LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 768, 17 March 1879, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Auckland, March 15. The noi-thern chiefs assembled at Oraki are getting impatient of the delay in fixing the Kopua meeting, Sheehan requests them to wait a few days longer. A fireman named Smith was robbed of £lO out of a clothes hag on board the Ladybird on her last trip. Suspicion fell on a foreigner named Bell, a sailor on samevesse!. Gn arrival here the police seaiched and found the missing money sewn in the collar of his coat. He was commited for trial. March 16, A four roomed house off Howe street belonging to Joseph M'Claughety, was burnt down at an early hour this-morn-ing, M'Claughty was greatly excited and had been so for days. The fire is supposed to have arisen through the pipe of the stove passing through a lean-to. Constable Abraham and two of the Newton Fire Brigade were hurt through a plaster roof falling in. The building was insured in the Norwich Union Company—house, £3OO ; furniture, £IOO. Wellington, March 7. Enhance and Macandrew ha T e postponed visiting the West Coast until alter the Governor’s arrival. A public meeting has been called to arrange for the reception of the Governor. March 15. The Taiaroa brought back the rifle champion (Ballinger). All the volunteers turned out, and headed by the Artillery Band, he was driven through the city with his father and broi hers in a carriage, the various corps following.

LATEST UNPUBLISHED,

[PRESS AGENCY.] Wellington, Maich 14. The demonstration on the landing of the new Governor is likely to take a public form. The Magistrate decided a case in which a bankrupt claimed the right to sue between the time of his being adjudged a bankrupt and the time of obtaining his discharge. The magistrate said it would be unreasonable to deprive a bankrupt of his own labor between the time of his adjudication and discharge and therefore he considered that the bankrupt was entitled to sue for his personal labor, and gave a verdict accordingly. The manager of the Koranui Coal Company interviewed Mr Macandrew, to protest against the Government entertaining certain proposals of the Westport Colliery Company, to lease from the Government the wharves, staiths, railway line, and Waimangaroa coalfield. Mi Macandrew said the Government had received such proposals, but, hid no idea of entertaining them at present.

A further extension of time for making valuations under the “ Land Fax Act” from *he 28th of February to the 28th of March, has been granted and gazetted. The executors in the estate of the

late W. B. Rhodes having, owing to some legal techincality, refused to pay more than £2OOO probate duty the Government instructed that legal proceedings be commenced against them immediately. A telegraph boy was stuck up last night near the cemetery while going to Mr J. B. Wallace’s house with a message. A man rushed out of the cemetery gate, catching the boy by the throat and ordered him to turn out his pockets. The boy’s cries brought Mr Wallace to the rescue, and the mail made off.

Evidence on the Hyderabad inquiry contained nothing new. The judgment will be given on Thursday next. The Sydney Exhibition Commissioners have resolved to inform the local committees of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin they might expect funds up to £IOO, in order to meet their expenditure. The committee appointed to investigate the charge of disobedience and insubordination, made by the SurveyorGeneral against Mr Henry Jackson. Chief Surveyor of the Wellington land district, reported adversely to Jackron. The Government has decided to call upon him to resign. It is stated Jackson charges the commission with partiality, and intends to petition Parliament for a select committee to inquire into the whole matter. The Times published the following vital statistics for year ending Dec. 1878 : Births Deaths. Anckland ... 536 206 Wellington ... 964 295 Christchurch... 608 218 Dunedin ... 962 310 Number of deaths of children under one year old Wellington and Dunedin respectively : Wellington, 124 : Dunedin, 87. Christchurch, March 15. The insurance offices are offering a reward of £2OO for such evidence as will convict persons wilfully setting fire to any premises within the Provincial District of Canterbury. It is stated that game is dying off in great numbers on account of the .scarcity of food. An inquiry is now taking place re Colonel Brett and a constable whom he ordered to be placed under arrest, Auckland, March 15. Jas. King, chemist, was fined 20s and costs for selling laudanum to Alice Turner, without entering the same in accordance with the Poison Act, Alice Turner was found dead this morning, after purchasing the laudanum. Reports from Hokianga state that the steamer Geelong' is completely broken up. Nothing is to be seen of her. Great credit is due to Captain Keane for his energy in saving the lives of the crew.

The body of the Native woman who was drowned has been discovered.

The Native man was a powerful swimmer, but wanted to save his eSects, and tied a large bundle of things to his person. By this means he got drowned.