Telegraphic.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3080, 14 December 1888, Page 2

Telegraphic.

The Weather. ; Unemployed Refuse Work. . Auckland, Friday, A heavj shower of bail foil at 9 ' I o'olook ting morniug which whitened the streots of Auckland and tlio subui'bs, It was piercingly cold, but is now flue, A number of unemployed have rofused the work of roadmaking and :'fy Btoiiebreaking oft'ered tlieui. T/■ •

Southland Cattle shoW' Ixvercaiiill, December 18. - Tlio opening day the Southland Agricultural and Pastoral , Associution's 22nd show was spoiled-by the jucleiqjsnt weather,' and, very' teb altchdetl; The-barometer -js- rising bill it Is very doubtful 'if tli'er4 will be iikch' improvement to-mortow, for- 'thegrounds. ai'o' very -sloppy..Only,the cattle, and sheep were judged today. L6hh and Mercantile Aggpqy (,Wi < v mj q'Oup fpi tfo'W m MW, - smtable fof .export, was won by tkk . Mernvale Estate Compauy, ' pt ft Well knowjj Jockey x ' Frjdav. Gpgp Wilham, a wollVown - light weight jockey, died at the Hofj pital this morning, Death resulted torn arojay, v' -J-.

\ , .: v The Fatal Mill Accident. OiißisTciiunon, Friday. Tho lad.Joseph Gardiner, who was : Injured by the accident at Tnlbcrt's : V WOol stores, Lyttelton, on Monday, died this morning. The Electric Light a Failure- •' - ' Nelson, Friday. , After nearly two years trial tlio Cathedral authorities aro compelled to give up electric light as unsatisfactory and unreliable. Tame BabbitsOmnu, December 18 A boy was charged at the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day with wil- , Mly, letting two rabbits loose in tlio town, The information was laid under Section 82 of the Rabbit Act, 1882, It appears that' tho boy had jtarnsi-tbo rabbits out in the almost ' Witt roof of a building, and tlioy wore seen. The information was laid by the Rabbit Inspector, and the case was brought for the purpose of showing that under the Act persons who 1 have livo rabbits in their possession apart altogether from turning thorn out, are liable' to a fine. A fino of 5s and 7scosts was imposed, .

In Time for the Christmas Pudding. Wellington, Friday. Ministers now in the'Soutli Island ■ are expected to return to Wellington ' y about the 23rd iustant. Indisposition ot Judge Ward. A , Timaru, December 18. -7■, Judge Ward commenced a civil '" wsu at 10.80 this morning; an hour i ' later ho had to leavo tho bench on account of indisposition, the Court adjoining till 2 p.m., when ho was ft little better, and a further adjournment was made till to-morrow. Friday. Judge Ward is somewhat better, but his medical adviser has recommended a few days rest. Tho Court ' J adjourned until Tuesday. Tho • weather is very rough and cold and a heavy sea is getting up. The Bank of New Zealand. Auckland, December 13. It will be remembered that at a special meeting of tho Bank of New Zealand, held on October lOtb, tho i President of the Bunk (Mr Buckley) ' referred to the transfer of some shares belonging to certain persons from the Colonial to tho London rcgisterabout , t three years previously. Ho said I hat y ■ in order to make up a good parcol the * bank bought some of its own shares, and these, with others wore put on the London market, but the demand for '•B®"'the shares boiug much weaker than had been anticipated, tho transaction ■ resulted in a loss to the bank. Mr Buckley then indicated that further action would probably Directors the through their | parties referrjfto, asking that Wv ■ losses sustained by the bank in con- , sequence of thoir action be made good. .