COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 353, 19 September 1889, Page 3

COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

(MOM OUB OWN COBRESPONDENTS.} Napier, last night. A public meeting was held last evening in the Theatre Royal to raise funds to relieve the distress in'East London, occasioned by the late strikes. There was a good attendance. The Mayor occupied the chair. The meeting was addresed by the Revs Patterson and Beecroft, and others, and resolutions were passed affirming the desirableness of carrying out the object of the meeting by appointing a Committee for that purpose. Tha-wrm of £lB Ils 7d was collected at the B The Court has been occupied since Monday morning with the trial of the will case in which Arihate Nahu (commonly known as Princess Alice) is defendant, and Hora te Aroatera plaintiff. The case is likely to last several more days yet, Wellington, last night. Two writs were issued yesterday at the instance of John Mynott, of Taranaki, against the proprietor of the Taranaki Herald, and Mr Garefaill, Deputy Official Assignee, claiming £5OO damages from each. The cause of action is the publication of an apology lately read by Mr Samuel in the House of Representatives, signed by John Hooper, containing reflections upon Mynott for the way in which the signatures were obtained to a petition to the House calling in question the Deputy Official Assignee’s conduct. The Hinemoa took the "Governor on Monday to Nelson, where he takes up hie residence for some weeks. William Bannister, formerly clerk in the Postal Department, was committed for trial on Monday on the second charge of misappropriating Government moneys. Waiboa, last night. Mr Hay, Government Engineer, has been engaged for the last few days in examining the river, and collecting data for reporting to Government on the capabilities and requirements of the Wairoa harbor. He has also been up to Waikare Moana inspecting the Wakare Taheke outlet of the lake, with a view to the practicability of letting water out to flush the Wairoa river, when required. The flax mills at Whakakai and Tiniroto have both commenced operations, and have already worked a quantity of fibre.

New Plymouth, last night. The steamer Gairlooh, while entering the Weitara river yesterday, took ground on the North side of the river. She is expected to be got off tomorrow, The sea at present is smooth. Nelson, last nleht. Miss Doyle, while an a visit to a friend at Rollingwood, on Monday night, suddenly fell 4qt?n dead. She was shortly to be married. CHRISTCHURCH, last night. A carpenter named Roberts, working on a roof at Sunnyside Asylum, yesterday, was descending a creeping ladder, when it ran off the roof, precipitating him to the ground, a distance of 40 feet. Roberts sustained a fracture of the left forearm and the right thigh, besides internal injuries, the nature of which have ndt yet been ascertained. The Mediest Superintendent of the asylum paid the necessary attention to the spSeref, who is doing as well as possible qufiif birotjtq |t»nees. Auckland, last night.

The steamer Rose Casey, chartered by the police, left here on Monday night, with a force of armed constables, in search of the Maori girl Haungareri (who had beep abducted by some natives), and arrested the abductors. They reached Waiwera on the same night, and proceeding to the native Settlement found the Maoris holding a torero over the matter of the abduction. The chief of the settlement, Te Honiara, who is a native assessor, was expressing the opinion that it was his duty to assist the police. When the constable entered the where Te Hemara pointed oqt the Maoris Darned in the warrant, and four men and four Women were arrested, and with the girl and father were brought to Auckland. Tester fiay morning they were charged at the police court with having assaulted the girl Mere Haungareri and forcibly abducted her, and also with having assaulted her father. The evidence of Mere was beard and the case was then remanded for a week, prisoners being released on bail. Dunedin, last night, The Colonial Rank has declared a'dividend of 7 per cent, added £lO,OOO to the reserve fudd, and carried forward £4361. The Governor has intimated that he will be in Dunedin about the middle of November, and stay there until the end of January. Hie Excellency has sent invitations to all the Australian Governors to meet at Dunedin at the opening of the Exhibition. The Grand Pacific Hotel is now being prepared for the Ueeeption of ths Onslow party. At a public meeting nsid last night it wm derided to form an Early Closing Association tad about 120 members were enrolled.