TELEGRAPHIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2984, 23 August 1888, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

FIRES, ;

; L , iHaweha, Thureday.

; A fire broko out at l! 30 lust niglit in Highi.street, .by,! which,, Langley's bakery was /destroyed and,, two:other srualj buildings seriously damaged. Langley's 'building ■ waSl' injured ir-foV-i 100' in' the Phffinix! 1 The' stock' aii'tl 1

furniture, vilaecl 'iU' 1 '£iso, was iitiinsured, proposals pinde/having been declined. The lire broko out in the office, where Langloy. lia'd i£GO put" aw«jr in biiiik ■ notes, l! he having been too late to bank the money that afternoon, Langley lost, £6O worth of stock in the July fire,'and has.np.w lost liis.all,; -lii:- v, ■ . v - u .

: Mistaken Identity. ! 1 ,!J Scarletina in Woodvillei : '

I/YXTKPTON, August's!^;, ' ; Wlieu.tiie.Coptio; left Lyttelton- oil the evening of May 80th,- a splash was heard; as -of somobocly' 'falling over-' hoai'd. Twelve days afterwards'a ;body' waS.found' iii the and \m\ identified, by twoex-stewards as that' of MoAlistei', one of the crew. It ; was accordingly Juried as McAlister. lit is now ascertained that ho -was not drowned, but discharged in London on the steamer's, last trip,-' 1: ! • )YopbyiLLE| : Avigust 22. : Owing .W:tlifl.pi»yalence of scarlatina, it is proposed to close the school.

Municipalßetreiiblimeht ! .

Auckland, , August 22,

A public meeting waftheldi.to-night l at the Temperance Hall, 'convened- by the Ratepayers' Association -' when' tlie proposals.lfor miiiiiiipal'retrench-', raeiit dvawn ; up by .the Association' were' agreed 1 W', proposals',which are tolbe submitted'to a special, meeting of tlio City Council to-night, >y)ll'■ pffect a' roduiotiqn of LIBSO in salaries.

anflfie ItdQal Con-, i'..-. tnbutjng.Boclle§v • i Iftwill tliat fvt tlio laßtpeotmg' of the 'North 'Wairarap County. Opuncit the positipn of the looal ■ Beu'evoleiit 5 Society 'wis considered, and a resolutldii' finally pasaed agrceing to yoto Et'Huin > of money., Biffiqigiiii/. 6ff.' file liabilities in voiieving.ciistregs..to date, provided the; Boirough :Couii6ili would;join th County in so,doing'and pay their-pro-portion*. Atop} df ! .tli{s resolution read! Nt tlie !l meeting of the Borough' cb^»; siderable . AV,tlie,,same. time a letter.was read froui .the District :A|d. Boaril'domandiiig 'tho,- quarters icqrilrjEulion •'loiig ( overdue;: and • Cr tapper'rnoyecj (Ero'|qrma) 'tliaf 'it be p4i by. '.Or Heron, 1 ,, who., tUrqu^liljutLaß',cdnsistently;; opposed. the; Borough Council , with/.the otUer contributing bodies in refusing tho j«Bt payment to. the District' Board; It wa3"a ! de^|t Vgre -and iyould Ijaye'to tje paifjaj sijm^tijpe" ropjqi'Bj.'aiii} fpMM see v. why," f it. 'suould., ;iiob; bo\donq jn' accordance jyitli tU&i Act.) ..The course, tkken by the: Contributiiig'bodies could only-end'in. expensive',litigation. ■ ipr T. opposed anj^' flumß ( t(|' tlie Boapf. ' l It"liiiil befeii e ? etlp|j-, fereiice ot detcgatps bodies that theyisbpuWiali stand out

agaiijst sucVpaymentsunlil th'ey forced 1 a dipice of !tl(e> s\y.u Jtud 1 country, b'een .ropre- . sehted at the 'aud Uvere' |sou|d; HflinoVed as'an pmeS|mettt pal\t|i);Council adopt; of tlip Co'iiuty • COuuoil.. ThV'Mayor said jit would not do to break faith with the County .. Council. They were bouncl by the acts of then." representative's at 'the Gouferenco;— i ;Anotli6r Oonfer6iTco'\Vad:'' to be field next Saturday, when matters would, no doubt, be brought to an issue. There was at *dGiid-lsfek: : '" I'NoK"of v ' lli'e ''.l)6dies objected to pay share towards tlio support of tlioir own poor, but tlie object,to.support 1 the poor of. tbe,\.lafge On Cullen seconded'the amendment, and! Cr Gapper \\ Hfe did said, on prinoipie.\ iH e yfas of, the . had! ■!atatl of. thingsij hadMbeen] accepted), jjThis hehadj donebe'causethey" placed' jiij a false pbsi|ibn by the County|Counoil not taking the 1 , necessary;|iis§t|o(yill the Conference! together; had elapsed,) and they in the same unji he did nov see allowed to! 1 the; beitigj passed tMt[SteMe'®e to the Dis-; trict Bowijtqllhe'ffflirbf'the last; Thatfrom tjiat : date the', incurred by the; ' 13euevolbn^pdci«st^,bei,diBcharged.pro\ : •portionately' by itlibvsßbrouglf and County by the: latter body; jand ithat th' 6 ' Council be: represenU'd'\at jtiiijf next\ Meeting, of delegate's. \ ;f \ \ /