NEWS BY CABLE.

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

NEWS BY CABLE.

ENGLISH.

Ljsupx, February 21, Mr Goscheti, Chancellor of the Exchequer, states that the Treasury, has received a windfall, owing to the owners of 3 'per cents failing to con - j vert. ,;■

Father Kinsella has been sentenced to two months' imprisonment on a charge of building huts for evicted tenants from tho Olongary tenants. The Zalinski guns ordered hy tlio Victorian Government will be tried at Shoeburynoss in April, as a guido to. tlie Ordnance Department before any orders aro jjiven for the gun hy tho British Government. Tho'gun in question carries five miles. • February 22, .. Lord Cliiton has been imprisoned for contempt in connection with the Bankruptcy Court, ■ ' February 22, : The late Mr Biggar, M.l',, was buried at Belfast fo-day, tho cortege being followed by ; a large number of members ot tlie House of Coiimons.

Lord Tennyson and Mr Gladstone are both indisposed, suffering from severe colds. •

The 'amendment in favor of free education hoa fjeen tlefe.ated by. sixty. The Irish members supported the amendment." :

. The Government are favourable to Mr Morley's principle, that the Catholics and Jewa should retain control of'their schools, but toiisitler the time is not yet ripe for bringing the question- forward.;," .1., v. ::

' it is rumourGcl that Sir F. Napier Broome, late GoveriiorLof Wostern .Australia, lias been ■ appointed XsoverrioV of Hong Ebiigf I The report of tlio death of Father Ignntuts ituiifoiinM

The Unionist party ato lssuiilg'a. pamphlet .jjdusiiriiig The (Times ifor its paVfcin connection witli Itlie pub-, licatioiiof.tlioarticles on!' Pavrfellism and ..Crime," and;»t the saine lime ilenouiites tho committal of outrages in Ireland. S ;

The Colonising 'Committee of the Houses of Lords, and Commons meet on Monday to discuss the Western Australia Enabling Bill. Sir William Robinson, speaking at the banquet given to the delegates from. Western Australia,-stated that tlio advance of that colony was something marvellous, and well deserved Imperial'support.' Ho, argued that without responsible government being granted," .Western Australia was excluded from taking part in the proposed Australian federation.

Tho Treasury windfall mentioned by>, Mr Goschen amounts to six hundred thousand pounds, At a Cabiuet meeting a letter from Mr Gillies, Premier of Victoria, to Sir Graham Berry, with regard to the Victorian Divorce Bill, was road. It is believed that this influenced the decision of the English Government. Mr W. H. Smith'smotion 011 $lO .Times-Parnell Commission has been postponed until tho 3rd-prbx;.- : 'i 1 It is suspected that the man who first outraged and subsequently murdered a girl at Wost Ham is an engiiiejir* proceeding - to, Australia, The colonial police have the man's description and have been warned to bo ontlielook out. ■

FOREIGN. ; _ 1 Paris, February 22, The Russiau conversion loan of £14,000,000 lias been covered seven, fold in France alone. ...... February 28. The Cabinet is in favo»r of the release, of the Duke of-.-Orleans, but the majority of the Chamber of Deputies aro opposed to it. Pekik, February 28. A hurricane drovo a thousand Chinese boats to sea, and SOOOMermen w.ere drowned. '.; • Amsterdam, February 28. Two Sooialislleaders'of thel.aboiu Party in Holland have been arrested, ' Berlin, February 22,

11l the elections the Socialists liavo been successful iu tho largo towns and-factor}' district!), but llave mot with liltio" success in tho mining districts.. All the party leaders have been elected,

The Emperor William expresses annoyance that his recent decrees on the labour. question have failed to satisfy tho Socialists., It is oxpected the Berne Conference will be abandoned if the Berlin programme goes beyond the questions of mines anil strikes.

February 28;

Tlio result of the election for the Reichstag so far shows 78 Cartels (namo given to amalganrnteilNatioiml Liberals and Conservative parties); 83 Centre or Ultramontranes; 20 : Radieals;2l Socialists; 14 Poles; 12 Alsatians, and seven unattached to any political party. Therowill be 139 second ballots, and besides there are still 28 returns to como.

> AMERICAN. Sew. York, February 22, Kilrain and Corbett liavo beer matched for a second fight.' Slavii: ridicules Kilrain's challenge tofighl him. Cuics go, February 28. O'Donnel, convicted of bribing the Crown jury, has beeivsentoncei to three years imprisonment,

AUSTRALIAN. Sydney, February 23, Tho Rotomahana arrived from Auckland to-day.

Tho steamer- Sikh has arrived from China with four cas'o3 of modilitd smallpox on board, •' Tho ship has been placed in 'quaratine,. The., threatened, strike.of the journeymen' bakers, on the ground of tho employment of non-union men, has been only partial. '' 1 - Melbourne, This Day;A hotel, was burned down lat Ballant yosterday. A man .-named Thomas was burned to death, and four others are missing. ' Adelaide. February 24, The steamer Bucephalus arrived from Calcutta off Capo Eorda a few days ago, when the engines were stopped for want of coal. Provisions} also tvere short. A tug was sent otil, but could not find the vessel, Further search is now being made,

Masterton School Committee. A special meeting of tbe above Committee was held in tlie Secrctary'n oftico last evening,'to re-consider the resolution passed at' the ordinary meeting regarding tlio transfer of tlie assiataut teacher, Mr Bakewcll. There were present, Messrs lieual I (in the chair), Hathaway, M'Ewen, Darnell, Hogg, and Pr.ignell.

Mr Bakowell, tvlio \vm present,' slated that ho was auxious that the motion passed at tlio last meeting should bo rescinded in order that he could commence in bis new capacity as oarly as possible. Further, bis remaining in Masterton would entail a pecuniary loss. . A communication from theEduca. sion Board was here read, recommending the testimonials of a temporary assistant, and asking the opinion of the Committee in the matter of bis appointment. Mr Renal) ; ..It will be alright Mr Bakewell, you can go on condition that you give us a sub. towards the 'water supply;' - ', : ' ' On the motion of Mr M'E wen tbe former resolution was rescinded.

. Rlr Danipll pointed .out tbat tho objects of the Committee in asking Mr Bakewell to remain until tlio appointment "of his successor wero to protect tho schiiol alone. They should, if.. possible, secure the services of a temporary assisfout who might bo appointed permanently to the position, so that tho class would not bo npsefc.

Mr Pragnell' rcmfiiked that,.Mr Bakewell had been requested by tbe Committee to stop through the intercession of Mr. Jackson, :

Mr Hogg moved that tjio Board be requested to send pp a temporary assistant, as the Committee had no desire lo stand in tho .way of Mr Bakewell., . , r/' Mr McEwen seconded.—'Carried, On tho motion of MrHogg jt y?as decided that a testimonial be'prejentcd Mr Bakewell on his departure, signed by the individual jmembers of the Committee;-/ ■<

Tho' testimonials i of. the proposed temporary assistant(Mr James Gifford, were'then read, and avo,' to say the least, excellent, some having been { received . from, leading Universities of Scotland,;' On the' motion of iMr iMeEweu, seconded jb^iyit ;^pggi,the'sernces of Mr assistant were accepted,. -.,.7 %' : ineetiiig then adjourned,

/' TOWN LAPS TRUST.; !; A special inciting of the Mistecton Town Lands Trust wua held in tlio Council Chamber.'! last evening, tliero being present, Messrs W. liowwi,; (Ohairiiwii), A. W. Ik™!!, B, IV Perry, H. Eton, and li. MeEft'eii. The Clmil'inari stated this objects of the meeting were to consider tin* a now Iwhssom.which to erect a-drill'lmll/atid-tq iiuar ohjVttforis to thovoterßiiiiU..Ad s C«|itaiii..l , offnnlL had not yet put in mi appearance; the/ would deal first with the,roll. Tub Voters' List- : A list of 500 peisons wits presented Q9 those who had applied to have their names inserted on tho voters' roll,, and these were accepted without objection b&iii!> insula. Tlio Secretary,' however, read out a further list of tlioso who were entitled to lie enrolled, but had not made application, and thesn were nls > accepted und initialed by tl(e Ohairiwm. The Secretary was instructed to anil for private lenders for tho printing of 200 copies of the imII. - ;-Tue Volunteer Diullshed, iijhe letter received from Cap'ain Pd'ivnull ivas read to tlio meeting, asking tlmt permission bo given for the surrender of the [iresent lease of the Volunteers, owing to an injunction made in tlio Supreme Court, mid that a fiesh - lease be granted for dm section at the corner of Hull and Chapel streets on which to erect it hall.. r , ,• , , , Tho Chairman said lie; had licejf' interviewed by a person in tlTe towns who had expressed a desire to leas/ the section referred :tii at $ fytr rental, and lie thought tlmt irrfiiiniesH to the public tlio section should bo either leased by- tender or,by auction. Mr Kpnall nsked if sbtne arrangement had not beon made regarding the erection of a town hall on the site in question, Tho Chairmansaidthat might have been 30, but, it was a matter which might be dealt with' subsequently. They might get an injunction against a town libll.- /EeferringJO the itijune* 1 tion recently given by tho .Supreme Court, lie thought it was most unfair, and should not liavo been granted, as Mr Lang had enlarged his premises i after tho erection of the drill hall.

Mr Reuall; This,is an important point, aud'mnst iiavobeefim'efldoked by tho Judge, • lie had a ton ocro paddock be could lunso to the Volunteers, but they might have a portion of the Chiness garden. Ho trusted ■ that, when the hall was 'ercctcd'it Svoiilu'he ! somej'i distance from the main street, so the footpaths would not be obstructed.

The Chairman suggested that McKillop's corner would be a suitable site for a town hall or a drill' ball; and then again the site opposite tho present drill lmll might do, as it. was . not yeb built oil. '' f ■ r ' * ! ' Mr Renall: I don't know, but' somc'iow I should like fo Bee the Drill Hall this side of Queen Street. The Chairman explained to Captain Pownall,'who was present, that tho section in question bid T ouce;faileiljto obtain the iipsiit prici) by : Captain Pownall: Have the applications for the section been niado sincß the Volunteers put in their application 1 ' ' The Chairman: Yes. Captain Pownall: Then tho land has been standing idle for a number of years, aim noiy,' because tbe;VoluiK ? teors want it, others step in, and soy : " We don't want it, but you shan't liavo it,", It would.be unfair to puf the land (0 auction now/ 'The unteers are willing,to pay a.fair pritiß for it, and no objections unless loth* fuk should be entHitained. The. Chairman agreed- that, there . was a ceitain ninoiti.t of weight in Mr Pownnll's arguments, but tho Trust • whs,a publij. body, and,,was^deii]ihg ! witlj puMic'iifliiirs, lliey fore- to givo everybody a chanco, It rulo to put the land up by .motion, and it now remained for (ho l'rust (o decide .what ..were .the .bust steps to take in tho interests of the public, Captain Powml):,How long since, f swas. tho section piit'rip by auetioil t '' :: Tho Chairman: About two years ago.' i ; . Captair, Pownall: ' And it has not been applied for since'? l'hoChairman';. No.i;]• .;-i j.' . Mr Renall; I think you are safe Pownall, It is questionable whether the land if put, ud by, auction will fetch the upset (fricp. ■ «' * ii • I Tho Chairman stated that for \lie ' section in question, £23 was asked , for the first seven: years', X 46 for.lbgji. second, and i!G9 for the third.

Captain IWnall; May I wbat wo aro paying for tho praeht lease I ■ liic Secretary: <£ll, • Captain Powwtll: Does the at the comev include Mr liawson'ir office ? Tho Chairman;. N0,....,. . Mr Ronall; But it includes tlia residonco of Mr Woodhaui, You'll got .that.

Captain Powriall, to.know in wlmt manner they would bo treated ly tbq Trußfc, if- jthey relinquished their present lease." The Chairman said. tlnt\yas a., niattor for after consideration ■ ••

Mi' Eton asked tlio Captain if, were the lenso applied for granted, tbe building would bo made soundproof. . Captain .Pownall replied that Iba terms in which }bo building would bo erected would,eiißu.ro this. In order' to gain tlio [fatronjigei of tlie pdb)ic it would bo mad 6 IhoiWlily soiie'dproof," ;fc: Tbe Chairman assured tho Captain that' tho, matter would -,l)e.g|yon.ft , fair, consideration; If the Ihifd wtW jf{ put up by auction, a substantial building would liave to bo erected. The decision of the Trust would be tnado known by tlio secretary* Captain Pownall then thanked the sbajrman for his courtesy and withdrew, committeo to dwciisftlie;ii&ttei?' :V1 :, On the motion of Mr A. W, Benalljfci; seconded by Mr 13. P. Perry, it was decided that th? sectionin .question be leased by public auction oii'biitiirday week.

'■ ; OBAZIKCa An offer from Mr C. Pinkerton (or tbograziiifiof seotione 4(/ r sl, and 58 ■/ was accepted, £ '«* &ftit i Tho meeting then adjourned,

Fatal "Results of Drink. i' Duxkmn, Fobniary 24. . ;: (At the inquest this morning on the death of Alexander Johnson, burned to death in a stable in tellestreet, tho evidence showed that ho had been ujing tho place to livoin, Ho had visited the adjoining house i)t naiduight and desired a light, but the wbjnaii did not liko to trust him as he waji drunk/and they showed him.: a light to enable liira to got to tho plate.. Nothing further was heard till lliq neighbours were aroused by a man's scronms, when the stable was a nwsß offlames, A verdict of accidental death Mftfi returned, 1 1