Telegraphic.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3120, 4 February 1889, Page 2

Telegraphic.

THE PBEMIEE.; . ' ' Auckland,. Monday. The Premier addresses the, electors' on the Property Tax and its substitute Land and Income Tax, on Wednesday, He returns south at the end of the week. ■. ■ ...'- /.<..'.

; FISTICUFFS. Dumedin, February 8. "Murphy,. the lightweight, and, T. Williams, of Ohristchurch, met; in a glove fight at the Princess Theatre on Saturday evening.' A considerable sum of money depended 1 on'it. From the start Murphy forced the fighting, and had all the best of it, Williams being unable,.to stand against him, and allowing himself to be rushed on to the ropes. Claims of foul were made several times for Murphy hitting his man on the ropes, and in the fourth round the referee, a man-named Fannin, gave the fight against Murphy. A scene of great confusion followed, Murphy struck the referee, and the orowd rushed the stage. The decision was doubtful, and Williams must have been beaten, The stakeholder paid over the money to Williams, and afterwards applied for police protection against Murphy.' Baldwin's Balloon.

. Auckland, Monday. Tlie heavy rain that fell on. Saturday prevented Baldwin's balloon ascent, it was therefore postponed till this evening.

An Officer Fined, CumsTCHURcn, -February 2. A, J. Jaggnrd, second officer of the Kaikoura, was fined £3 at the-Lyttel-ton Eesident Magistrate's Court for a breach of the Harbor Regulations, in refusing to obey the instructions of Pilot Lewin and for -using bad language toward Lira.

A Pretty Quarrel. Dunedin, February 2. The Federated Seamen's Union has a pretty internal quarrel on hand, At the last annual elections only the branches at Auckland and Wellington elected secretaries. The head office being dissatisfied with tho election held an independent election, which, as Ghriatchurch refused to issue the ballot papers, was confined to Dunedin. The . secretaries appointed proceeded to Auckland and Wellington and were promptly suppressed by the locally eleoted secretaries, and by their executives. The head office then issued a circular intimating that the signatures of tho secretaries elected under the direction of the head executive of Dunedin would alone be recognised. So there was a deadlock, Auckland in the meantime has issued a decidedly warm circular commenting on the management of the head office.

Assaulting a Bailiff, CmtisiciiUßOH, February 2., This afternoon a bailiff named Robert Clelaud, while distraining tho goods of a fisbhawkei' named Beardsley for rent, was set upon by Beardsloy, bis wife, and a boy, and received severe outs on the head,

Isaacs v- Lanahan. '" Chiustchuiich, February 2, The sequel to the case Isaacs v. Lauahan came out in the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day. It appeared that before the judgment was given in that case Lanahan sold the goods claimed by Isaacs to one J. Hislop, who gave £2O in cash and a bill at three months for M. Upon the bailiff's writ to seize on behalf of Isaacs, Hislop claimed the goods in Court. Mr Whitefoord held that the sale was bona fide, and he was not justified in considering there had been collusion, He would make no order as to costs.