TELEGRAPHIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3447, 28 February 1890, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

. Auckland News. .'Auckland, February 27, There were exported to Sydney yesterday by the Mararoa 2487 sacks of maize, 1970 sacks of potatoes, and 2120 bags, of flour. Another feature of tho Onohunga Wharf difficulty has beeir pointed out. It in that numbers of country settlers residing at Waiuku,' Pollock, Awitu, and other places, who regularly ship goods to Uaelnmgii for the market thero and in Auckland find it cheaper to bock their produce direct to Auckland by rail under the new regulations, and thus the biweokly supply of produce to the Onelmnga storekeepers is stopped whilst a good market for the settlers is clofed. Amongst the passengers for Kyducy by the Mararoa ivere Lord Inverurie, the Marquis of Dawusbire, and Dr Kingsley. It is eaid that, as in outcome of the recent licensing elections, objections have been made to one hundred names which appear on tho burgess rolls in three wards in the city.

One of the special settlers, 11. O'Keefo of AVaiorongomai, was sued to day by Mr Humphrey;, Commissioner of Crown Lauds, for £BO rout due. Judgment 'was given for the plaintiff, .Attempted Suicide. Uusedin, Feb 27. Walter Powell Lowis was brought up to-day charged with, attempted suicide, and discharged, Obituary. Dunedin, February 27. Intimation has been, received of the death of the relict of the late Dr lliehardson aud mother of the present Minister of Lands. She arrivtd with her husband in 18511, and with him shared the hardships of the early settlers. Tired of LiteGisbobne, Feb 27. John Mitchell, a station hand, committed ■ suicide by hanging, at Whutututu.

The Sweating Commission.

Dunedih, February 27. . Dr Rtenliouso gave evidence before the Sweating ■ Commission to day. He contended tli-t neitbev boys nor. girls under 14 should work. Many female complain',s wero duo to the use of heavy sewing machines, continuous sitting, and long standing, ihe great deterioration in fem-'.le workors was noticeable at Homo; here it was not so obvious. Home of the workrooms ho inspected wore close pud. crowded, but tho worfit were palaces to what bo had seen at Homo. Tho toudoncy of overwork was unquestionably to lead to vice. Cunisicuuiicu, Feb 27. ■ The Sweating Commission will open here on March 4, Found—A £lO tfote.

Westporx, February 27. At tbe District Court, Elleu Flanagan, for the larceny of alio note, which she picked up and refused to return to the owner, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment.

Lively Theatrical ?osinessDunedin, February 27. Tbero m something of t scene at the Railway Station to-day when George Darreli and Mrs Darrell, with part of their company, took their doparliu'e. A number of monitors decided to stay, tint} made a demand for their tickets or passage money. Thia was declined. A writ was talton out, and after some high words Mr Darrell haiuleil over an order on tho Union Company. , •

VERY LA.TEST,

[by ELECTRIC TELEOIIAPII] (I'er United Press Association,) New Zealand Loans. 1 Wellington, Friday. The Colonial Treiisimf declarestliat he knows nothinnjalioiit (ho re-endui" »f the bulance of the New Zealand L"an us st.-itfiJ by a London telegram, i'ut lie considers (but as thebalanca of the 5 per - cent 10--10 debentures of the 1875 loan aio to lie taken up tomorrow, it, menus tli it ovei' two millions will benfloat for reinvHsttxient That lias nothing, howcvt*r,to do with New Zealand. In October luat Government borrowed .£2.700,(100 for Ihu purpose of taking tiji flchi'iitnies, anc) in Ifflveiuber . .£388,050, Tlw unconverted portion of the live million loan of 1879 was paid on the 2Gih instant,;. Snliscriliein of the Outolier loan Imd lo pay 68 pur cent of the amount, and with tliisthe balance, £2,207,300, of the 10-fO loan wjll lie. pijid to-iporjw, tjip Government having given debenture-holders si? months notice of their intention to do this.

:. ; Rough on Rats. , Nai'ikh, Friday.. Jobu. yiatcr, a tailor, aged 65 years, .was found dead in bedtbjd morning,; with an empty packet of Hough on Rata ih liis poclret. He bad been .drinking heavily of late. JONATHAN ROBERTS CAP PPP ' ' V ■!'' ':| .. Friday. . Bpfes lip .Ijeoi) iiip.

; DEFALCATIONS._ • • .Du.nkdix, Friday. l It ia undcratood the defalcations of Deiiuy, clerk to the Standard Insurance Company, amount to £625, of : which. £250 is covered by guarantee.

Another Gaol Escapes

Wanoanui, Friday, A prisoner, named Thomas Johnston, awaiting trial for • forgery at Marton, ■ escaped from gaol' this at ; 9,30. lie had' been "working in a carpenter's shop with a fellow-prisoner, but was left by himself for a few minutes looked in by the gaoler. . Tho other prisoner working in the gaol saw Johnston making his escape, and after somo delay gavo word to the gaoler, who at once rushed out, but Johnston had a good start and was soon lost to sight. The police are on his track,