TELEGRAPHIC

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 43, 18 July 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC

[BJT ELECTRIC TELKGKAPIi.] [PRB PUESS ASSOCIATION.] Bunedin, July 17. A public meeting has been held to consider the advisability of urging on the Government the necessity of having rolling stock and other plant required for public works executed in New Zealand instead «f afc Horn \ The principal iron founders in Buoedin were represented. The testimonial to Mr Macandrevv will be presented on Friday next. Cheistchtjech, July 17. The Medical School has been formally ineorpor.ited with the Canterbury College. The Chamber of Commerce has condemned portions of the new railway tariff. Wellington, July 17. The City of Sydney left San Francisco on June 20th, and arrived at Honolulu on the 28th, The total time occupied in the run from San Francisco to Auckland was 555 hours. Mr Houston, representingthe Pacific Mail Company, ia a passenger to Sydney. He has full authority from the Company to conclude such modifification in the mail service as may be mutually agreed to by the New Zealand and Sydney Governments and himself. He says arrangements have been made to run a special mail train from New York to San Francisco in five days, and that if the Company's steamers, were allowed to leave San Francisco on the arrrival of the mail there would [be an average saving of about four days. On the present jbrip of the City of Sydney, the mail arrived at San Francisco sixty»six hours before the date of sailing, and when the special m^il train is run there would therefore .be, still greater loss of time. i ' The Conference for the suppression of intemperance has concluded its sittings. The second draffe of a' petition to be submitted, to the Legislature was adopted) with, the amendment that a clause should be adfted declaring the present constitution^ licensing courts unsatisfactory. The members for the city were requested to take charge of the petition 'and support it to the utmost in their power.. It was also resolved to establish a Temperance Society, and a committee of gazetted ministers of religion, aV'well as laymen, was appoiuted to carry o tit the resolution. A resolution vvas ' also carried that "that the Conference thinks ifc desirable that no new publican's licenses should be issued until after next session of Parliament, and that this be conveyed to the Licensing Bench.