TELEGRAPHIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3444, 25 February 1890, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

. , : v; The Exhibition. ' Dunedin, February 2-1, Tho total paid admissions, to. the' Exhibition last week was 19,449, and tlie total admissions. 28,651), Tho Exhibition lias now passed its thirteetilhweek,;and the_total admissions lmvo boon 399,880, including 248,908 cash admissions. The total income from admission, licenses, and sundry sources lias beou £17,038. "

, Auckland News- , Auckland, February 24,' The valuable timber reserves in the Waikomiti Ranges are about to be worked, and several settlers havo sold their timber for cutting. . Amongst tho through passengers by the Alameda for San Francisco wit's Mr J, 0, Williams (of Messrs - Williamson, Gamer, and Musgrove), ■Ccusul General Paldram, the Imperial German Consul, at Sydney, is ul present on a visit to Auckland, Tlie.oasepf.the.RoY, J, K. Davis, who was recently' appointed'A'ssistaiit. Master at t!ie;Auckliuid College hud Grammar School whilst -lie-was in charge of the Epiphany Parish, was before theßoard of Governors to-day, when it was resolved to ask,' Mr-, Davis to resign bis position as minister of Epiphany or that of teacher under tho board, His Excellency Lord Onslow and Lord Kintoro were entertained tonight at, a suiolte conc.ert by-the Auckland Savitgo Club,

■The Ear! of Kintoro is to loavo for Sydney on Wednesday. • . : . After a number of experiments -in the treatment of ironsand without the introduction of any foreign iron mado at the Oriebunga ironworks, bars of first-class quality havo been produced. Mr .Santlcy left for Nelson to-day by the Takapuna. A-company has been formed to work tho Otama gold mine at Kuaotuna,

Mr George T, Ireland, pnituer in tho well known firm of Ireland Bros,, tanners, etc., died to-day.. ; The Newton Fire Brigade liavo appointed Fireman Parsons as their delegate, at, the. Conference of the Fire Brigades at Welliugton.

Care'ess Use of Firearms-

CiißisTCJiraicn, February 21,

This afternoon Stephen Barrett and Charles Fisher wo brought beforo Mr "NVhitofoorJi.at the Magistrate's Court, charged with shooting at Henry Ford with intent to do him grevious bodily lmvm lincl wounding him. Mr Hoban appeared for the defendants, and. said the affair. was purely an accident.' The Magistrate commented severely on the carelessness of the lads, and remanded thorn for a week, allowing bail in ono surety of £SO for each.

The Sweating-Commission- ' 'Dusedis, February 24. : The Chairman of the Sweating Commission stated to-day that lie received a letter signed by a journeyman butcher, but .as the eviibnco could be given in' private it was decided to talte no notice of such Communications. A number of the boys employed in dairy work ■ and delivery of mill; were examined as to tiio hours. They' Started at about 3,30 a.m and got to bed about 8 p.m. Mr Laidlaw, a hosiery manufacturer, gave evidence as to his factory, Tho log had increased in pep from ISs to 10s, nnd, 203 to 22s per week. The Commission,' heiring that banks and merchants kept clerks and employees working to very late hours, are inviting evitoe, Tho sittings) aro ex•pectad to terminate this week,

Supreme Court Sittings.. CwtisicHUJicu, Feb 14. _At tho Supreme Conrt crimiual sittings, trim bills were found in all cases on the calendar, The following •prisoners were convicted and sentenced ; Ernest Rolison, 1 breaking into and stealing and larceny as a bailee, 18 months' hard labour; Maurice Fitzpatrick, larceny, three yours' penal Eorvitudo; Charles Leslio I'ltniing, forgery and uttering nine months hard labour; Henry Bedford, larceny from a dwelling, nino months' hard labour; James Goiter and George Alexander, robbery' with violence, three years' penal servitude; James King, robbery from the. person, 16 months' hard labour; John Kemp, larceny, six months' hard labour; John O'Brien pleaded guilty. to larceny from a dwelling, and sentence was deferred. There are .three more prisoners to bo'tried. : :

Gisnonsu, Pebrimry 21. J. 11, Topping was acquitted at the Supreme Court for arson; Honiara for liorso [stealing was sentenced to twelve mouths in the Auckland gaol. Crisborno now being in Aueklan' district, prisoners go there instead 0. to Napier, as founerly. PetaJlari kma pleaded guilty to forgery, and whs sentenced to six months imprisonmeiiv; Rohaiim Paipn, six months for killing n cow.