TELEGRAMS. INTERPROVINCIAL. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1858, 3 June 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAMS. INTERPROVINCIAL. [BY TELEGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

GISBORNE, Sunday. Tiik steamer remained in the roadstead all night, and landed passengers, including Sir George Grey, yesterday. He remains a week, and addresses a public meeting on Wednesday. A consignment of ,100 sheep sent from here by Mr Clarke, through the Loan and Mercantile Agency, per s.s. Boric, realised 7d por pound in London, the highest price given for anj' of her frozen meat.

WELLINGTON, Sunday. The Wairarapa sailed yesterday for Auckland with the South Sea excursionists, The contractors for the erection of machinery at Caswell Sound Marble Company's works have completed the work, and the plant lias been taken o\er. The Te Aro foundry has made a start with tin* construction of a lar^e iron steamer ordered by Captain Williams, of Wellington. The vessel will be built on the Te Aio foreshore ,aml is to be finished in ei»lit months. Her 1-jiigth will be 147 feet, and she will possess a beam of 20 feet. Her lines will be very similar to those of the Koi unui, and her carrying capacity will be laige.

Monday. One of the New Zealand representative football team telegraphs to a friend here : — " We play 17 of the combined suburbs to-moriow ; we aic all well ; nobody hnrt." The Italian Club to day had their flags flying half-mast, as a mark of respect to the memory of General Garibaldi.

BLENHEIM, Monday. The sheep inspector lias laid an information under the Scab Act ngainst Phillip Meß»e, of BLiinok, and William Poll.ud, of Birehlull. The information aj^vinst Mcßae alleges that lie, being the owner of 190,000 infected sheep, did neglect to keep rams separate from ewes before the inspector had granted a clean certificate for such ewes. The information against Pollard alleges that he was convicted on the 12th November of being the owner of 2000 infected sheep, and that after the expiration of six months they still continued to be infected. Both informations came before the R.M. Court to-day, and were adjourned to allow tho defendants to muster their sheep.

DUNEDIN, Saturday. The gold escort bronght down eleven packages, value £36, 0* 0. A deputation of unemployed interviewed the mayor this morning. Tha Mayor said he had received a telegram from the Premier ; ho was making inquiries in reference to finding employment, and telegraphed during the day. The Mayor recommended the men to remain quiescent in the meantime. Outside the Town Hall fully 200 assembled, and claimed a hearing aa the Mayor left the building. When que«tioned whether they would take employment if found for them up country, several men replied emphatically in the negative.

Sunday. We are having hard frosts, and the first curling of the season was indulged in yesterday.

Monday. At the annual meeting of the Waimea Plains Company this afternoon, Mr W. J. M. Larnach, president, expressed hia intention to assist in having the District Railways Act repealed, as it had proved a mistake. Eight stacks were burned down at Dipton, belonging to Mr Jamea McDonald. They were uninsured. Six stacks at Hamiltons were also destroyed. They belonged to Mr C. Dovitfc, and were insured in the Sonth British, but the amount is unknown.

CHRISTCHURCH, Monday. Mr R. H. Rhodes, a very old and prominent settler, died yesterday, aged 69. A petition to Sir Julius Vogel, askirig him to stand for Stantnoro if Mr Pilliett resigned, is beiug numerously signed. '