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

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1861, 10 June 1884, Page 2

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

WELLINGTON, Saturday. 'I iifc diiectois of the Caswell Sound Maible Company have lecoivcd intelligence that cliambciing machinery had been shipped on boatd the Peitian Monarch, which left New York on 23id Apul, and is evpected to reach this port about the end of next month. The New Zealand Shipping Company received advice of the Ruapelm leaving AJadiera for Wellington June 4th. The Government have received information that it is probable the American CongrebS will giant a su'-isidy for the contiinntion of the San Fiandseo mail ser vice.

Monday. The Evening Press, not yet published, is saitl to be staited by the pi oprietoi 3 of the Wairarapa Daily, with a capital of £400. Mi- HutchinsoD, M.H.R., is letiiued as editor, but he denies it is an Opposition paper. Some say George Fisher, major of Wellington, has bought a plant in Melbourne, and is the proprietor ; this is \cry unlikely. Spiritualistic seances ha\e become a common fashionable amusement now m Wellington. At one lately Oliver Cromwell, Alfred the Great, Henry the Eighth and Horace rapped out answers, but were quite at variance with lecened histoiies. It is looked upon as good fun. The Normal school is about to be removed to near the cricket ground. Some say that it will be abolished in common with all other Normal schools of the colony, on account of the expense— £2ooo a-year each. It is generally thought that the education estimates will be largely reduced. It is quite possible the report on the North Island Trunk Railway line will be laid on the table to-moirow night. Auckland traders are genei ally iii favour Of the coast line. Mr Walter Johnson is reported to be on bad terms with the Ministry ; he has resigned his seat in the council. It has now been decided that Mr M. W. Green will second the Address inReply in the House of Representatives. It will also be settled who will propose and second the Address in the Legislative Council. The steeplechase meeting to be held at Island Bay under the auspices of the recently formed Wellington Jockey Club, has been fixed for July 12th, aud about £300 will be gi\ en in stakes, the principal events being worth 12/jsovs. The Bishop of Nelson lectured to-night on " A visit to Jerusalem." The Kaiwarra Licensing Committee granted a renewal of licenses to old hotels j on condition that the houses be put in good repair. By the stoamer Victory, which sailed for London this morning, 250 frozen rabbits were shipped.

GREYMOUTH, Saturday. Nothing is known here of any rich quartz specimens from Cedar Greek, Ross, as stated in yesterday's telegram from Ross.

CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday. At the Supreme Court yesterday the the will of the late R. H. Rhodes was proved at under £600.000.

Sunday. A coffee palace in connection with the Metropolitan Temperance Hotel was opened, yesterday. The Mayor and Dean of Christchurch were among those present. ' Flour is brought to Christchurch „ froth Ohaka, sixteen, miles, by waggons, ttiqugh there is a railway siding at^ the faUHoors, ' ' ,- u , i

At St. AlMns last'nichV a branch |of the Working Men's Political Association was formed. Twenty -seven members were enrolled. At the close of the" treating three cheers were given for Sir George Grey.

DUNEDIff, Saturday. The Benevolent lustitu'te Committee have invited the medical men to form an honorary staff for the institution, thereby saving £50 yearly.

onnaay. At the Musselborough licensi»g meeting the Chairman described the co 'duct of the police in bringiug a case against an hotelkeeper as a hole ami-corner business ; and a member said hotolKeepera were now looked after as if they were ticket-of-leave men or felons.

Monday. At the inquest on the child Sterling, which died from bimis as reported on Saturday, the evidence of the mother was that she gave the child to her six-year-old daughter to nurse while she went out to clean the shed in the back yard. On her return, after an absence of ten minutes, she found the baby's clothes on file, and nearly all burnt. She dressed the child's burns, but medical advice was not obtained. The jury returned an open verdict, and acting on their recommendation the coroner cautioned the mother for her inhuman and unmotheily conduct, informing her that had there been much more evidence there would probably have been a verdict of manslaughter against her. Mr.J. C. Brown, M.H.R. for Tuapeka, addressed his constituents at Lawrence, the central town of the district, on Satttrday evening, and received ci unanimous vote of thanks and confidence. He propounded a scheme to rid the colony of centralism, suggesting the foimatiou of three States, one with the capital at Dunedin or Clnustchnrch, the second including a, poition of tke M ddle Island, with the capital fat Wellington, and the third with the capital "at Auckland. Mr Allan Mann's flour and oatmeal mill at Woodside, Outram, in the Taieri county, together with a large quantity of giain, was destroyc 1 by lire on Saturday eveniig. Only the water wheel of the mill was saved. The building was valued at £1,500, and was not insured. It is calculated that about £6-30 worth of cjiain, the property of Messrs Dickens and a few other persons, was burned. Messrs Dickens have insmance for £300 on the grain, and estimate their loss at £330 over that amount. The mill was the property of Mr Mann, and was leased by Messis Dickons at an annual rental ot £130, with a purchasing clause for £1500. On Fiiday and Saturday the kiln was rather heavily filled, and it is presumed that the fire started in the kiln. The woodwoik must have ignited. An insurance policy for £1000 dusted on the will till about six weeks ago, w hen it lapsed.

THAMES, Monday. At the annual licensing meeting in three w.n (Is of the Thames Borough the committees lcsolutcly declined to grant an extension of licenses beyond 11 o'clock. An application was made to the Hastings Licensing Committee for an accommodation license in respect of a new house at Tcurua landing. For the past two yeais no licensed houses have existed in the East Coast distiicts, and the effect of enforced abstaining upon bu&li employes has been salutary. The business manager of the Union Sash and Door Company therefore resisted the application, but the committee decided to grant a license on consideration that the house is finished before the next quarterly meeting.