TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Volume I, Issue 65, 31 July 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

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Auckland, J". 1 )' 25.

The Rngliixi return, which completes the Waipa election, lias, arrived, and is'as follows :—Whitaker, 24; M'Minn, 3?.' The majority for M'Minn is 41, and the Returning Officer accordingly declared' him duly elected to-day.

The Conference of School Committees proposed to petition the Assembly to define the powers and privileges of Committees. A complaint is made that the Act provides that Committees shall be consulted in the appointment of teachers, and this is not done by the Education Hoard. July 29. A fire broke out at Newton this morning, which destroyed a two-storey house, the property of 0. King. It was insured in the Standard office for £2OO. The house was purchased twelve months ago for £330, and was empty at the time of the fire, as to the origin of which nothing has been discovered.

The steamer Geelong, on her way to Hokianga from Whangape, was caught in the storm, and lost a raft containing 50,000 feet of kauri timber which she Avas towing. The loss amounts to £4OO. Grahamstown, July 29.

\. travelling professor of medicine largely advertised in JShw Zealand was detected eloping with a barmaid. The damsel is in her teens, while the the professor, who hails from America, is quite fifty, and has a wife iu Auckland.

Christchurch, July 26. At a meeting last nigh', it was resolved that the proposed "Working Men's Ciub and Hotel should be conducted strictly on tempeiance principles. The Hon. John Hall and Messrs A. Duti'-an and John Grigg have been appointed as delegates to represent the Canterbury Agricultural Association at the Oamaru Conference respecting the establishmentof a National Agricultural Society for the Middle Island.

Sir J. Voge.l has written to the Government, forwarding a proposal that 30,000 to 50,000 acres of land should be set apart for immigrants of a superior class, with some capital ; a higher price to be charged them for land than if purchased in the Colony. Deferred payments to be allowed to some extent. He has also written suggesting that young men to the number of twenty, with some capital, sl.oul I be sent our from England to learn f inning here ; their capital to pay such miioiv.it as would entitle them to "receive land when they had practical experience to work it. The lion J. M.icuidrew endorses this proposal. Wellington*, July 25.

Th" ' Gazett-- ' to-night appoints E. J. Lee Jtevi-a'ng OIH -<>r for R.akaia, Ashbnrton Forks Kail Way I )i>trio!', and George \j Lee, presiding officer for the same district.

Mes-Ts Henderson, Auckland ; Buckley and Martin We l;ngt<>n, have been summoned to the Legislative Cou!ic : l. The llevs Pr'ston and Bar lay hav be n appointed members of the Geraldine Cemetery Board. £SOOO reward is again offered for t!ie manufa'tuie of t!ie hist 500 tons of beetroot suger in the Middle Island. July 31. A Conference of Municipal del gates met this afternoon. On motion of Mr Standish it was carried—" That in the opinion of this Conference the Government is not warranted in making - any deductions since Ist Jan. last, for the maintenance of either hospital or charitable institutions from subsidies granted by Parliament by way of endowment to municipalities, and that MessrsMoorhonse, Button, and Brett, interview the Government on the subject, with a view of ascertaining whether they are prepared to pay over such subsidies in full." Mr Charters moved, and : t was earned, '' That the expenses of the Conference be borne by all those boroughs which are represented thereat in proportion to population."- The Conference then commenced to go through the Municipal Corporations' A'-t, 1S7 1 ), clause by clause and adjourned at 4.30. In future they sit from 10.30 a.m. to nine o'clock.

Dunbdin, July 25

Mr Watt, R.M., has compiled a list of Justices of the Peace to tike the business iti the Police Court during the next three months.

The Head Office of the Public Works Department for the Middle Island is to be located here.

July 29. A supplementary Gazette to-day notifies the following reservation :—BOO acres, being part of rural section No. 30493, for the purpose of granting same to the Corporation of the Borough of Bangiora ; and 855 acres, being also part of the same section, for the Corporation of the Borough of Sydenham.

July 29. Tho attendance at the Dunedtu High School has increased lately, and an additional master was appointed on Saturday. Tne public billiard matches between Roberts and Shorter fell through in consequence of the paucity of attendance They played at the Punedin Club on Saturday. Roberts conceded 250 points, nnd won easily. Telegrams lift ye been received from tho Government that in the matter of the site of the goods station they cannot act contrary to the opinion of Sir John Coode. Should t]\G Government persist in adopting Mr Maeandrew's plan, the local representative bodies would probably appeal to Parliament. Several members of the police force have resigned within the last two months in consequence of the low rate of pay.

Mr Ross intends petitioning against the return of Mr Driver for Roslyn. on the grounds of bribery and corruption. At the official declaration of the poll to-day, he said that if the elector's had been left to vote as they pleased Mr Driver would not have been returned. Mr Driver replied that this statement was an insult to the 335 electors who had voted for him. Mr Ross said he would have insulted them had he kept a public-house open for their convenience. Mr Driver replied, "Itis a lie." Other personalities were also indulged in.

...•.'.--. 'Timartt, July CO. A meeting of the Timaru Borough ■ Council was held last night. Six tenders were opened for the supply of iron piping for the Timaru water scheme. A' - cepted-E. Mills, Wellington, 10,954/. Special castings, 13s 9d per cwt. An inquest was "held''to-day on the body of F. Fyuinore, who was found at Saltwater Creek yesterday afternoon. The -jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity. " - t V ■-Westport, July 28.-J__^. TheKoranui Coal Mining Company has appointed Mr "Bobson. engineer, and called for tenders for colliery works at Waimugoa. Eight and a half tons of stone from the . new leader in Maloney s claim at the Lyell have been crushed," and yielded 175 ounces of retorted gold.