LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1213, 29 November 1882, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Tfer united press association]. OAMARU, This day. The cricket match was resumed at 1.30. The weather was splendid. Auckland, with six wickets down for 142, resuming their first innings. Gardiner and O’Brien resumed their places at the wickets, the former taking first ball from Walls, G. Millington bowling at the other end. Gardiner played both bowlers for singles, and O’Brien scored 2, the former being soon after bowled by Millington, 7, ll—lo 3. Buckland was next, j but the third ball took his stumps, flillfol- | lowed, and showed some splendid play till j he wa? cleverly caught by Kneen, 9, 81 — , 208. Lankham was the last man in, and j some rapid scoring was made between them j till O’Brien was stumped, 10, 35 - total of | first 235. Lankham carried out his ! bat for 10. INVERCARGILL, This Day. ! Mr Archibald Forbes, the famous war cori respondent, has commenced his lecturing i tour of New Zealand here last evening to a ! full house. The lecture was highly apprecij ated, and afforded great pleasure. On Thursj day, St. Andrew’s Day, the Caledonian and ■ Gadic Societies give Mr Forbes an ovation, ’ and have invited him to a banquet in the i evening at which he will receive a Scottish ■ welcome to New Zealand. DUNEDIN, This Day* I G. B. King, the Town Clerk of Lawrence, ! committed suicide last evening, having taken i chlorodyne. Until a few months ago he had | been a leading spirit in the Good Templar , Lodge, but lately he had been given to I drink. 1 A married woman named McVicar, residing f in South Dunedin, made a determined at- : tempt to commit suicide by cutting her i throat with a carving-knife. She had been j suffering from asthma, and had threatened I the previous day to drown herself. Possibly ■ she may recover. i Lady Emma has beeen scratched for the i St. Andrew’s Handicap. The Coroner’s jury at the inquest found that Mr King’s death was caused by asphyxia, accelerated by inadvertently taking an overdose of chlorodyne, and not otherwise. Later. Lady Emma’s scratching is officially denied but she is reported as having gone wreng. Mrs McVicar died last night from the result of injuries self inflicted. At a further meeting of Singer’s creditors to-day it was agreed to accept a compromise of 8s in the £, half cash, and the balance at four months. Debts to upwards of £lO,OOO j were proved. : AUCKLAND, This day. i The son of Mr H. Lane, of the Saw Mills, i Russell, aged 5 years, fell off a rock into the I sea, and was drowned. ' Hugh Hamilton, aged 32, employed by A. : Clark and Co., returned home early this ' morning, and in entering his bedroom fell j against the bedstead, fracturing his skull. ; He was found unconscious in his room at , daylight, and died in the forenoon. He i leaves a wife and three children. ■ The owners of the barque Gazelle have | issued a writ against the Commissioner of | Customs for the value of the vessel, and I damages for detention by the Customs officers. Some time ago lOOlbs of contraband ! tobacco were found on board, and the captain i was fined £lOO, which he paid. The vessel j was subsequently seized by the Customs. REEFTON, This Day. I A public meeting is to be held here to- . morrow, to protest against the exclusion of the consideration of the West Coast route by ' the Railway Commission, and asking that a j fresh Commission be appointed. NELSON, This Day. i A fire broke out at Child’s cabinet-making | and steam turnery works this afternoon, j When discovered the fire had a good hold of : the roof. It was extinguished with difficulty, ! but not before the upper portion of the bail'di iug was destroyed. The building was insured in the Norwich Union for £200; stock, &c., uninsured. The origin of the fire is suppos<'d to be from a spark alighting on the roof,

CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. At a meeting of the Presbytery of Christchurch held yesterday, the following resolutions were passed in reference to the charges made against the minister of St. Andrew’s Church, which have been occupying the attention of that body for some time past;—“That having heard the report of the Committee appointed to enquire into certain rumors affecting the character and ministerial standing of the Rev. Charles Fraser, and having hoard also and carefully considered the depositions of the witnesses for and against; also, the explanations and i rebutting evidence adduced by the Rev. j Charles Fraser laid upon the table, the Pres- ' bytery have resolved to proceed by way of libel, in strict accordance with the law of the Church, and that a committee be apI appointed to prepare a libel ; that the Rev. i Charles Fraser be suspended from the office I of the holy ministry forthwith, and that the Moderator of the Presbytery (the Rev. A. , Blake) be now appointed Moderator of St, Andrews’s kirk session, and to preach in St. Andrew’s Church next Lord's day ; also, that the Presbytery express its strung disapproval of Mr Fraser’s conduct in excluding them from the usual place of meeting, and in his unworthy attempt to escape from discipline,and in withdrawing himself from the jurisdiction of the Church in direct contraventionof his ordination vows." WELLINGTON, This Day. Mr Chas. White, manager of the Wellington Land and Building Company, Wellington Building Society,and Albion Gold Mining Company, who left here on the sth inst., j ostensibly with the object of visiting the 1 suburbs of Auckland, is believed to have 1 left the Colony by the last San Francisco mail steamer. The police authorities have the matter in hand, and are making enquiries to ascertain, if possible, the whereabouts of Mr White. The Government have decided to extend by three months the time allowed for the commencement of the direct steam service, and have fixed July and October respectively for the first boats to start from England and New Zealand. At a special meeting of the Bankruptcy Court to-day, a discharge was granted to J. L. Hall. It is understood that Mr and Mrs Hall have been engaged by Messrs Williamson, Garner, and Musgrove to sustsin the leading parts in the Christmas Pantomime at Sydney. The property tax for the current financial year has been made payable on the 25th of Jshuarv next.

The Appeal Court was occupied all day hearing the case of Hurroy v. Bank of New South Wales [Gisborne]. It was adjourned until to morrow morning. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report, under date, London, Nov. 25th :—ln the wool market the sales comprise about 99,000 bales. Up to date 30,000 bales have been sold, and 2,800 bales withdrawn. The Home and German demand is good, but from other quarters the demand is poor. The following descriptions of wool have declined .(d to Id per lb., viz., scoured short staple merino, coarse greasy cross-bred, coarse washed cross-bred and coarse scoured cross-bred. The market remains unchanged for superior greasy and greasy wools, and is firmer for ffne crossbred.

■ ’ The fltat steamer of the New Zeal&iid Sh!p» ping Company's line will proceed to Wellington and Lyttelton, and load at the latter port in March. After that the directors of the Company will be open to make satisfactory arrangements for loading steamers of the line at Port Chalmers and other places as the trade may warrant. The steamers are all to be furnished with the most approved refrigerating machinery. The vessels are not likely to exceed a draught of water of 22ft. to 23ft. loaded. The passenger accommodation of the boats which arc being built for the Company by Messrs. Elder and Co. of the Clyde, will be of a most superior description, and the vessels will be fitted with all modern appliances. The sea-going speed will be twelve knots, With such boats a 45 to 50 days’ service with easy running will be assured.