NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Hastings Standard, Issue 58, 3 July 1896, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

GENERAL ITEMS. Auckland, July 2. A telegram was received this afternoon from Mr T. H. Fleming that Mr Jales S. Wilson had dropped down dead at Te Puke, Waiorongomai, to which place he had gone on the previous day from Auckland on mining business. Mr Wilson was for nine years a teacher of languages, and took great interest in deep level mining, and was instrumental in bringing the , matter under the notice of Baron James de Hir-ch, whose representative he ■ af r became on the Auckland ; goMtifldAn m.eresting ceremony took place ! at the drill-shed, when the Imperial I volunteer officers" decoration was presented to Lieutenant - Commander Parker for long and efficient service. Lieutenant-Colonel Goring, in making the presentation, said he hoped the young volunteers present would think of the honor that was being granted to Lieutenant Commander Parker by the Queen in recognition of his long and useful services, and would strive to follow his example. Mr Goring advanced and pinned the medal on Lieutenant - Commander Parker's breast. Some natives have reported to the Tauranga police that the body of a woman was seen lying on the beach at Panipani. The police have gone out to bring the body to town. A young woman named Skyes has been missing for some weeks, but it is not know if this h her body. At the annual meeting of the Auckland Art Society the report showed the year's profit to be £75, and an increase ol membership, working and pecuniary, of 22 per cent. Wellington, July 2. Mr Coffey has given notice to move at the next meeting of shareholders of the Bank of New Zealand, " That It ia not conducive" to the interests of shareholders to retain the services of Messrs Watson and Mackenzie." A Gazette issued to-night gives a list of teachers holding certificates or licenses under the Education Act. At a meeting of the Wellington Exhibition Committee the chairman stated that the space applied for had exceeded that available in the plan of the building. The executive therefore will consider the question of extending the building if practicable. Christchusch, July 2. At the Police Court this morning a boy named Henry Cashore, charged with having set fire to the Aloysius Hall, was remanded. A large number of unemployed met this morning when the urgent need for employment was pointed out, and it was stated that there were numerous families without food. It was also staled that several men present had had no breakfast and no prospect of obtaining a zneal during the day. It to mil on the Charitable relief.

present. Mr Lmt was presented with an illuminate! a-Mr- -s by t!v temperance bodies of Chri-tcliurch and suburbs. At the Police Court to-day Hugh Miliigan was committed. for trial on charges of embezzling sums of £57 and £2oo, the property of the Christchurch Operative Bootmakess' Society. Dunedin, July 2. Wm. Johns, a young man, was drowned at the head of Lake Wanaka while trying to get ashore from a timber raft. At a conference to-day between members of the City Council, the Taieri CountyConncil, stock agents, and others, a motion was carried with only one dissentient, recommending the Taieri County Council to agree to the first site selected for abattoirs.