LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1419, 2 September 1878, Page 2

LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS. [pee pbess agency.] Alexandea, August 31. Dissatisfaction is felt all over this district at the sudden dismissal, without cause assignedj of Major Mair, the Magistrate, after fifteen years' service in the- G-overnment service. Thd appointment to the post of Mr G-race, who is said to have no experience whatever, has given much dissatisfaction. Meetings are to be held here to-day, and at Te Awamutu, to protest against the action of Government in the matter. Later. The following petition was unanimously adopted at an influential public meeting held here in the public hall this afternoon : —" To the Hon. the Minister for Justice, Wellington —We, your petitioners, having learned with regret that Major W. Gh Mair, our Resident Magistrate, is about to be removed from this district, would humbly ask you to reconsider your decision for the following reasons:—j That during the many years Major Mair has acted as Resident Magistrate of this district, he has given universal satisfaction by the impartialiby of his judgments, and uprightness of his conduct; that your petitioners consider him eminently fitted to fill the post of Resident Magistrate from his long experience in that capacity; that as Native Commissioner he has done great service to the country, for under his beneficial influence drunkenness and the thieving propensities so common amongst the Natives have nearly disappeared, and a good feeling has been created amongst us. There has been a feeling of security amongst the settlers, and a freedom from panics very common before. Eor these and other reasons we hope that you will not dismies from the public service an old and valuable [servant, and your petitioners, &c." The above was numerously signed at a meeting of the committee formed to procure signatures. Wellington, August 31. The actual amount of Customs revenue received at this port during the month of August is ascertained to be £22,210. In July it was £21,154, and in the corresponding months last year £18,727 and 18,011 respectively. Dunedin, September 1. The vital statistics for August were : Births, 231; deaths, 59 ; marriages, 26. The Jockey Club last night fixed the programme for the ensuing season. The prizes and eyents are the same as formerly, with the exception that the Newmarket Stakes have been abolished, and a Jyadjeg* Purse substituted. The Cup race will be preceded by the Maiden Plate and Champagne Stakes, and the Derby will be run before the Jockey Club Handicap. [FROM THBjCOBBBSPONDENT OF THE PBESS.]' Auckland, September 1. Notwithstanding the rewards recently oijfeved by the Commissioner of Railways for the detection of offenders, attempts have been renewed, by placing stones and obstructions on the railway, to throw trains off the lines. Information has been received that a man named Smith has been found hanging in his house at Waiuku. He is supposed to have committed suicide. At a meeting of Volunteers, re the New Zealand Rifle Association, it was resolved that the district give the project general support. A well known sport, " Old Turfite," writing on the A.J.C. Handicap, says - " I am at a loss to know why several of the horses have been entered in the handicap, as they could not w'a at any weight, and it is only annoying to the to have to weight such animals." There is considerable dissatisfaction at tne mail steamers charging New Zealand passengers the same fare to Auckland as the Australians for the through journey to Sydney, compelling travellers to the South to bear the cost of transhipping at Auckland and paying 'their fare to the South. Tivar.u, September 1. The football mktcn'to-Q.ay, Chri-tchurch y Timaru, was won by the latter by ope goal and one try to nothing. The match took place in Mr Woollcomba's paddock. ' About 200 wore present. The weather was fine, but lher<? was a cold wind. It was a very tough ccnfce*. ~ . , ' A disastrous lite at Otaio last night, resulting in the aestj. stables and out-buildings connected' wl£fc Hoskins' Hotel. Hoskius discovered the fire firat, but the flames had such hold that all attempts to extinguish them were unavailing. Beyond the horses nothing was oaved.' At the Resident Magnates' pourt fco-day, Charles F. Sheridan was charged, on remand, with niuking a false declaration before the Registrar for the purpose of obtaining a certificate of marriage. Mr O'Meagher, solicitor, Oamaru, appeared for the defence. The Magistrate committed accused for trial at the next criminal session of the District Court, winch commences <?n Monday.