NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Hastings Standard, Issue 16, 14 May 1896, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

+ Auckland, May 13. There are fifty cases of typhoid in the Auckland hospital from town and country. The hospital authorities intimate that they cannot take further cases. Mr Seymour Thome George has received a cablegram from Sir George Grey that Mrs and Miss George have sailed for New Zealand. Evidently Sir George has abandoned his intention of returning to the colony. Wellington, May 13. Two employees in the kitchen in the Empire Hotel have been arrested on a charge of stealing alcohol valued at £8 from a storeroom. They had a parcel of whisky, Ac., in a portmanteau, and were about to remove it when detected. They were remanded. The Post and Telegraph officers' subscription to the 13 runner fund amounts s to £879. Ministers disclaim any part in the refusal of the Brunner Commissioners to open the inquiry to the Press, but state on the contrary that they have no sympathy with the Commissioners' action. Judge Dcnniston, who hold a sitting of the Bankruptcy Court to-day, told one applicant for discharge that a more elaborate attempt to swindle a particular creditor he had never seen. The bankrupt, H. F. Smart, had paid all his creditors except Nelson, Moate and Co., who refused to mala? a reduction in their account while the others did. The application was refused. Mr James Wilson, of the local branch of the Union Bank of Australia, has been ordered to Perth, West Australia, on promotion. Mr Wilson is a prominent member of the Wellington Football Club, and also well-known in aquatic circles, having occupied No. 2 seat in the Star Boating Club's senior fours this season. He was for years a resident of Napier. There he was prominently connected with the Napier Football Club and Rowing Club. A seven-year-old boy named Stephen Kilsby died to-day while undergoing an operation under chloroform. Two medical men and a nurse from the hospital were in attendance.

Westpoht, May 18. The Cardiff Company has chartered a steamer to take 1000 tons of coal to Fiji. At the first meeting of the new school committee the lady member made persistent afforts to have two members of the committee unseated, on the grounds that* they are members of the Civil Service, consequently disqualified. The chairman ruled that the matter was one for the Board to deal with. There were some sharp interchanges between the lady and other members.

At Waimangaroa the lady chairman was assailed by rude remarks from other ladies amongst the public. Mr -John Hughes, proprietor of the Empire Hotel, and an old resident, died this evening after a short, illness. Deceased was a highly respected citizen, and at different times occupied positions on various local bodies, having been Mayor three times, and County Chairman. At the time of his death he occupied seats in the County Council and Harbor Board. Dunedin, Slay 18. A deputation waited on the Mayor to-day to bring under his notice the matter of Sunday concerts, and after discussion the Mayor said it was intended to review the by-law, and make provision to meet the difficulty. At a meeting of the Brunnerton relief committee Sir R. Stout and Henry J. Walter were appointed delegates" It was resolved : " That in tho event of there being any surplus]of the fund after adequate provision has been made for the widows and orphans and other dependent relatives of those who lost their lives by the disaster, it be approrapriated to the establishment of a national fund, to be formed for the relief of dependent relatives of persons who may be accidently killed in tho colony of New Zealand, and that the whole fund be vested in the Public Trusteee for investment and administration." Further : 11 That the Public Trustee be asked to forego any commission to which he may be entitled for admhistaiting the fund." Invkkcaj:<;JJ,L, Slay 18. The Hinemoa returned to the Bluff from the Auckland Isles this morning. Captain Neville took special observations to verify the position of the Island, and found them substantially correct as laid down in the chart. The wreckage found was a spar, a piece of copper sheeting stamped " Pascoe, Grenfell. and Son," believed to be from the Marie Alice, homeward bound from Sydney. When landing at Adams Island a boat containing nine men capsized, all managing to scramble ashore, after a hard struggle. The Hinemoa leaves to-day for Stewart Island, to put up a beacon off the entrance to Half Moon Bay.