NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 241, 16 February 1894, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

* tPFB PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Wellington, February 15. The Ballance Memorial Committee are inviting designs fo.* a memorial. The cost is not to exceed £500. Mr William Henry Spackman, of Christchurch, has been app mited Deputy Inspector of Asylum?, Hospitals and Licensed Houses in tho Colony, under the Lunatics Act 1882. The commission of Lieut, Whiteley of the Ponsonby Navy Artillery Vo!un» terra, Auckland, has been cancelled, he not having attended to tho duties attached to the commission. At a meeting of tho Board of the Governors of tho Now Zealand Institute, iv accordance with a former resolution, it was reported that good progress has been made in tho orraugemeut for producing a work that will bo a photf g-opbic record of the arts, manners and customs of tho Maori race, The seciotary was instructed to communicate with tho authorities of the p.nti>h museum with a view to obtaining copies or unpublished manu script descriptions aud engraved plates of New Zealand botany, prepared by Danks and Solunder, in connection with the first royago of Capt. Cook in 1769. This Day. Marion Allen, who took spirits of salts last week, is dead. A dozen people were summoned today for wasting the water from leaking tap?. Convictions were recorded iv all cases, and the defendants ordered to pay costs. Auckland, February 15. Wm. Bath Cornfield, a Victorian re» trenched school teacher, who arrived recently from Melbourne via Wellington, is reported imssiug. He was lookiug for employment, and is said to haye been despondent. Tbe premises of J. Jones, auctioneer, Queen street, was burglarised and several watches stolen. The safo was attempted, but unsuccessfully. Tbe Executive Committee of tho Northern Railway League are communicating with the Mimster of Public Woiks with a yiew to ascertaining how much exploration aud roadmaking has been douo on tbo North Island Trunk Railway route, as recommended by a select committee of the General Assembly. The Waihora brought a consignment of horses from Sydney for th-.- loc-»l ma kit being the second of three lots, totalling 100 Mr E. Heskit'i convened a meeting of tbo University Coliogo Council to day on the requisition of three nembers — Bishop Cowi* 1 , MrG Poacocke and Dr McKellar. Sir Maurice O'Rorke, Chair* \ man of the Council, aitouded, and ex- j plumed that he had heen in rommuni cation with the Premier, audwnigbt state that; a fresh cablegram had been sent Home to tho Ageut*Gouerul at his (Sir Maurice O'Rc rke'e) request ; but uo leply had jet boon received to that cablegram. Tho quostion was raised as to whether political influence was at the bottom of the delay. Sir Maurice said he would bo sorry to (think so. DoNtDfN, February 16. About seventeen competitors at Saturday's Athletic Championship Meeting ar rived to night, also Mr Grierson, the Association's representative. The competitors already here practically completed their training to-night, doing their final exercises in the presence ot a large number of spectators. Between 300 and 400 applisations were received by tbe Education Board for 25 vacancies for pupil teachers, Woodville, This Day, Steps are being taken to establish a bacon factory here.