NEW ZEALAND. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1938, 6 December 1884, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

WELLINGTON, Thursday. ' The nominations for the election of the Government Insurance Association Board is fixed for tlio 20th December, and the election is shortly after the new year. The regulations for the formation of special settlements are g netted to-night. The committee for the Industrial Exhibition are also ga^tted, and number one hundred. The Gazette notifies the appointment of Mr N. T. Maunder as clerk of the Licensiug Committee for the district of Alexandra, vice Constable Gillies, and Mr J. L. Campbell as member of the Auckland Land Board. The contract for the conveyance of mails by the direct steamers is for a period of five years. The contract time for the voyage »•> P days on the trip homo and 43 d.tjd outward. The contraur with the Union IS S. Company for£ the distribution of mails is not yeb^ signed, but is expected to be in the course of a day or two. The difficulty as to the dispatch of letters alternattely l»y the Sail Francisco and direct steamers having been adjusted does not relieve letters via Brinciisi from additional charge sanctioned by the last Parliament. CHRISTCHURCII, Thursday. The Horticultural Society's Rose Show to-day was one of the most successful held in Christchnrch, both as to the A number and quality of the exhibits. The " Governor was present. Friday. W. T. A. Turrell, William Peacock and John A. Cotton, three young men who had been arrested on suspicion of having outraged a woman on Monday night last, under circumstances of extra* ordinai-y brutality, were to-day committed for trial, charged with criminal assault. TIMA.RU, Thursday. M. De Harven had an interview with the Chamber of Commerce this afternoon. He will then spend several days, and then proceed to Dunedin, returning shortly. DUNEDIN, Thursday. The two men who were apprehended in connection with the the fatal assault at Meldsmir, were brought before the .lustice at Outram, to-day, and remanded till Saturday, when it is expected the inquest will take place. The first professional medical examination in connection with the Otago University Mas held on Monday and Saturday last, when Mr William Christie, of Warepa, passed the various examinations. M Mr Christie is thus the first medical J0 student who has passed a professional examination in this colony. Dr. McDonald, the recently appointed materia medica lecturer has, in conseqtieuce of Mr Christie's successful passing, commenced his lectures, the summer _ session opening on Monday last. 41 Mr Wakefield having resigned the editorship of the Timaru Herald, has been succeeded by Mr W. H. Triggs, formerly of the Wellington Post. Friday. A man named James Anderson, a farmer at Ida Valley, is supposed to have been drowned at the Clyde this afternoon. He arrived in the Clyde to see the doctor, and was on his way to the Hospital, when he was observed to descend the river bank, take off his coat and vest, and walk into the river Clutha.

The usual services at the Hamilton Wesleyan Church to-morrow are advertised elsewhere in this issue. Tenders for clearing on the Horotiu estate will not be opened until Monday morning, owing to Mr Sandes' absence from Hamilton. The _ result of Kaiser's Consultation on the Cambridge Handicap appears in our advertisement columns. Messrs McNicol, Ohaupo, offer a reward foi the recovery of j. strayed pony. The usual divine services at Le Quesne's Hall, Hamilton, to-morrow, are advertised elsewhere. Eureka's consultation on the Auckland Cup closes on Saturday next, the 13th. Messrs Gould, Waitoa, will reward the finder of a brown mare. Easily Proven.— lt is easily proven that malarial fevers, constipation, torpidity of the liver and kidneys, general debility, nervousnesa and neuralgic ailments yield readily to this great disease- conqueror, Hop Bitters. It repairs the ravages of disease by converting the food into V rich blocd, and it gives new life and vigour to the aged and infirm always. See. Messrs W. T. Hunter and Co. will sell at tho residence of Mr VV. H. Neal, photographer, near the Horse Yards, Cambridge, on Tuesday next, the whole of his household furniture and effects, as per list published in advertisement. They will sell at Ohaupo Yards on Tuesday, the 10th inst., a dairy of twenty well-bred cows in full •- milk (unrcsenred sale) ; also, well-bred steers, * mixed cattle, 20 head fat cattle, dairy cows, fat and store sheep, &c. We direct special attention to the important advertisemei t ■of the -Melbourne Drapery and Clothing Company, direct importers, Queeastreet, Auckland. _ A full list of the various parcels of goods which the company is prepared to forward, with'ihe'price of same; *cc.,/wjll bo foundling© adrertjseaent, which* appears on.