TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1808, 27 October 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

It is stated that a private telegram has been received in Wellington lo the effect tliat the Victorian B inks hav* trained 'he rate of interest one per cent all round. The two men McMahon and Hay tor, charged with damaging property at the Onehnnga reservoir contract eirly on Sunday morning last, were fined 10a and coats each at'the Auckland Police Court. They pleaded that they had gone in (ho night to ascertain the depth of water in the reservoir, as they would not be permitted by the contractor to see it during ihe day, and they,were ratepayers having in interest, in the: main. .

A mah named Emanuel Amos, formerly residing in the ! Wellington district, and latterly employed in bush fe'iiog ;in tlie Waiknto, died suddenly on Friday las!-. Hft had suffered from injuries received by a fall of earth at Wellington. j A letter from Okatito, West Coast, condemns the beach dredgers (harej aB not being powerful enough for the work they have to do. Tenders are called for construction of a dredge poutoon for a claim on tho South Beach.

A telegram from Dunedin elates thai the difficulty between the Seamen's Union and the Shipowners' Association has been satisfactorily settled by negotiations between Mr James Mills on behalf of the Association, and the Vice-President and Secretary on behalf of the Federated Union.

Three men stuck up a butcher in a dray while on his way from Cullensville (Mahakipawa diggings) to Mahakipawa Creek, and robbed him of £4 odd. One of the men was arrested on Thursday morning.

The Governor is to be invited to a farewell banquet at Christchurch in November. Gaoler O'Brien, of Lyltolton, haying been disrated and ordered to Hokilika, "in consequence of the escape of Jonathan Robert*, and chief warder Bell, who w«s in charge at Ripa Island, having been reduced to the rank of warder, considerable indignation dus been aroused in Lyttelton. A petition asking for . O'Bs-ien's retention is being signed, and indignation meetings are spoken of. O'Brien suggested that Roberts should not stent to Ripa'lsland, but kept at work in the gaol, but the suggestion was not adopted. Consequent upon the settlement of the c'iflicti ty between the Seamen s Union and the Shipowners' Association, the Jubilee Company, Auckland, which waH established in opposition to the Northern Company, is to be wound up. The company has not proved a paying investment. The rates were fixed on too low a scale.

T • Auckland Star publishes a letter showing that the sweating system prevails in Auckland on the same lines as in Dunedin.

At Christchurch on James Buckley, sentenced to three years', probation and to pay £lO expenses on April 9th, was brought before Mr Justice Ward, in banco,' charged with not having reported himself to the police or paid any, of the money. He pleaded that he had been looking for work. Mr Martin, the Crown Solicitor, offered to give him work for a few days. The judge ordered ibim to begin his probation again from this date. This is the first case of the kind in colony. The Bank of New Zealand at Hokitika shipped 22000zs of gold valued at £BBOO. Father Walshe, parish priest atKumara, sustained severe bruiser by falling from a buggy whilst going to Waimea. He was unconscious for three-quarters of an h«ur, and was subsequently conveyed in a buggy to His injuries era believed not to be serious.

At a meeting held to consider the advisa* bility of holding an exhibition in Dunedin in December 1889, a strong executive committee was appointed with power to add to their number. It was resolved to leave the question open as to whether the exhition should be colonial, international, or intercolonial. Representatives of four firms intimated that they would subscribe £IOO each to the guarantee fund, and several other promises of smaller amounts were received.