TELEGRAPHIC.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42778, 14 September 1905, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

[By Telegraph—Press Assooiaton.l Auckland, this day. The Manapouri’s passengers passed close to the volcano in Savaii, which is still active, and witnessed a brilliant spectacle at night. It is estimated that the volcano has ejected millions of tons. The crater is about seven miles inland. A large stream of lava flows down the sides of the mountain, completely filling the gully, but has not yet reached the sea. So far there has been no loss of life in Samoa. The Zeitung reports that a big “efoga” which means “you may slaughter and cook us ” was held in front of the Government house on August i 7, in which pardon was sought for the Tamasese and Malealiifans. Over a thousand chiefs were present all related to these chiefs. The Governor refused to remit the sentence of importation. Martin Whelan and Edward Robt. Waller, employed at HeUaby’s Butchery establishment pleaded guilty on two counts of conspiring and stealing meat from the firm, and were, commit’ed for sentence.

Christchurch, This Day. Th 6 Departmental inquiry into breaches of the postal regulations has not began to-day. It is not known when it will be taken. The officers charged have not been informed. Mr Willis, in the defence filed, points out that the inquiry will be of no benefit from his point of view, as it will not deal with the real question at issue. Mr Lickfield, Man agei of the Bank of New Zealand at Christchurch, emphatically denies that any teller in the bank of New Zealand said he had seen a cheque bearing on the voucher, and says he is ready to confront Mr Willis with the whole staff, each one of whom will deny ever stating to any prominent business man that such a cheque had been seen, or that any business man had ever asked for information of the kind.

A crowded meeting of representsti v< s of all branches of labour was held last night when war was declared by workers, against the Harvester Trust. Great enthusiasm and unanimity prevailed condemning the met bods of this American trust. Resolutions were passed calling on parliament to interfere and provide measures to effectually check interference withlocal industry and asking for the cooperation and support of the whole of the organised labour of the colony. A fire broke out on the Norwegian barque Alma, lying at Gladstone pier, through a candle overburning and setting light to a heap of oakum. The brigade was called and damage cons fined to the destruction of a quantity of sails etc. Dunedin This day. Scott and Bramley are now being tried for the murder of the Chinaman Ham Ling Tong, For the prosecution ii is alleged that Bramley had a rifle carrying a bullet like that which killed deceased. A belt found under, the body was evidently torn from one of the assailants, and was such as Bramley used to wear. In deceased’s hand was a portion of a neckerchief like one Scott wore. The latter was known to be impecunious but a day or two after the murder was flashing money about, producing note after note, and concerning this money he told different stories, Wellington, This Day. Sir Robert Stout, in a letter to the 1 imea, referring to a published denial by the Lord Chancellor, of delay in dealing with colonial cases before the Privy Council, says that during the last fifteen years twenty-nine New Zealand cases were decided by the Council. Three of these tank, from the dalo of final decision by the New Zealand court to the date of Privy Council’s decision, from nine months to under one year, Thirteen took Borne over one, and under two years; of these 13, nine took between two and three years, two, three to four years, one over fiv’, aud one required seven years. The Chief Justice adds that the Lord Chancellor has assumed that he blamed the Privy Council for the delay but “I did not state who in my opinion was to blame. I said, an dl repeat, that the judicial system under which such delays occur requires reformation. Lyttelton, This Day. During the passage of the barque, Elizabeth Graham, from Newcastle to Lyttelton,' a seaman named Robt. Bull fell from a yard, struck the ship’s side and went ovorboard. Although his right leg was broken and severely bruised, he caught a rope and' held' on till pulled aboard. Invercargill, This Day. A petition signed by ten medical men and others has been sent to the Governor asking for a commutation of Swan’s sentence on the ground that it is doubtful if he is not insane. Mr Gilfedder has been asked to stand as Government candidate for Wakatipu and will probably consent.