Telegraphic.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2919, 8 June 1888, Page 2

Telegraphic.

Wellington, Friday; The steamer Wakatipu which arrived last night from Sydney brought sixty-two Chinese, 52 being for the West Coast, These were transhipped into the Koranui this morning and she left for her destination immediately afterwards. There was no disturbance of any kind. CiiiusTCiiuiiCii, June 1,

A home for destitute men lias been opened hero by Mr T, Herrick, the object being to provide bed and breakfast for men who would otherwise have to sleep in the Park, or under the hedges, A meeting was held to-night, under the Presidency of the Mayor for the purpose ot obtaining subscriptions to the home, P. Brown and P>, Griffiths were committed for trial on a further charge of stealing wheat from the Harbor Board's shed at Lyttelton. Auckland, June 7.

St. Mary's Anglican pro-Cathedral at Parnell wan opened this evening with the ordinary services of the Church, The building was crowded, and a large number of clergymen were present, The sermon was preached by Archdeacon Dudley.

A man named Alexander Duncan was to-night arrested on tho charge of setting tire to a hay-shed at the Kohiinarama Industrial School ground. The damage done to the shed was very trifling. Dunedin, June 7. Some strange things were told at a meeting of the creditors of William Henry Attley, confectioner. The liabilities were £273 and the assets £73. The bankrupt said he had made no losses on his contracts, but had lost £142 which was tied up in a parcel ready to take to the bank, He did not know how he lost it. £42 was afterwards found under the sill of a workshop door by another man a fortnight later, the bankrupt having been ill for three weeks. He lost £4O in a similar manner about 12 months ago, and being further questioned he said he lost £23 some time before that, He denied being in the habit of going to a publichouse. Itappeared that a at private meeting a few days ago the bankrupt stated thai he lnid lent £IOO, but as it was a family afl'airlio refused to divulge the name. He strenuously denied saying so to-day, and when closely pressed, pleaded that he had been ill and insensible for 16 days, The meeting was adjourned to get more evidence on the subject.

oamaru, June 7,

By tho doath of the Earl of Seafield, announced in this morning's cablo messages, Viscount Heidhavon, of Oamarii, succeeds to the title and to a seat in the House of Lords as Baron Strathspey. Fkildixg, June 7, At a public meeting last night, the Mayor presiding, the following resolution was passed unanimously That this meeting cordially approves the course which Messrs Macarthur, Bruce, and Wilson, the members for the Mauawatu, Rangitikei, and Foxton electorates, have adopted in the interests of Freetrade, by withdrawing their support from the Government in coilsequence of its protective policy. JJunedin, Friday.

The coroner's jury found that tho slack lire at Tarras station was wilfully caused, and added a rider that grave suspicion attached to James Mackenzie, farmer, of Tarras, and John B, MeKenzie, his servant, Hokitika, Friday,

The Anchor line steamer Kennedy grounded on a bank in tlio river yesterday. The cargo was taken out and the steamer will probably get off today. How the New Tariff Works, Napier, Friday. Mr Faulkner, proprietor of a coach factory, and who is a large employer of labor, lias given notice to reduce wages by sixpence per day in consequence of the pressure of tlio new tariff on articles used in the manufacture of carriages. He says his men must either do more work or take less wages, or he will be compelled to import tlio finished articles required in his trade.