TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 6, 5 June 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

' (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) : Wedneadiiy.,^ As the .Canterbury , Chamber ..ot Commerce Committee have decided not _to send, a delegate to Samoa by the Janet Nicoll on her 'first trip," the Canterbury Industrial Association resolved to-night te send one, with the assistance of the commercial community. Mr T. Pavit has been selected for the. purpose, and' a telegram : .to that effect was sent to. Sir ,J.. Vp'gel. to-night..,,. _._ .,.«,. :.,,■,!'..,■'// -■.--.•;. n i,; ; During the year ending 30th/ April! there were 149 fewer convictions here for drunkenness than during the previous year. ■.■;; ''"■■'.■ , Pit.n-edi.v,. -Wednesday. : At?tlie : liaii-r Board, after* hearing * counsel's- opinNci, Mr J: McKenzie^ M.H.R., moi-.:.} . that the Commissioner submit a caso to the Judge for his opinion re Ul r- Beniriore ran. He i said lie did so bc.j uwe the Board's solicitor was also t solicitor for R. Campjbell.'and: : Sons, and though he would cast no reflection on him, of , course he cpuld not serve two masters. It was pointed dvii that Judge Williams was a member of the University Council who held the run, and after some suggestions that the name of some other Judge beWdded tbthe'*motion, it was finally decided to take their coun^ sel's opinion and proceed no. further. A curious point arose at South Dunedin Licensing - meeting. A licensee applied m the usual course.for a renewal, bat at the meeting he decided "to withdraw the application, alleging that he did so be- , cause the owner (a brewer) would not' allow him reasonable wages! The son of : -he brewer, who appeared as solicitor for., liis father, objected to the withdrawal, as it would miean forfeiting the license and injuring the property, but the Committee refused io grant ad adjournment on his application. They said if the late licensee abandoned the premises they j would. grant a temporary license. . . . , : Notice of motion was. given .at the Ac-' clhnatisation Society, that, if 'possibM,. chamois be introduced into Otagp^ antl^ that Dr von Haast be asked to use- his iri-^ Huence m getting them on his approaching visit hemte. ' j ' - - • ; Miss'Sperrey, of Wellington, has been' 5 entrusted with the task of painting a portrait ef Mr Macandrew, • to >c placed^ m the University Hall. Mr Robert Wilson lias been appointed the Dunedin delegate to proceed to the South Seas. : At the South Dunedin licensing meeting the Committee decided ,to issue licenses with a condition attached that the licensee allow no person m his licensed liQuse^bh-Sunday other than .members 'pf/ his own family, lodgers, or bona fide travellers, under sections 120 and 156. The police reported that* a goodl deal of drunkenness existed among the women m the district. The Committee stated that if , tfie'ptiblicans took (up the question* of slo-grog selling the Comuiittee would give pecuniary assistance. .. ; AncicLAND, Wednesday. : MrfWm. /Kelly, theunsuccessful.candi--date'of tlie late Tauranga"elec'ti'o"n k has, instructed Messrs Kesketh and Richmond to proceed (by petition) against the reiturn of Mr Sheehan, on the ground of corrupt practices. Numerous allegations of breaches of the L Act willfbe lnadfc. ; At the adjourned meeting of the Northern Steani9hip Company, the report and }balarice ''sheet .weref adopted. Messrs Oruickshand, Frater, 'and Macfarlane were re-elected Directors. Tlie accounts show&d; the reason Avhy; T . the i s Cqm- ,- pariy was not paying was that the trade • of4the«,pprt stft^yhich,, their steamers ran has not increased so rapidly, as 'tlie' Com-' pany had, been .providing larger boats for the traffic. ; Mr John McGregor, the new Harbor Board engineer, has submitted to the Board an extensive scheme for harbor improvements;' 1 '' 1 . •::•■ it v;-. : Patrick Rice, railway^laborer, of Opua, Bay of Islands/ 1 left ' Cairns' Hotel m a boat on Monday night. The boat was .found bottom upwards subsequently. Rice is still missing, and is believed to be drowned.- A coat and a' bottle have-been found m the boat, He leaves a wife and three children. .