LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1205, 18 November 1882, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[i j rr VniTed f.Rpi«e AgsdLJATt'dNj. ; UUNEDIN, This Day. | Bi rk. ’e's brewery was partially bunted down ! this morning. The building and plant were j ihsured for £5OO in the following offices :— i ilainburg-Madgdebuig, Scottish Imperial, , Australian Alliance, South British, New Zea- i land; Colonial, and United. The place was ’ leased by Mr Richard Whitingham. malster, j whose stock was uninsured. He loses about ( £4OO. The origin of the fire ?s unknown, i but it was 'piobably occasioned by sparks , from a passing train, About £3OO is rlready collected for the 1 boy VVeljb, who lost both his legs aa the I result of exposure to the snow. This amount will be invested for his benefit. A petition is to be presented ngaint the ; the removal of Gaoler (’aldwcll io Auek- 1 i-y.... , i At t>ie atijo’.irned meeimg or binger s ere- • drtvr? nn ofi’er by l.iic debiou of Sa in (he £ wi? made, but a majorily resolved tl.at unless I lOs in the £ be guaranteed by Monday the ! debtor would be compelled to file. | WELLINGTON, This Day. I H i«! tlrtclcratood that the Hon. Mr * Brycb lias written a letter to Wahanui, but ' when the messenger went to deliver the mis- ; sive it was ascertained tbit Wahanui had gone to. Mokau to attend the funeral of his i sister, who had just died there. The Native ' messenger has, however, again been sent in ! with the letter. A despatch from the Secretary of State i for the Cob'nies, states that the petition to ! the Queen from the Senate of the New Zealand University, asking for power to confer degrees, in sciences had been presented to Her Majesty, together with the Ministerial recommendation in favor of it, and that the Queen had been pleased graciously to grant , the petition. Lord Kimberley, however, points out that the letters patent cannot be prepared until the local legislature has modi* i lied or repealed the New Zealand University : Act of 1875. It maV be mentioned that until tills Act Is mollified or repealed the letters patent are useless. Some changes arc about to be niade in the management of the Government Insurance Department. Mr Hepburn Lyall, chief accountant, is to be appointed .secretary to the Department, and placed in charge of the inside staff. Air George Thorne Aylney, having charge, of the outside staff, both 1 being, as heretofore, under Commissioner D. AL Liickie. Air Godfrey Knight resigns the management of the industrial branch, i which will lie combined with the ordinary . department, and conducted by Alessrs. Lyall and Thorne as inside and outside managers, under Commissioner Godfrey Knight, who retains his old position as head actuary, and Is about Io be despatched’tu Melbourne on an , official mission in connection with the department. The tender of Messrs Alurdoch ami Rose . for the alteration to the Parliamentary Building lias been accepted at £9,600. Kellar and Canard, Illusionists, opened ; here last night with immense success. AUCKLAND, This day. Thomas Hugh Lloyd and Richard Pearce, arrested on a charge of brutally asssaulting ' a Maori man ami woman at Onehunga. After hearing the evidence the Bench dis- ! cl larged the accused. Albert E. Long lias been committed for trial on the charges of attempting to murder his father, and attempting to commit suicide. It is now thought that Savage met his death by drowning, and not by foul play. Air J . McCosh Clark has for the third term been returned as Mayor unopposed. 'William Ncagle, charged with a breach of the 'shipping Act, in making a false declarations to the examiner of seamen, the Magistrate said that it was the first offence of the kind in Auckland, and defendant was fined £5. Air C. K. McAHllun, nephew of Sir AVilliam McArthur, and managing partner in the firm of McArthur ami Co. neve, was severely horsewhipped in Queen-street today by a man named Connell, who had been engaged in the island trade, and who it is stated the firm sold up,