TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1430, 21 November 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

The Ringarooma which arrived at Auckland from Sydney on Wednesday brought 86 passeagers for Auckland and 17 for southern ports. The majority of the Auckland visitors to the Mel. bd ime Cup meeting returned by her. The following representatives from Auckland to the Congregational Union to be hold at Timaru left by the Retorua on Wednesday :—The Revs T. Adams, W. C. Loss, and H. W. Miller, Captain Daldy nnd Messrs John Milne, Noah and Wood. A meeting; of licensed victuallers and others interested in the trade has been held at Wellington at the instance of » delegate from Auckland. A Licensed Victuallers' Association Committee was formed to discuss what steps should be taken to have two or three clauses in the Licensing Act repealed. Steps will also be taken to establish unity among the trade to support any member for Parliament who will further their interests. Wednesday night'a Supplement to the Gazette contains warrants appointing the following as Commissioners for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition :—Tlie Marqnis of Normanby, Sir James Ferguson, Sir F. D. Bo»l, Sir Thus. Gore Browne, Sir Penrose G. Julyan, die Hob. Sir E. W. Stafford, the Hon. Sir Join. Hall, Sir Charles Clifford, Mr Thorna* Russell, the Hon. W. Gisborne, tlie Hon. A. Domett, the Hon. R. Phurazyn, M.L.C., Dr W. L. Bailer, Mr W; P. Cowlishaw, Mr F. G. Dalgetty, Dr von Haast, Mr W. Harris, Mr F. Lsrkworthy, Mr D. Larnach, Mr 11. 0. Reid, and Mr J. Ross. Sir F. D. Bell is appointed President of the Commission and Executive Commissioner, and Dr Yon Haast is lo be Commissioner in charge of the exhibits. It is rumored that a valuable discorery of rich and well-defined gold-bearing quartz reefs has been made in the vicinity of Wellington somewhere between there and the Wairarapa district. Tie Miuister of Mines has received information, bin will not disclose particulars until a report has bees made. The proprietors of boot and other factories at Christchurch are very much opposed to the Thursday half-holiday movemstU, and the City Council have demurred to declaring Thursday the day on which, factory hands are entitled to a half-holiday under the amended Empleyment of Females and Others Act. At a meeting of the National Insurance Company at Dunedin, Mr J. M. Ritchie presided. An amendment to the resolution to adopt the balance sheet was proposed by Mr Walter, who moved to declare a dividend. The amendment was carried on a show ef hands, bat was lost by a large majority on a poll being taken, a number of shareholders walking out o" the room. Messrs Gleudioning Hallen* stein, Kempthorne and Edmund Smith were elected Directors. to the boisterous weather, the Rimatuka, with the Governor on board, did not get away from Wellington until 5.30 on Thursday morning. The steamer arrived at Ljttelton the same night, but Bwingr to the lateness of the hour His Excelleucy did not go on to Christchurch till the following morning. The argument in the appeal case Ward v. National Bank wbs concluded t«> Thursday afternoon. Judgment reserved. Thomas Noonan, an ex-gaol warder, ha* been arrested at Dunedin for assault with intent to commit a rape, and was remanded till Monday. The Wairarapa enquiry closed on Thursday morning. William Sinclair, a laborer, was killed through a fall from his horae at Green Island (Otago). At the Dunedin Education Board meeting a resolution was passed— "That firstclass pupil teachers be allowed to take the matriculation examination of the New Zealand University, in place of the examination prescribed by the Board's regulations; and such pupil teachers shall be held to have satisfied the requirements of the Board, if they pass the matriculation examination or obtain a sufficient number ef marks to satisfy the Board Inspectors that they have attained the proficiency required by the regulations." At the Wesleyan district meeting, Dunedin, on Thursday, a resolution was passed sympathising with the efforts now being made for the promotion of social pnrity, and recommending the Conference to urge upon the Legislature the raising of the age of protection to females, and making laws relntihg to social immorality more equal in relation to the sexes. A similar resolution was passed at Christchurch. Dr Roaeby, Congregational Minister for the past fourteen years in Dunedin, was a passenger for Melbourne on Thursday, having accepted a call to Ballarat. The annual Show of the North Otago A. and P. Association was held on Thursday. The weather was very boisterous, and the attendance was little short of last yaar. The show of Ayrshire cattle and sheep was good, the principal prize cups being won by the following exhibitors : Thoroughbred horses, Mr J. Spence; Ayrshire cattle, A. and J. McFarlane ; strong combing merino sheep, Executors of the late A. McMaster ; Leicester sheep, Hon. M. HolmeB; Lincoln sheep, Hon. M. Holmes ; dairy produce, Mrs R. Meek. The Association has made extensive improvements on the Show Ground, and most of the stock are now under shelter.