TELEGRAPHIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3936, 12 October 1891, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

By Telesbaph.—Press Association,

TIMARtJ, October 11

Thiß afternoon the Bight Rev. Dr. Grimes, Roman Catholic Bishop of Christchurch, laid the foundation stone of a residence for the Marist Brothers, lour of whom take charge of the parish acbool. His Lordship spoke briefly, promising to speak moie fully in the evening on *he determination of Catholics to provide their children, not merely with inßtruotiou, but education. The present ceremony was a practical protest against the materialistic, godless, and self-seeking tendencies of the century, and a preof of the Catholics' recognition of their duties to children and society. Dunedin, October 11.

The Bureau of Industries has received applicatigns from 320 persons for employment on the Otago Central Railway works. Tbis number may be assumed to be in excess of the unemployed, as applications have been received from settlers about Middlemarch ; and also from those at present in employment temporarily who are desirous of exchanging it for work of longer duration. At the City Court today Mary Brown was charged with ill-treating her step-daugter nine years old. Medical evidence was given showing that the child was covered with bruises. The evidence of the family Bbowed that no unnecessary cbastisment had been administered, and that the wet dreas in which the girl went to school she put on of her own accord. The case was dismissed, the Bench cautioning the accused to treat the child with care owing to its weakly constitution.

Invercargill, October 10,

The sealing case, in which Andrew Newton was charged with stealing £IOOO worth of skins belonging to Joseph Hatch, occupied the Magistrates Court all yesterday and up to luncheon to-day, and has been adjourned till 22nd October. The defence is that Mr Hatch did not carry out the agreement to give the men 15s per skin, and further, that all skins of regulation size, to which be was entitled under the agreement, were handed him. Mr J, T. M. Fraser appears for the defence, and great interest is taken in the proceed* : ings. Westpobt, October 10. The coal export for the week ended to-day is 3646 tons. Greymouth, October 10. The coal export for the week was t 2180 tons. Auckland, October 10. The outward San Francisco mail , steamer lowing this afternoon takes , specie to the value of £285,000 which is from Sydney. The meoiber for the Bay of Islands Mr R. M. Houston, was entertained at > a banquet by a number of his sup- ' porters on Friday evening. In replying to the toast of hia health he re- : viewed the late session. 1 The sum of £sl 14s, the profits from Mr Cox's Lecture in Auckland ' on behalf of the Irish evicted tenants, ; was sent to-day by the committee to Mr John Dillon. t Feildiio, October 10. Fire was discovered tbis morning among some woolpacks in Cobbe and Darragh'snew brick store now in course of erection. It was promptly extinguished but must have been burning for at least twelve hours before discovery. Ohrisichurch, October 10. The annual meeting of the directors of the J?a»apoi tyoqllen Company took place to-day. A dividend of 8 ppr cent was declared. The wages paid by the Company during the year amounts to £88,350. The Boyß' High School Bports were held yesterday, an 1 were well attended. The Senior Challenge Cup was won by S Nixon (last year's winner), with 46 Jjqintfi. Tjae junior Challenge Cup' was won by Bl Qallaghan. ' The Cjld Boys 1 Race, 200 yards was won by'P. Wood from scratch. I). Matson; winner of Christ's College Old Boys' Race, was second, with two yards handicap. SSi XgeatrSeneriil. Christohubcb, October 11. At a meeting of citizens on Satur : day pigfot it was decided tp pntertain Mr Perceval, the new Agent General, at a banquet next Thursday. The Governor has promised to attend. Fatality. Hokitika, October 11. A miner named Robert Bell, living , -.._,, * outuora, wmle I returning from Stafford, gn (Saturday tiight, fell into a desg mill race an| broke Lis neck. " "' Tfci "Waikato Election. Auckland, October 11. The result of tne Waikato election i was declared to-day at Hamerton by the returning officer, when a some- : what exciting spena took place. Mr i Murray, the defeated candidate, | accused the Waikato Times, a local i paper, of partiality. To this th» ' proprietor of the paper, Mr Edgoumbe i rctoited by calling Mr Murray a liar. < However, the excitement soon sub- i sided. <