LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 457, 14 March 1878, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

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Riverton, March 13,

At the inquest held on the late large fire here, a verdict that ;there was no evidence of its origin was returned. At a meeting of the Harbor Board last night, it was agreed to authorise the Chairman to telegraph to Sir George Grey, that the Board is willing to guarantee £l5O for the purpose of securing a survey and report on the harbor by Sir John Goode. Dunedin, March 13.

At an auction sale to-day, Pungawerewere sold to Mr E. Perkins, Auckland, for 120 guineas, and Xantippe to the same gentleman for 66 guineas. Templeton was passed in at 750 guineas, and Titania at 360.

During the Jones libel case to-day, defendant entered a fresh plea of justification, aud the case was then postponed. Messrs Baldwin and Ashcrost have

started a Corn Exchange and Farmers’ Club in Dunedin, the first of the kind in the city. Wellington, March 13; Messrs Macandrew and Stout arrived by the Hiuemoa this morning. Mr Stout will be sworn in in a few days as Attorney-General. He has decided to give up his Dunedin practice and reside permanently at Wellington. In addition to other portfolios, Mr Macandrew will take Public Works. Timaeu, March 13.

An important case was heard at the Resident Magistrate’s Court to-day. The South Canterbury Licensed Victuallers’ Association prosecuted a storekeeper named Edmund Cornish for slygrog selling, when the defendant was fined £5 and costs.

Christchurch, March 13,

A meeting of members of the Bar is to be held to-day, to hear Mr Barton’s explanation re his committal to prison by the Judges. '■ > At a meeting of the Licensed VS# tuallers’ Association yesterday, a dep\£ tation was appointed to wait upon Sfr George Grey and lay certain grievances before him ; .among other things ask that houses may have 12 o’clock lifcenses, as in Otago and other places. They will be supported by the members for the city. Port Chalmers, March 13.

Arrived ; Claud Hamilton. She bringgjJpO passengers and Cooper and Bailey’s menagerie. She encountered very severe weather after leaving Adelaide, and had a succession of . heavy gales right across. ; ‘

LATEST UNPUBLISHED,

Auckland,. March 14.

A letter from Mr Ballance says that hospitials and charitable institutions throughout the Colony are managed on no fixed principle, and it is absolutely neccesary to place them on a more satisfactory' footing. In large towns the Government maintained no satisfactory control but paid the expenditure. In future it was proposed to place charitable aid institutions, wherever it was possible, under the direct control and management of Municipalities, and to subsidise them to the extent of 20s on every 20s of paid up subscriptions, and of moneys contributed from the borough fund, without any deduction whatever, subsidies from surrounding countries, may bp,arranged by making a pro rata sum per head, for country patients. - •

Oamabu, March 14,

Sir George C-’rey was warmly welcomed here. He addressed the largest public meeting ever held here, and spoke for two hours, advocating a change in the incidence of taxation, manhood suffrage, and a land tax. A unaminous vote of confidence in Sir George Grey’s policy and the Government was carried at the close.