TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1414, 5 November 1885, Page 1

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

The schooner Olive arrived from the Friendly Islands at Auckland on Monday unexpectedly, having been sent to Auckland for supplies of provisions, the residents there running short. Church matters in the islands are worse than AVAt? Professor Von Haast, the New Zealand Commissioner to the Indian and Colonial Exhibition, is now in Auckland. He leaves for London in January. The Picton Fish Curing Company have received an orde.r from a firm of Wellington merchants for the supply of 10,000 caseß ot fish next season. The. Colonial Secretary has sufficiently recovered to be able to resume his official duties. The enquiry into the collision between the steamers Jane Douglas and- Tui recently was commenced at Wellington on Monday afternoon, and after taking portions of the evidence was adjourned Thursday fortnight. •- Two prisoners escaped from the Mount Cook Gaol on Monday. While working with tho hard-labor gang they got off io their prison clothes in the direction of Yogelton. ' The convicts were Herbert Allendale, undergoing a sentence of, four years for jewel robbery ai Jenness', and Frederick Middleton, undergoing a seven, years' sentence for hoise stealing..;, They were ultimately recaptured by the chief gaoler, by whom they were found concealed under the floor of, a email house. Middleton is a prisoner from Hokitika, and is somewhat noted for previous attempts to esoape from custody.

The sohooher Maiti,. which arrived at Auckland early on Tuesday morning, reports that an active volcano has appeared 47 miles N.N.W. from Tonga, in the position of Aulebaro. reef.. It was four miles long, and 200 feet high, and when the Maiti left it was still increasing in size. A young man named Robert Wilson was drowned on Friday last in Little Wanganoi River, near the Karamaa settlement. He was crossing in a canoe, when it turned towards the surf, and Wilson, apparently getting frightened, jumped.into the stream, and was. drowned before those in his company'could rescue him. The deceased's father is a boiler* maker at Invercargill. A bo\ nine years old, the son of Willi'tin South, contractor, Hals well, died on Monday through injuries caused by the kick of a horse. A cablegram' has been received from the West Cqast railway delegates to the effa'ot that are negotiating with a substantial syndicate,''and hope to send details shortly. His Honor Mr Justice Johnston, and a special, Jury .of twelve, wore occupied al Monday in trying an action for defamation of character—-W. J. .Simmons v. J. B. '■ Banks. The plaintiff; Who claimed £IOOO .damages, was 'formerly licensee of the Warwick (now the Queen's) Hotel, and .recently .onfleaypred p arrange for the purchase.ot a seventeen years' lease of the Junction Hotel, to which? defendant lives next door. The words,alleged to be slanderous were certain reflections cast on the plaintiff's character by the defendant when the latter was obtaining signatures to a memorial against the license of the Junctiou Hotel being transferred to the plaintiff. . As a matter of fact, the Licensing Committee refused, the transfer, but the Chairman, MrJHarman, said they were not influenced by the memorial. The jury found for plaintiff, with damages £25. At;the annual meeting of .-the Mutual Benefit Building and Investment Society of Canterbury (permanent) held in Christchurch'on Monday night the profits of the year ware stated as £1277, and a dividend of rather over .10 per cent was declared. A detective has left for Melbourne to bring back William Dickson on. a charge of embezzlement from his employers— Marshall and Oopeland." A large meeting of natives was held at Maugaronga (Anckland), on Saturday, when a large section of the Ngatmaniopoto signed a document giving-'over their lands to Tawhaio. Major Te Wheoro read a letter from Lord Derby, saying that all matters of wrong committed before 1862 the Imperial Government, would put right, and all wrongs done after 1862 they would instruct the Colonial Government to put right. When Mr Ballance meets the natives they may refuse to receive money for land, which they propose giving hira, their object being that there shall be no excuse for the Government holding any lien on their land. The natives are much exercised over reading in the papers that a gentleman has been appointed a 3 a purchaser of native lands for railway purposes', ami' think the appointment should not have been, made till they had discussed the matter and agreed to the lands being.sold. A letter was received on Tuesday at the Auckland Harbor Board; from L. D. Nathan and Co., announcing that the Shaw Savill and Albion Company's steamers would not make Auckland in future a port of call till a suitable depth of water was provided at the wharf for steamers drawing ,26ft when loaded and coaled. The letter Was referred to the Works Committee. Wm. Rex Hose, lately acquitted at Wanganui on a charge of forgery, haß been arrested on auother 1 charge. The new charge is that he forged the name of G. Hutchison, solicitor, to a cheque for £6 3s. . He has been remanded for eight days. The Drapery and Importing Company of New Zealand held their first annual meeting in Dunedin on Friday (Mr Hallenstein in the chair), when a dividend of 8k per cent, and a bonus of 6J per cent. to shareholders on tire.amount of purchases to the 20th August were declared. Captain Oiiver, formerly of H.M. Navy and now Chief of Police at Fiji, has been appointed Secretary to the Auckland Club at a salary of £3OO a year. There were sixty applicants." Archdeacon Pratt died at Anckland on Saturday morning. Deceased arrived in the colony U 8 chaplain to Bishop Hobhouse in 1857, and was among the first who took part in the Melanesian mission, the orginisation of which is due to hira. After the war he- was the first clergyman in the Waikato, being stationed at'Hapuhapu. He has been incumbent it St. Mark's, Remuera, since 1871, and has been in failing health for two years past.. Tliere are over 250 entries for the Dog Show to be held in. Christchurch in the race week. Entries have beeu received from* all parts of the colony. A meeting attended by about 3000 persons, was held in the Tuam Street Hall, Christchurch, on Friday night, to inaugurate the Thursday half-holiday in :connection ;with the shopkeepers of Christchurch. The Dean presided, and addresses were delivered by Sir J ulius Vogel, Mr John Holmes, .M.U.R., l)rs Frankish and■ Turn.bu.ll,. and 'several; clergymen and others. Of a, total of,' 161 traders canvassed 156 consented to 'close, thua releasing.6oo assistaats, male,and female. On the) juotion of Sir', Julius Vogel, It was resolved' unanimously—" That in the opinion/ of the support bo cordially.given by the employers is sufficiently strong to warrant' the Thursday half-holiday lading' p^t"into operation here." November 19th was suggested as the date for its "commencement. ... The Government have received no information re the cablegram- from Sydney to the effect that the. steamlrs Australia undZealandia are tp proceed direct to J San Francisco, calling ;at| Honolulu.