TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1941, 10 September 1889, Page 4

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

B; D. Orchard, an Auckland sharebroker and commission agent, has been committed for trial on five charges of forgery of promissory notes, the aggregate amount of the notes being £l6O. Up to' the present time no one has announced his intention of opposing Mr Hislop for the Oamaru seat, although there is a rumor that one of the defeated candidates at the last election will come forward. The requisitions to Mr Hislop hare been largely signed. The return football match, Wellington y. Wairarapa, was played at Wellington on Saturday, Wairarapa being defeated by 11 points to 10. In the last match Wairarapa, won by 5 points to 3. The Hon. W. Robinson, who returned to Christchurch from his legislative'duties on Thursday week, has been seriously ill since. On Saturday three doctors held a consultation and deem all hopes of an ultimata recovery impossible. His heart is affected.

There is trouble brewing between Professor Black and the tlniveraity Council re the vote of censure. He now says that he rupudiates it and regards its passing as a most ill-advised, unacademic, and insulting proceeding and ini a disciplinary aspect it seem more like the set of a big bully gripping your throat, than the aet of the supreme governing body of a respectable university.