TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5682, 16 June 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

. .> • , (pfiE PRESS AGENCY.) : : Auckland, Saturday.: Final preparations were made for the reception of the Governor to-day. { The Governor and suite will land at Onehunga at- ten-o’clock oh Monday, and will be : received by the Native Ministerand Judge Gillies, and an address be presented by the Onehunga Borough Council; He .will,drive ( thence by way of Epsom, thrdugh^the*triumphal’ arch at Newmarket, yujdmake a a bouque t will be . presented by children to - Lady Kobinsoh; ’ then through Parnell, and by .the Beach-road, to the foot or ! Queen-street, where there is another triumphal arch and a raised dais., An address will _be presented 1 by the City Corporation. Volupteera' and Friendly Societies will be'ahsembled. After this ceremony the procession will, pass up Queen-street by Wellesley-street east, to Government House. Here 2000 children will sing .the National Anthem. : ■The Star, in an article on Sir W. Eitzherbort, neyt Speaker of the Lords retires after a long and’useful, career in the stormy

field of politics, to the more serene and dignified region of the Upper House, where his deliberate, sent: mtious, and solemn deliverances, his strong leaning to Conservatism, and his intimate knowledge of Parliamentary forms and usages w ill find a more congenial sphere and scope. I fit is not out of place to remark here, Sir W.Fi tzherbert’s advanced age rendered kim unfit for the fatigues and stormy discussions of the more democratic Chamber. If there has been any fault in his political career, it has been a dispoait ion towards centralism, and to aggrandise the ’ Empire City at the expense of the rest of the co lony ; but this, at all events, however it may b e regarded by the rest of the colony, will be a pplauded by the people of Wellington as a shin ing virtue.” The 1 Native ?£imster has proclaimed Monday nexl ; a half-holiday ; all the Government offices it . consequence will be closed. In coi isequence of news from the Thames of gold bei ag struck in the,hanging wall of the Caledon: iau No. 3 level, shares were in active d emand to-day at £2 and upwards. The i oquest on the Onehunga fire has been fixed foi ■ Tuesday.

A native address to the Governor has been prepared by Sydney Taiwhanga, and will be presentee lat Government House. The address professes to represent the sentiments of the Ngapubi , Te Karawa, Ngatiwhatua, Ngatimaru, Lower Waikatos, and all the tribes which ’ went under the authority of the Govern n lent to the late native meeting. A high! y eulogistic address has been prepared for the < governor and Sir George Grey. At a meeting ef the Board of Education yesterda y afternoon, application was made for the sup ply of gymnastic apparatus to all the city soh ools. In the course of the discussion the sohe ol inspector took occasion to point out the desk .’ability of some system of gymnastics being p rovided for the girls as well as the boys. An immense number of girls, he averred, were growing up with narrow chests and rot md shoulders. The majority of the member s concurred in the inspector’s opinion, and th( ; advisability of introducing simple gymnafl tic exercise into the common schools of the city was generally admitted. In tl le ease of Captain Carey, who was mulcts® I in £6B and costs, Mr. Brookfield stated t hat the charge was laid under the 28th section of the Post Office Act, 1858, for keeping the mail from Napier to Auckland insecure. Che mail iu question, when: it landed, was tie d, but not sealed, and on being examined four registered letters were found to be mis/ling. One of these contained a draft for £3( J, payable to A. Grant, Onehunga, and on the same morning as the Rotorua arrived, this dr aft was cashed in the Union Bank, on the it leutification of Captain Oarey, who signed the back of the draft, to a man named Johnsi m, who had been acting as assistant cook o n the Rotorua, and this man was proved to hai re left in the Zealaudia for San Francisco. The fact, however, of an employee on bo >ard the Rotorua cashing the draft shows that he had access to the mails during ■ the voyage. Captain Carey, of course, did nc .t know what he was signing, and thought the d raft was payable to the man Johnson. The ( :ase was brought against the Union Company after repeated remonstrances, in order to prevent the mails being tampered with in futun ;. Mr. Brookfield said he had been instruct ;ed by the Postmaster-General to press for a heavy fine, as this was not a charge agaim it Captain Carey, but against the Union Steaa i Shipping Company, which had shown great neglect generally in not providing a prop* r place for the safe custody of the mails. In m tmerdus instances complaints have been received from persons who had suffered loss in consi jquence of neglect on board vessels belonging t;o the company. The Court imposed a fine of £ 25 and costs, and witnesses’ expenses, £43; in a tl, £6B. ; s-A. young: man named Churton fell heavily from his horse in Queen-street to-day, it is sup] posed while suffering under an epileptic fit. He was removed in an unconscious state. J, very narrow escape from drowning occurred in the harbor early this morning. She irtly before midnight the chief steward of the Rotorua accidentally walked over the edge of - the’ wharf, and fell into the water. He call ed loudly for assistance, but his cries were not heard for nearly two hours. During that tim e he was holding on to the pier, and at length was picked up in an exhausted state by some men from a collier in the harbor. They took him into the dingy, and conveyed him to the watermen’s house. A bottle of brandy was obtained, and the body was brisUy rubbed with alcohol. After the lapse of threequarters of an hour, the patient got restored to his senses, and proceeded to his vessel. The Mayor has received, an application from the Colonial Secretary of Fiji for a supply of vaccine lymph, the coolie ship, Leonides, with small-pox on board, having arrived at Levuka, from India. The request will be complied with. The Government has given an order to build a geod house for Rewi, at Kihikihi township, and a school for the education of the native children. All the disaffected natives bn the Waikato frontier have left for Taranaki. Wanganui, Saturday. The following are the acceptances for the Handicap Steeplechase: Baron, Grey Momus, Loch Lomond, Medora, Gazelle, Victor, The Don, Otawa, and Awahou.—Maiden Steeplechase : Baron, Abbess, Romney, Little-' Thought-of, Loch Lomond, Otawa, The Don, Gazelle, Arbitrator, Gay Boy. Dunedin, Saturday. Four small insolvencies have been filed; during the week. A company is to be floated to carry on the city tramway. • The ship Timaru has made the run Horae in 78 days. - , The Cromwell Company has crushed 9690z5. from 430 tong stuff. The information against Daniel Osborne, for attempted suicide, has been -dismissed, the Bench considering him irresponsible for his actions at the time. ■ Christchurch, Saturday, Elizabeth Dawe, charged with attempted suicide, was brought up this morning, aud discharged with a caution. At Ashburton, James Daly, a farmer, was committed for trial for obtaining money on false pretences. George Darrell takes his benefit to-night at the Theatre Royal, being the last night of the season. He plays hia own piece, entitled “ The Struggle for Freedom,” being a series of allegorical tableaux, during which Miss 'Solange Novarb’will sing the national songs of England, Ireland,: and Scotland. The season has been very successful. On Monday evening Mr. H. Towle’s amateur opera class will perform, for the first time iu Christchurch, Gilbei t and Sullivan’s comic opera ftH.M.S. Pinafore.’’ - Two; hundred dress circle seats have been reserved. It is highly: probable that a- vacancy for Cheviot will take place shortly. Nearly two hundred of the lately unemployed are now 'at work on the Waipara railway. ’ The first sod of the Waireka railway extension was turned at Windsor te-day by the Mayor of Oamaru, as Chairman of the OamarnNaseby Railway Committee, but owing to the. threatening aspect of the weather the train ' which-left Oamaru at noon was only partially filled. . A large; number of ladies who were to have formed part of the company were detained from going till about 2 o’clock. The Mayor, having been .presented with a spade by Mr. Usher, resident engineer, filled the first barrow-load of ■ earth amidst the cheers of the assemblage. At the lunch provided by iMessrs; Reid ‘ (Elderslie), ! and Menlove (Windspr Park), which was subsequently partaken of, his Worship, in proposing the toast of the Oamaru-Liyingatone Railway, sketched the history of the enterprise from its inception, in 1876 and ,1877. . He said , the amount of money allocated for'the work during the present.financial year would provide employment for 170 men at 8s! per day for three months., This statement was received with loud cheers by a number of the unemployed, who’ 'have',been engaged to take part in the work. After the ceremony, the company proceeded to Elderslie, and afterwards to Windsor Park, where they were:kindly entertained by Messrs. Reid and Menlove, and returned to town by the evening train. - - Blenheim, Saturday. . i The.-case.of Firth v, Brownlee , was finished :yesterday afternoon; verdict, for. defendant. In Davies v. Bothwell, ,an action of ejectment, - a,verdict was given, for the plaintiff. An application for a new trial will be made by Firth i in banco to-day. An appeal from the Resident Magistrate’s Court will also be heard. i