Telegraphic.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3226, 10 June 1889, Page 2

Telegraphic.

Arrival of the Tainui.

Wellington, Monday. .The Tainui-'arrived lata last nigot. The only reason for her long passage was a succession of heavy winds and sew and thick weather, There was no accident of any kind, Pastoral Society. Napier, Jtmo 8. 1 At a largely attended meeting of the Agricultural and Pastoral Society resolutions were unanimously passed protesting against the recent order compelling the tar branding of sheep, and requesting its withdrawal, at least so far as Hawkes Bay is concerned, It was argued that longwools would need branding every two months, which would put sheep farmers to a great expense, whilo the result would be a serious deterioration to the value of the wool. One farmer, who had brauded some and sent? the wool Home, said it brought a penny per lb less than unbrand"d wool of the same typo. It was slated that tho cause of this new order, was that certain farmers near Addington saleyard had had sheep stolen, sold, and removed, perhaps to distant parts where they coriM not be traced. Various speakers pointed out that any farmer who desired to use tho tar brand could do so under the Act without- an order making it compulsory on all sheep owners. - Accidents. Auckland, Monday, Honry Stevenson walked over tho Hobson-street embankment, and received injuries likely to prove fatal.

An Arrant Coward' Dunedin, Monday. At tho City" Court to-day, oxInspector Mallard said there was a fight in the Northern Recreation Ground on Saturday night, Constable Willis, who was on duty, was looking oil, and whan witness called on him to interfere lie only stood by apparently afraid to stop the combatants. The constable was an arrant coward, aud witness who stopped the fight told him so. The Bench warmly eulogised Mallard's conduct and said Constable Willis' action should be brought under the notice of Inspector.Weldon.