Telegraphic.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3146, 6 March 1889, Page 2

Telegraphic.

Judge Rawson. New Plymouth, Wednesday... The' Commission of enquiry re Judge. Rawson .-.was resumed, this, morning. Only a few patßona were present.'' No charges had 'been sent in, so the Commission adjourned the Court- for the third time, . without doing any business, till to-morrow. -

A Worthy Object. Ohristohuroh, Maroh-fi. , . A largely attended publio'inMngl; presided over by the Primate, .and addressed by the Bishops of-.Nelsjh and Waiapu," passed a resolution jii : favor of. forming a union of menof all denominations to promote .purity among men, a cbivalroua reßjpftct for womanhood, and a higher tone for publioopinion. '" -

Infanticide- ' Maroh' 6. v An inquest: oiv .tho body of the infant found on Sunday . .on : the outskirts, of the' town was held to-day and adjourned, to give the .police an opportunity of. mating further enquiries. The medioal . evidence went to show" that, although 'the obild probably was alive when born, it had never breathed' nor swallowed; There was a depressed fracture of the skull, whioh might have been the result of a'blow within two hours of death. The body was much decom-J posed, and waß found .in* a Bwampy place difficult of access,. The police are of opinion that the woman was not likely! to have made her way to the spot. ■ ' -

• Sunday Trading. , ■ . Dokedin, March 2, At the sitting of the Caveraham Licensing Committee, the polico reported that there was reason to believe that Sunday trading and trading after hours was carried on in the district, . The publicanß always take care to have the door locked, It was no worse, however, in Caversham, and probably not so bad as it was in Dunedin, ■ The sergeant was asked to keep a look oik during the year.

Co-Operation. OnßisiOHUKon, March 5. • The eighth annual meeting of- the Co-operative Freehold Land Sooiety Association of men without large capital, for the purpose of acquiring land on deferred payment, was held to-nigbt. The report showed remarkable progress. The annual income was £IBOO, against £9OO two years ago. The Society has acquired 600 acres in various parts of the district, and disposed of most of it in sections varying from a quarter of ait acre to one acre, ..

Auckland Items. ■ , Auckland, March 5. * 1 A meeting of Natives will be held at tlie Bay of. Islands oil the 27th Maroh, when various matters will be considered in regard to the relations between the Maoris and the Government. The meeting will, be adjourned to Oraliei, near Auokland, where the proceedings will he inaugurated ,on the 24th Maroh. A petition from the Opotiki settlers was this morning forwarded to the Government, asking that the Permanent Artillery be allowed to remain here for a period of six months/ The Natives in the /Whakatane district have dispersed quietly to tbeir.homea. Subscriptions are .being raised toward the erection of a headstone on the grave of the deceased jookey. in the Taranaki cemetery. H.M.B. Royalist Bailed for Wellington to-day. • The .District Grand Lodge of Freemasons, E.C., have rejected the

proposal to form a United Grand Lodge for tbe Colony. Miaa Mennami, a lecturer on behalf of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, who arrived from America by the Alameda was publicly welcomed to-night by the various temperanoo bodies.

' Blenheim School. Blenheim, March 6. At a meeting of the Marlborough Education Board to-day, a letter was read from MrE. G. Jellicoe, solicitor, Wellington, making application for the payment-of £BOO to John Scott, contractor, of Nelson, as compensation for the loss of bis contract for 'erecting the Blenheim .schoolhouse, in consequence of tbe Board's breach of warrant arid misrepresentation, and stating that unless the amount was paid by the 7th inst. proceedings will be commenced for its recovery. Some time ago the Board accepted a tender for the erection of the buildings, subject to the approval of the Education Department. They submitted the plans, but the Department disapproved them, and decided to call for fresh tenders. The Board treated Mr Jellicoe's letter very coolly, and resolved, on reoeipt of the writ, to plaoetlie matter in , their solicitor's hands. Great dissatisfaction was expressed at the delay of the Department in tho ereotion of the new buildings, and the Board referred in strong terms to the evident disinterestedness of the. Government in the whole' matter. It is now six months since ths school building was burnt down, and through the bungling of the Department its reerection has not yet commenced, and it is not likely to be for some time. " .