NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 245, 19 April 1895, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

(Per Press Association.) Wellington, April 18. ' The Arawa, with English mails of "23rd ! March, left Sun Francisco for Auckland on the 6th insfc., two days late. The ' Alameda with the Colonial mails of 23rd 1 March reached San Francisco on the 11th ! April, due date. ■ The Gazette notifies the appointment , of Dr Fitchett to be law draftsman and ; assistant law officer for New Zealand, to 5 date from Ist April, 1895. I Duxedin, April 18. ' It was mentioned at the Charitable Aid Board that it would be necessary to levy on contributing bodies .£ISOO more than last year. I Auckland, April 15. J H.M.S. Plyades arrived from Hobart ' at Russel to-day. Captain S. Btirriball, of the Waiuku \ cayalry, died from blood poisoning. He \ was 16 years in the corps. He arrived j 1 in the colony 53 years ago. Lord Glasgow opened the Chrysanthe- " mum Show to-day. It is the best yet 5 held. New Plymouth, April 18Mr Ravner, correspondent of the Syd--5 ney bulletin and Caricaturist, who published a book called " Tenakoe," sum- ; moned Mr E. M. Smith, M.H.R., for an ' assault. It appears Bay nor met Smith in 5 the street and some words passed between them respecting what Rayner \ had said in his book about Smith's wife, j when an assault took place. Smith asserted that Bayner lifted his stick to strike " him and he only defended himself. The 5 case was dismissed as the Bench consid--5 ered Smith had been grossly provoked. Napier, April 18. [ The Wimbledon Hotel has been burned. It was occupied by John Todd. Insur- > ance, L 950 in Alliance and Norwhich 5 Union. II Reefton, April 13. ' The Albion Hotel was burned to the ground this morning. Insurances — L 325 in the Norwich Union. Wanuanui, April 18. The Nelson Volunteers are still in town. They will leave here on Saturday morn* ing by the Murray and Wa verier.