TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5813, 15 November 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(PER PRESS AGENCY.) Dunedin, Friday. John Tyrell, actor, has been arrested for passing a valueless cheque. He was remanded to Christchurch. There is great rejoicing here over Betrayer’s victory. Moffat, engineer, of Balclutha, and father of Captain Moffat, of the Napier, died suddenly yesterday morning. The special committee of the Chamber of Commerce will report to this afternoon’s adjourned meeting the following resolutions arrived at by them :—l. That it is the opinion of your committee that, for the purposes of revenue, a property tax should be imposed, and that the present tariff be interfered with as little as possible. 2. That should the imposition of a property tax not meet the financial requirements of the Government, the required amount should be made up from the following articles, viz. : Tea, sugar, tobacco, cigars, beer duty), matches, wiues, and all goods on which ad valorem duties are now levied ; grain as previously. At Palmerston, yesterday evening, the daughter of John Hewitt, a settler, aged five years, was burnt to death during her parents’ absence. Otari, Friday. The remains of the late Judge Young left here yesterday afternoon in a conveyance for Wellington, escorted by Mr. W, Orey and the late Judge’s Assessor. The remains were followed out of the township by the European inhabitants. Great sympathy is felt here amongst the Europeans and natives at the bereavement of the late Judge’s family. Masterton, Friday.

Messrs. Edwin Feast and A. tV. Renall were nominated to-day for the Mayoral election. _ Christchurch, Friday,

Thomas Taughan, charged with playing roulette on the racecourse yesterday, was sentenced to fourteen days’ imprisonment with hard labor, under the Vagrant Act. Auckland, Friday. Two hundred and fifty immigrants by the ship Waikato landed to-day. Tiic new for All Saints Churcuj wdicd arrived in the ship Waikato, cost £4OO. The body of the man, George Day, who, with his son was drowned by the upsetting of a boat on Saturday last, was found floating in the harbor to-night, . Gkahajistown, Friday.

Alburniaa receded during the day to 555., but closed firm at 60s. The outlook is hardly so favorable in the mine ; the breaking down has been postponed till Monday. A man named Piaton, charged with an unnatural offence at Mr. Austin's Belmont Farm, Ohinemuri, was brought before the Resident Magistrate this morning, and committed for trial. HOKITIIA, Friday.

At last night’s sitting of the Westland County Council, the following resolutions were carried “ That, iu the opinion of _ this G 1 is inadvisable and impolitic to r. " ‘ abolish the gold duty, as contempl,-. i •••.• the House of Representatives, as the miners themselves have not asxed for such reduction ; and that Messrs. Reid, Seddon, and Gisborne be requested not support such measures as would tend to cripple the prinpal sources of revenue the goldfields counties and boroughs are depending upon to carry out

l,vj Al-n. “That it » advUdfi-r t<» r-duce tho price o' mh.e*' rights fr »m one pound to five shil'iugs, a? il that Messrs. K--: 1, Seddm, an-] Gisborne b j requested to advocate such reduction*, instead of reducing the gold due?. ’

Reeftox. Friday. Great public regret is felt here at the death of the late Mr. 0. Broad, RAT.

Xc i* hone I the G wornment will proce ed at once to fix the appointment of wardr-n«, both here and at Greymouth. a* the existing arrangements gr-at public inconvenience in Inangabua. It is h»ped also that the appointment will be bestowed upon officers of the requisite training and previous judicial exoerience.