COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 366, 19 October 1889, Page 2

COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

(PHOM OUB OWN COBBEBPONDBNTS.)

Auckland, laet night. A man named Grace, who lives near Cambridge, has come into the possession of a legacy of from £60,000 to £70,000, and baa left on a visit to England, A largely attended meeting wa« held last evening of wharf laborers and lumpers for the purpose of forming a Wharf Laborers* Union. Nothing definite was done, but 100 men gave in their names aa members. A further meeting will be held shortly. Wellington, last night. The Gazette last night notified tbat the seat for Waipa is vacant, At tbe meeting of the City Council last evening It was decided to obtain judgment against the Athemeum for the amount (£80) of rates owing, and then defer tba matter tor 12 months.

Hearn is in active training for the match with Stephenson, and has placed a first deposit of £5O in the hands of Mr H. Blundell, The Immigration and Emigration returns for September show that the arrivals numbered 052 and departures 1015. The arrivals were- From the United Kingdom 344, Victoria 2G7> New South Wales 262. Departure!—to New South Wales, 5001 Victoria, 218; United Kingdom, 95. Durlug the month two Chinese arrived while the departures of Chinese were 83. Captain Somerville states that the deficiency in connection with thelaatrifla meeting at Blenheim was only £2O. Heapeaks confidently of the success of the meeting next January, in Dunedin. The attendance of competitors is estimated at over 400. Tasmania, South Australia, Naw South Wales, and Victoria will each send a team of ten men, while the Queensland contingent will □umber 20. Captain Somerville ia consulting local members of Council at to the reception of marksmen from the sister colonies. Notwithstanding the increased number of competitors it ia expected the meeting will not occupy more than a week as 60 targets will be used.

Tbe Mayor has announced that he intends to devote hie honorarium as follows :—To pay £3O owing by Friendly Societies for rstes, and divide the remainder batween tbe Art Gallery and Newton Public Library. Mr Twogood'a flax mills, at Featherston, were burned down last night, there being nothing insured. Tbe loss is estimstad st £350.

Chbistchubch, last night.

A skeleton, found in the confluent of the Okaku river, has been identified by the wife of Wm. Ferguson as the remains of her husband. He lived near Belfast, but owned a section close to where the skeleton was found. He visited the place some months sgo, and never returned home. He was reported to the police as missing, and search was made without avail, Yesterday afternoon a female child of Mr Robertson, baker, of Victoria Street, while playing in the street was run over by a horse and cart, driven by a Chinese market gardener, who, instead of stopping, drove homewards at q brisk rate. Tbe child’s ohest was completely crushed, and life was extinot ia a few minutes. The police followed the Chinaman and arrested him.

An enquiry was held at Lyttelton yesterday, before Mr Rose, Collector of Customs, and Capt into the circumstances of the collision between the tug and the Margaret Galbraith. The inquiry was not open to the Press, as on|y a preliminary number of witnesses were examined, and the evidence will be forwarded to the Minister of Marine for his decision as to whether a magisterial investigation is necessary. One of the largest meetings ever held in Christchurch took place last evening in connection with the Tailors' Union. Resolutions of sympathy with the movement and condemning the pernicious system of sweating were passed uhanimously, It is understood that the Grand Lodge of Sootland is opposed to the movement for the establishing of a MasoniO Grand Lodge for New Zealand, fearing it is more likely to lead to disunion than real union under one Charter.

A man named W. B. Fleming has been foqnfi dead in a hut at Port Molyneaux.