TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1526, 16 December 1886, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

At the annual meeting of the Auckland City Council yesterday Dr Devore was installed as Mayor. The annual reports by the Corporation officers were received. The Inspector of Abattoirs reported that 44,519 head of cattle had been slaughtered during the year, an increase of 805 on the previous year. The inspector under the Adulteration Act reported that he had analysed 129 samples of food and beverages, and found five samples of milk, sixteen of groceries, end 10 of temperance beverages adulterated. Dtiring . the nine months the Lock Hospital was open there were 41 admissions, ages ranging from 10 to 46 years. At the District Court, Hawera, on Wednesday, Benjamin Ward, convicted of. larceny, was recommended by the jury for probation, Judge Rawson said, in his opinion the Act was mainly intended for young persons and children, and it was not meant to giye license to people to steal once without fear of imprisonment. In consideration of the jury's recommendation, the sentence was ooly'three months. .A conference of representatives* in various districts of the Order of Foresters in New Zealand commenced at Wellingr ton Ipt Tuesday night. Jt was decided to allow the consideration of the ad vieableness of establishing and subsiding a High Court in New Zealand to stand over till later in the meeting. The following scale of entrance fees was agreed on 18 to 25 years, ss; 25 to 30, 10s; 30 to 35, 15s; 35 to 40, 255. If, wp also decidpd that a uniform scalp of contributions he charged throughout the colony, and a committee wsa ap< pointed to draw up a scale and also draft a scheme of clearances. Consideration of rate of sick pay and funeral benefits was referred to the same committee. At a meeting of the Committee of the Wellington shareholders of the New Zealand Company on Tuesday last, a . communication was read from M r Murray-Ayosley, Chairman of Directors, stating that the limitation of the Board of Directors to the present number was approved of at the general meetings of the shareholders in 1882 and 1886, and that the 4rticjes of did not pro? vide, for the formation of Local Boards of Maoagement in the colony. He further stated that the office of managing director had been abolished, and steps were being taken to secure greater economy in working, and urged that the Wellington shareholders should await the report of Mr Harper, one of the directors who had gone to England to endeavor to put the ffionagement of the Company into a belter position. After a discqssipn, it wa? ' resolyed fo reply that while the northern shareholders were willing to. wait a reasonable time for the pienj; of Mr harper's mi“Bi°h to England, they wgre noj; disposed to defer action for an indefinite time. A list of Weilington shareholders, qualified and willing to accept the position of directors, was then prepared, and arrangements made for securing the necessary number votes. It was resolved tq epptinue pet: sistent and pnergetiq aptipp iii the pUrec? tion of securing adequate representation 6o the Board. The Blenheim shareholders wrote promising their support,