NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 258, 4 May 1895, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

(Per Press Association"! Auckland, May 3. The Insurer's Protection Association was formed chiefly on the ground of the objection to the average clause in the policies The enquiry into the failure of the water supply at the recent fire which destroyed tho Auxiliary Asylum has been continued •before Ml 1 Northcreft, S.M. A great deal of important evidence has been taken, but so far there seems to be nothing to indicate the cause of the strange failure of the water supply on the night in question. The Collector of Customs held an enquiry into the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of J. Garry, aged 50, a steerage passenger by the Anglian steamer from Sydney. The evidence showed he had been drinking heavily, and was eccentric. His mother and sister are in Dub» lin. He had no relatives here. At the Hotorua township sale bidding was spirited, and 108 sections were sold. Robert Wilson of the late firm of Wilson and Clayton, auctioneers, burst a blood vessel m Durham- street and expired. At a meeting of delegates of the Association Football Union, some evidence was received from Wellington and Sydney re the visit of the New South Wales team. It was agreed to guarantee half tho next gate money towards the expenses of the visitors. The Waihi Company's mine is looking splendid, and there are buyers of shares at £6 12s 6d. Wellington, May 3. The Labour Department will wait until the Auckland shopkeepers have made a breach of the law by failing to close on Saturday, and will then proscute under the new Gazette notices. Chuistchuech, May 1. Mr W. Collins, M.H.R., has received a telegram from tho Hon. W. P. Reeves stating that the petition for the enquiry into the arrangements of the Christchurch hospital will be placed before the Cabinet. Dunedin. May 3. In connection with the recent address of Mr Bragato, the Victorian Government's viticulturist, it has been decided to form a Central Otago Vine and Fruit Growers' Association with the object of promoting the culture of fruit and vines.