TELEGRAPHIC

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1312, 2 April 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC

UNITED I'IIESS ASSOCIATION! Auckland, this day. The Ceylon people are delighted at Sir Arthur Gordon's appointment to the Governorship. .Kennedy, the Scotch occuliat, was to leave for the colonies at.the end of March. SUPREME CORET. Wellington, Monday. The Supreme Court Criminal Sessions opened this morning, Judge Richmond, in charging the Graud Jury, had again to congratulate them on the lightness of the calender. Al though there was tho averago number of cases, all of them Yvore of comparatively light character. He then referred to tho reform in procedure of criminal and civil law, With rogard to the latter somo action had been taken, but tho criminal law had been untouched. They were no doubt waittho result of impending changes of criminal law in England, He hoped that something would be done before long. The Grand Jury found a true bill against William Harris for felony, True bills were found against Chas, Louis on two charges of felony, Richard Collier, William, Oolville, and Alexander Bruce for felony, James Mcßrearly for misdemeanor. J. Stephenson for felony, Mary Douglas for felony, mid Margaret and Christina Dobbie for passing counterfeit coins. The Grand Jury meet again on Wednosday to consider charges against the prisoners Price and Eorman, and a second charge, against Stephenson. ,•'■

Dunedin, Monday,

A dwelling house and store belonging to Gordon Matheson at. Morning ton was burned down on Sunday morning. It was insured for £3OO in Australian Alliance, £3OO in North British, and £IOO in Standard. Matheson estimates his loss at £2OO abeve that amount.

ME MILKER STEPHEN IN DUNEDIN, Dunedin, April 1. Mr Milnor Stephen gave his first public healing exhibition yesterday, and in several cases no improvement resulted. In two cases of rheumatics, however, the persons declared their pains had left them under his treatment, In one case, an individual declared he was cured of deafness in the right ear, and that he had spent £IOO in Melbourne in. vain trying doctors' treatment for it; and in the other cases the patients seemed doubtful whether they were improved or not.

THE SALVATION .AMY. Dunedin, April 1. The Salvation Array opened warfare to-day at the barracks in the Temperance Hall, Their day services only attracted small audiences, probably owing to the bad • weather. Prior to services in the hall they met in tho centre .of the town, and did some singing, which the captain accompanied with a concertina and some exhorting. There aro three of the army—Captain! Pollard, Lieutenant Burford, and; his: wife, They have uniforms with brass; buttons, aiul; collars: adorned with;

lettois, badges ou their bosoms, and caps witlrbands with "The Salvation Army" piinted on them, They ave uneducated, and speak very commonplace language, talking of the Salvation. Hauny,. and so t fovth. ~ Lieutenant Biirfoid said he had been a costermonger in the East" End of London, They each took their part'in the indoor services, singing, praying and exhorting in tuitij : ;: Thoy come' without, money, and have engaged the Temperance Hall for : three-years trusting in the/Lord's goodness to raise up funds to pay for it. Their mission is to reach thadegraded, the drunken,: and (he fallen; 1 and they will go to their homes and haunts to lure them out to services with singing' and bands of music. From Dunedin they; will 'send out officers, as these; are enrolled, to the other centres of the colony.

Auckland, Monday. Tho barquentino Malay' bound from. Newcastle to Honolulu with coal put in here in a leaky condition. She left on the 21st February-and on the 18th inst: in latitude 35 soutb/undlongitude .1 175 west experienced a fierce hurricane from south east. The vessel was under easy canvas. Early in the morning the vessel was struck ou tho starboard bow by a heavy sea, winch carried away the boats forward,. house, and everything on the.deck. The same sea took the second mate and one of the men overheard and they were never seen again, The cabin was also flooded, The cargo shifted to the port side, and the vessel whs on her beam ends, and found to be making water. The men were in consequence lashed to the pumps for seven hours, The gale abating, the vessel managed to. make Auckland,