NEW ZEALAND. [BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2214, 16 September 1886, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND. [BY TELEGRAPH— PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

WELLINGTON, Tuesday. The present Mayor, AJr A. W. Brown, has announced he will not stand this >ear. Amongst the reasons he gives one is that it is rumoured the mayors of colonial capitals will be knighted in the Jubilee year, and there are people who deserve the honour better than he does, and will be able to accept the concomitant lespon&ibilitias and discharge the duties better than he could. At the annual meeting of the Wellington Cricket Association, hdd to-night, a letter was read from Mr Tennant in reference to the visit of the English team, and the matter was referred to the Finance Committee for consideration. The follovying resolution was carried :— " That this Association correspond with the Auckland, Canterbury, and Otago Associations with the view of getting a New Zealand eleven to play against the Australian team during their approachiug tour, aud, fuither, if practicable, to arrange a North and South match, to be played previously. The weather has been bitterly cold today, and hail bhowers fell frequently. The Hinemoa left for Big Bay, via •Southern ports. Only five or six prospectors left Wellington by her DUNEDIN, Tuesday. A fire at Caversham destroyed two houses belonging to Mr Walter Goodall. They were insured in the Colonial Otfice for £270. CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. The case of George Walcock Ell, who has acquired some notoiiety in the suit of Ell v. Harper, came before the Supreme Court to-day. Sum* 1 time ago Ell was adjudicated a bankrupt. He was not present, having gone to Wellington to seek legal advue, and had neglected to obey an order of the Court to file a state« meut of his assets and liabilities. Mr Justice Johnston said he Mould not commit him for contempt in his absence, but he would have to purge himself from the contempt in some waj , or be sent to gaol. A s'nall section of the unemployed are very much incensed with Sir 11. Stout, and to-night paraded the town with a bundle ot old clothes intended as an • fligy of the Premier, which they subjected tv a number of indignities. The only reason that can be assigned for their action is that they are under the impression that the Premier has been endeavuuiing to avoid receiving a deputation fiosn the unemployed. TIMARU, Tuesday. A worn in named .Sarah Kenuett jumped off the outer end of the Breakwater about half-past five this evening. She was seen to throw herself off, and a boats crew from the Annie Bow put off and picked up the woman. On arrival at the wharf Dr. Mulntyre pronounced life extinct. Deceased was a single woman, and had been tvsidinir line for IS years. An inquest follows m due course. NEvV PLYMOUTH, Wednesday. The Wakatipu left for Sydney at 1.20 p m , taking a fine lot of cattle from the "Hawei i district for the Australian market, besides 300 kegs of butter. Colonel Whitmure is here. He has been to lo>k at seveial places with a view to holding an Eister encampment. BLKXHKIM. Wednesday, A two yeir-old daughter of Mr Cross of the Telegraph Department has died (torn eating matches