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Wellington, February 9. Tenders for the steamer Stella not reaching the roservo, £2000, the Government have decided to retain her. H.M.S Lizard leaves in a day or two for the Antipodes, and will search the islands for castawajs. i hristchcbch, February 9. Two constables arrived from Sydney to tako Purcell nud Skerritt to Sjdney. These larrikins were arrested here for assaulting a constable in Sydney on New Year's Day. The Sulyatioa Army started a oamp on the American plan at Sumner to-day. About two hundred have gone into camp, and a big time is expected. Richards, the " Yorkshire Post " fraud, was seute need to eighteen months on five charges of obtaining money by false pre tences. He was committed for trial ou the sixth charge. The Chamber of Commerce Committee to-day passed a resolution regretting that the long and valuable experience of Messrs M-Jxwell and Hanna?, late Baiiway Com mission ers>, will no longer be ayadable to the Colony. Downes, of Dunedin, being unable to play in the cricket match. New South Wales v. New Zealaud, Mr OlliTier has picked Palmer, of the United Canterbury Club. Mr R. J. S. Harman has presented the Cricket Association with a New Zealand flag, wiiich will be hoisted the first time at the match. Tho ground for the Bifle Association meeting at Hillsborough is nearly ready, the trench is finished, and the targets made The new Bisley system of marking is to be adopted. Captain Sommerville is ex pected here on February 19th. The Governor and Countess of Glasgow visited the Lincoln Agricultural College to-day aud expressed themselves pleased with what they saw, saying that the insti* tution was a credit to the Colony. Mastekton, February 9. The Mauriceville Railway Station was broken into last night, but nothing of value was stolen. A man named George Jackson was sentenced to ten days' imprisonment this morniDg Tor throwing a stone at ao old man named Jones, and severely injuring his face. Auckland, February 9 Chas. Bloomfield was committed for trial on a charge of larceny of £7 and a silyer watch from the safe when Melmau's store at Ohora was burned down. The three Polish Jews, Moses Shem, alias Miller, Neithen|Sbein f alias Jackson Loon Shein alias Smith, were charged at the Police Court with fraud and conspiracy . They were committed for trial. Up to drtte 1500 claims for enrolment in connection with the coming licensing election hvve been received. Wanganui, This Day. The Kaitangiwhenua case is finished, so far ns the evidence is concerned which will be forwarded to the Government. District Judge Kettle, who conducted the enquiry was complimented by the native chiefs on his thoroughness and capability in bringing out the evidence. The Hon. John Mckenzie, wlio has i been sojourning bere for the past two days niter his tour in the country districts and receivingmany deputations in town and country, left by the mid-day train for Wellington.