TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5111, 10 August 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

! (from o.ua own .correspondent, ) ■ ’. ; , Auckland, Thursday. 1 A great native, meeting is to hold at the Bay, of Islands on the 13 th, composed of’.'delegates.' from, all the Northern settlements. The meet/ ing will consider the Native Lands Court Bill. 1 Xfe natives strongly tfye provisions as to liens. They consider that the! Lands' i Court business could be managed by Resident Magistrates. "They will ; prebably. petition ; against" the Bill. They think it should not be ; passed through the House -till their opinions are known. The natives will also protest against thepowerprppbsed to begiven to the Licensi'ug Commissioners to ! grant wholesale - licenses in districts, where the population, consists' mostly of natives. They seem to feel strongly both on this matter and in respect to the Land Bill itself.(PEH PRESS AGENCY.) ~ ‘ Auckland, -Thursday. Archibald McOHver, whilst travelling along a very narrow track ‘ at- Tapu Creek, at night, fell down a gully.and was killed. 1 : - Dr. Purchase has entered an action against the City Council for injuries to a Horse and trap, through a hole eighteen, inches'deep in the roadway. The Resident Magistrate gave, judgment for defendant to-day, with costs] quoting a, number, of authorities, and resting his decision bn the. fact that: it had not been shown that the Corporation were aware of the dangerous condition of the, street, and had ■wilfully neglected to ..repair it. ~ ..„ . Nelson, Thursday.. At a meeting of the Education Board, held to consider tho new Education Bill, resolutions were unanimously passed -expressing , general approval of the Bill, and of the recommen r datxons of Mr. Curtis, but recommending .that Bible reading in schools should be optional with the-local committees instead of compulsory, and that the course of instruction should, be modified by making, optional the teaching of elementary , mechanics, drawing, and vqcal-music. -The Board also,agreed with the assistance, byway of subsidy, of privateeducational enterprise in remote districts ; and thought - thfit the appointment of, teachers should 1 be " vested “in local committees, the erection • of school-buildings being left to the Board. , • ■ \ Christchurch, Thursday, j . ..80th... papers this . morning warmly eulogise; the .play of -the Dunedin Football Team, spe-j cially commending the smartness with which I the ball was picked up behind the scrimmages,; the excellent, runbing of many-members of the! . team, and the capital’manner’ in’ which they! passed the ball to each etherwhen oollaredi in running. - They are, very superior"to the; Christchurch team in these, points, showing! good and careful, training. !, 1 ' j . A telegram from the Premier authorised the Charitable Aid Officer to give the unemployed! work under.the £>omaiu Board, and asked the! City Council to take on some of the men under; a promise that the Government .will gladly; . consider any proposal for a subsidy to meet the requirements; of the case,,-. TheiOity Council has found work : fbr 70 men at , ss. per day., The Domain Board will also put a number on, and the' Charitable-Aid Department:are in communication with .the;various,road,boards to get them to give work to the unemployed., • Tho petition in favor of Fox’s Local Option Bill is 45ft. long, and is signed by 2472, persons. It, will be forwarded to Wellington today by the political committee: of the Independent Order of Good Templars.’.

Additional entry for' the New Zealand Grand National Steeplechase—Andrews’ ch g Banjo. ' The licensed victuallers held another meeting yesterday evening, when a series of resolutions against the provisions of Box’s Local Option Bill were carried, and it was decided to send them to the licensed victuallers in other parts of the colony for their support. 0 AMARU, Thursday. ‘"A meeting of the Waitaki County Council was held to-day. , It was resolved to request the Hon. R. Campbell to bring under the notice of the Government the great necessity which exists for bridging the Maerewhenua River at Duntroon ; also, that he be requested to urge upon the Government “to extend the telegraph line up the Maerewhenua railway to Duntroon. Txmaeu, Thursday. 1 l At a meeting of the Harbor Board to-day a plan of the breakwater, by Allan and Stumbles, was submitted as more feasible than Sir J. Coode’s. The Board adjourned for them to furnish a detail drawing prior to the Board forwarding it to the Government for submission to the commission. The starting point is south of the Timaru Landing Service, and it goes in a south-easterly direction, affords harborage for forty or fifty vessels, and reclaims sixteen acres. It is 1000yds. long, 85ft. broad, and goes 400yds. in a straight line, and then makes a curve towards the Government Landing Service. The production of this plan caused much excitement here, i Dunedin, Thursday. ; On' July the 9th the Harbor Board agreed to the amended dock site, as per plan drawn by its engineer, and consented to give its contractor £IOOO in lieu of all demands. On the resolution being read to Mr. Proudfoot, he expressed his willingness to consent to it, and a deed was accordingly prepared by the Board’s solicitor ; but Mr. Proudfoot now declines to sign it. ’ The Board met this afternoon to consider the position, but have adjourned till 10.30 to-morrow,.,when a ; proposition will be made authorising Messrs. Tewsley and Walter to wait on ; Mr/‘ Proudfoot and’ ascertain the nature of his objection to proceeding with the work, > The School Committee, last- night discussed the Education Bill, and 'suggested, several alterations, 'which' will be "forwarded to the Government; • j The Mayor’s salary for the present year has been fixed at £4OO. : It is stated that 18,000 people f in all parts of the colony have signed a monster petition in favor of Box’s Local Option Bill. ’ 1 William Dixon, a ■ colored man, was knocked down lon the. railway line near Mosgiel yesterday, and was seriously injured. ; It is stated that a large number of those who have settled along the Port Chalmers line are desirous of selling their properties, in consequence of the increased railway rates. ! Lawrence, Thursday. The annual supper of the Bire Brigade was held last; evening, Captaip Storry was presented with a handsome silver whistle. The brigade is now only second in Otago to the Dunedin. One both for numbers and.efficiency. Poet Chalmers, Thursday. ; There, was !an official trial of .the’steam hammer at Port Chalmers this morning. It took place in the presence of the representatives of the shipping, members of the Harbor Board, officials of the Railway Department, the Mayer and . Corporation—about 200 ■ persons in all. The first block of metal did not weld well; but the second, third, and fourth were most successful. The hammer worked smoothly and jvith great precision. THE WRECK OB THE QUEEN BEE. j Nelson, Thursday, 6 p.m. The Lady Barkly has returned, after searching the neighborhood of Croixelles, but saw nothing of the'bussing boats, j The Naval Brigade go out, in their boat tonight to search. i Auckland telegrams are to hand stating that the South British policies on the Queen Bee amount to. £12,000, but this amount is reduced by reinsurance to £SOOO, or possibly £3OOO. | The mate of the Queen Bee reports that the ship made the ,New Zealand coast on Thurs’day. Had dirty weather to Cape Bare well, !and,on Monday night was abreast, of the light. Rounded to, and at midnight struck, the light bearing N. W„ and showing red. It was then ;near,Tow .water, and heavy seas at once com-, fenced to break oyer her, and she bumped so jheavilyThat the men could scarcely keep their jlegs. Had she been 200 yards further out she jwould have, cleared the Spit end. At six (o’clock thb passengers and crew left the ship. ;The captain and officers and two passengers i (Heiliard and Beckett) in the gig ; the lifeboat, | with some of the passengers, and the cutter, with Dr. and Mrs. Maunsell and’two children, (Misses Boseberry (2), Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs and ! children, Messrs, White and' Kartell, Mrs. lOheel and son, one AB apd three ordinary ; seamen. , The lifeboat was much damaged in (launching, and while knocking about ail. day | yesterday the women had to bale her but; Off j Awaroa they were .picked up by the, schooner 1 Merlin, and were shortly after transferred to j the Lady Barkly, which was returning from ■ the wreck. The captain of the Lady Barkly j says that the ship is completely submerged, j except a portion of the starboard quarter. : Mrs. Gibbs is in. a. terrible state of mind, as a number of her family are Tn the missing I boats; for ; which . the. Lyttelton, and :Lady ! Barkly pow. searching, the latter having | gone out again. The lifeboat was so much | damaged that she was abandoned., : ! Later.—There are no tidings yet of the missing boats.- The steamers Lyttelton and Lady B’U'kly are J still out searching. ‘ There is very great anxiety here. By direction of Lloyd’s Agents the Queen Bee, will be sold by public auction to-morrow morning. .