LATEST TELEGRAMS

Kumara Times, Issue 1034, 24 January 1880, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS

[united press association.] Wellington, January 23. f° ur Armed Constabulary,s left for Opunake this evening by the Stella. It is intended to ask for a new trial in the libel case, Anderson v Kirkbride. The animal report of the Trust and Loan Company shows a profit for the year of £10,488, out of which a dividend will be declared. January 24. Three then have, been found with instruments for gaming in their possession, and have been sentenced to four weeks bard labor, THE DISTRESS IN IRELAND. Wellington, January 24. Dr. Lemon has received the following Colonel Glover has sent the following message to the Mayor of Sydney, and I shall be glad if you will band same to Press Agency for publication, and also forward to the Central Committee for the relief of the distress in Ireland : The Lord Mayor, Dublin, to the Mayor of Sydney. Return grateful thanks for second munificent subscription. As the distress increases fearfully, the Committee has telegraphed to Melbourne and asked that it should make known wants. Since receipt of the above another telegram has been received through Col. Glover from an M.P., Dublin, to an ALP., Brisbane, asking what is doing in Brisbane for the distressed Irish. Nelson, January 22. The Reception Committee, in connection with the Rifle Association, comprises 60 influential citizens, A cordial reception will be accorded to the representatives. Thomas Bray, a lad about 13 years, received one month’s imprisonment for breaking into the Foxhill railway station and stealing £5 in silver. The boy pleaded guilty, and the circumstances shew great cunning. He gained access to the office through a window. New Plymouth, January 22. The Government will take possession of the Waimate Plains at once, and have them distributed amongst the Natives. Printed notices to ,tlip. effect that Government have decided that tile* Commission shall hear only complaints that any Native may have to make as to individual title to any land, brft any question relative to the confiscated land will not be listened to. Auckland, January 22. At the quarterly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, J. E. Clarke, chairman, announced that the Hon. Air Hall was expected from New South Wales shortly, in order to confer with the New Zealand authorities upon the best means of shortening Home communication with Great Britain with the San Francisco mail route, and that the Committee would be culled upon to consider these matters. A fire occurred at Hamilton East this morning at two o’clock, destroying Swinn’s blacksmiths’ shop and White’s dwelling house. White escaped in his night-dress, saving nothing but a chest uf drawers and a box of clothes. In-surance-Blacksmiths’ shop, .£l2l ; building, £IOO ; stock in private house, £75; all in the New Zealand Company. Swiun estimates hid loss at £6OO. Christchurch, January 22. Liter’s sawmill at Oxford, with machinery and 80,000,ft.timbcr, were burnt down this morning. The fire is supposed to have been caused by a spark getting into the sawdust and smouldering during the night. Loss, £BSO. the building was insured for £4OO in the South British.

Dunedin, January 22. The second session of the Wefcleyan Conference was continued to-day. The draft of stations of ministers for the ensuing year was read, but is not yet adopted. The Presbyterian Synod brought to a close last night, when the lice. J. Christie, of Waikouaiti, was elected Moderator for 1881. The Rev. Dr Stuart was appointed Commissioner to the Pan-Presbyterian Council, to be held at Philadelphia in July next, the Revs. J. Ryley, W. A. Greig, and M. T. Raine, to represent the Synod at the next meeting of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church at Auckland; find the Revs. W. Bannerman and W. Will are to attend the Presbyterian Conference at Melbourne in November next. A case of an unusual nature occurred at to-day’s sitting of the District Court. Tjie jury serving-on it positively declined to bring in a verdict in accordance with the Judge’s ruling. The case was, Maurice Loundout v New Zealand Insurance Company—a claim for £2OO on policy of insurances. The Judge directed the jury to find for the defendants, but they found fdr the plaintiff for the amount claimed.