COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 410, 30 January 1890, Page 2

COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

(PBOM OUB OWN OOBBEBPONDKNTB.') Napier, last night. Sir Thomas Mollwraith, foimerly Premier of Queensland, is now on a visit to Napier. He was shown over the harbor works to-day by the Mayor. The Customs duties for the December quarter collected in Napier are £15,110. The amount for the corresponding quarter of 1888 was £13,932. Captain Nelson, of the steamer Weka, was compelled yesterday to have one of his fingers amputated through having met with an accident on Saturday, when his right hand waa caught in a pully block, and the fingers severely crushed. Tbe Working Man’s Club last night raised the age ot admission to 21 years. Wellinoton, last night. The Museum was on Friday night broken into by some expert thieves, who appropriated one of the most valuable collections in the institution, the gold and silver coinage and an assortment of medals. The value of the collection stolen is about £9O. Some relics found at Auckland Islands by a party who recently visited that locality in the Hinemoa have been identified by Richard McAvoy, who was in the Derry Oastle until she reached Melbourne, but received his discharge at that port immediately before she sailed on the voyage that led to her destruction. He recognises certain cotton material as being that of a gay colored dress worn by the vessel’s cook in festivities connected with crossing the line, on the voyage to Australia. The Premier is by no means himself and is yet quite unfit for the task of coping seriously with the business of the country. It is feared he will have to take a long rest before he can resume bis official labors.

When the Clyde Quay school opened on Monday morning after the vacation the head master was obliged to turn away between 250 and 300 children owing to the want of accommodation. The Evening Press last night stated that there had been a disagreement among the Ministers, caused by an attempt im the part of Messrs Fergus and Hislop to force Captain Russell to take a certain course in the Department of Justice. The new Minister of Justice is stated to have successfully resisted the two other Ministers. The Press is satisfied the statement is correct, but it would be premature to give dstails. The scheme for a naw cemetery for Wellington seems likely to fall through. Last qight the Melrose Borongh Council, in whose limits the proposed new cemetery lies, refused by the casting vote of the Chairman, to adopt a report of its committee that no opposition should be offered to the scheme.

Chbistchurcb, last night. At a meeting attended by about 400 railway employees a resolution was passed unanimously, condemning the Bailway Insurance Bill as opposed to the interests and liberties of railway employees, and expressing regret at further attempts being made to introduce the bill after tbe univereal rejection by numerous meetings of railway employees throughout the colony. The police discovered that a young man named Richard Caddy, an imbecile, 2u yeare old, the son of a laborer at Sydenham, has been looked up in a room in his parents’ house for seven years. He has not been starved or ill treated, beyond tho confinement, and just previous to his being locked up ho was brought before the Police Court on a charge of molesting people. He was discovered through his rubbing the whitewash off a window of his room, and calling to some children outside. Over 200,000 acres ot land in Canterbury, south of Bangitata, will shortly bs offered for sale or selection. With the exception ot a few blocks it comprises the whole of the land in that part ot the country net already sold or leased. Donxdin, Tuesday. Mr Vanlni, the caterer for tbe Rifle Association meeting, has brought an action against the Association, claiming £lOO damages, tor alleged breach ot agreeement, principally as regards the number of competitors. The case will be heard on the sth February. The Association has made a financial suooeas of tbe meeting, and it is fully expected there will be a balance of over £4OO.

Auckland, last night. At the annual meeting of the New Zealand Accident Insurance Company yesterday the report showed that £3OOO had been capitalised, thus increasing the capital from £25,000 to £55,Q00, and dividend of 12 J per cent .ras declared upon the latter amount. A man named Richard Palmer, a settler, waa killvi] yesterday at the Oropi Buch, near Tauraaga, by the falling ot a tree.

Dunxdin, last night. The draughts championship tournament concluded laet evening, when Boreham, of Oamaru, met Warnocb. of New South Wales, to play the final round. There was a large attendance of spectators, and intense excitement prevailed. Warnoch won two games successively, and at the third game Boreham, seeing he could do no more than draw, resigned, and Warnoch won the championship amid great cheering. Warnoch takes the first prize, £25 and the championship; Boreham, second prizs, £l5 ; Brodie, third, £10; Hutton, fourth, £7 10s; and Reid, fifth, £7. The first three prizetakers -were born in Otago, Warnoch being an old Dunedin man. The competitors will ba entertained at a supper to night. At a conference of chambers of commerce last evening the following resolution was adopted unanimously, ” That it 1s of first importance there should be absolute free interchange of products between the several colonies either on the basis of a customs union or reciprocal arrangements for ex* changing specific products.”