NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 127, 27 November 1895, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

(Per Press Association). Wellington, November 26. Lord Glasgow, accompanied by Capt. Carnpbell-Preston, A.D.C., leaves by the Takapuna at midnight for the purpose of attending the Show and races in Dunedin. Capt. Allman, nautical adviser to the Government, has been appointed Inspector of Lighthouses. The A. and P. Society cleared about £100 by the late show. The Moaowai with Colonial mails, reached San Francisco at 4 p.m. on Friday last. The Premier will address his constituents at Hokitika next week. This Day. Mr Seddon proposes to leave for the West Coast this evening, in which case a Cabinet meeting to decide the AgentGeneralship and the vacant Judeeship will not be held until his return next week. Wanganui, Novr. 26. A man named Lawson was fined i-5 and costs for purchasing liquor for a prohibited person. Nelson, This Day. The Penguin was floated off without difficulty, the steamer Mawhera rendering assistance. The Penguin appears wholly uninjured and sails for South at four in the morning. Auckland, This Day. At the criminal sessions William Topeta, for false pretences, received six months ; Wm. Fahey, housebreaking, nine months ; Wm. Sfcannaway, breaking and entering, 12 months. Masterton, Nov. 26. MrsCompton, one of the oldest settlers in tbis district, died yesterday at the age of 62. She leaves a large family of grown-up children. A man named Fogden had his arm severely injured while working in a sawmill at'Hastwell. Christchurch, Nov. 26. At a meeting of the New Zealand Cricket Council to-night, Messrs A. R. Holdship (North .Island), L. A. Cuff (Canterbury), and C. W. Rattray (Otago), were appointed a committee to select the New Zealand team to play against New South Wales. Iv the event of Mr Rattray declining to act, a sub-committee, consisting of Messrs Ollivier, Wilding, and Smith, was appointed to fill the vacancy. Blenheim, This Day. At the Nelson Wesleyan District Synod resolutions were passed in favour of the Irish. Scripture Text book being read in public schools, the abolition of the C D. acts from the statue Book ; opposition to the gambling spirit of the age and the liquor traffic.