COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 455, 17 May 1890, Page 2

COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

AUCKLAND. Last night. La grippe is everywhere. Mr Henry Varley went south yesterday by the VVanak*. Mr Arthur W. Rees, reoentty of Gisborne, has passed his general knowledge examine‘.ion for the law. Mr Collins, of Gisborne, has also passed. The remits Dr the law examination are not yet known. Mr John Abbott has oolleoted about £6OO or a sohool for the blind. The Observer has a capital article on the recent cable copyright cases, showing another phase of the question. The brig Wild Wave, which wee waterlogged at Kaipara, ia hopelessly damaged. Howie won a quarter mile raoe against McKean, for £2sa-eide, yesterday. Captain Olive, Secretary of the Auokland Club, has received a similar appointment in Sydney, Mr Allan Wright’s investigation! show there were two vines at Whangarai affected with phylloxera. They were throe milee distant from the nearest vineyard. Mr Vesey Stewart, 0! Kstikati, has been rather seriously injured by a kiok from • horse.

The island of Motuihi, in Waitemata, ie gazetted a quarantine station for imported stock. Farm and dairy produce prices are about the same as last week. Eggs, which are very scarce, are fetching Is 6d per dozen. Flour has risen 10s per toa. During the month of April, 194 adults and 291 children in Auckland and suburbs, and 85 adults and 93 children in out districts, wore assisted by the Charitable Aid Board. About 39 pictures have boon received from the South for the forthcoming Society of Arts Exhibition, and about 20 mon an

expected. Dennis Conroy, who was injured on the football field last Saturday week, died thia morning. He was a member of the Grafton Club, and the sole support of his mother. Mr Buckland reports that at Remuera on Thursday dairy cattle were in better enquiry, and advanced in price about 10s each. Store cattle were also in demand, at a alight advance. Fat cuttie were in lest than usual numbers, and were from 15s to 17s the 1001 b. Heavy oxen were at lower value than laat week, but medium weights kept last week’s prices. Fat calves were in short supply, and sold well. Fat sheep were in lose than average number, but sustained a further decline in price of abont Is. Good wethers ranged from lls to 15s, ewes 8s to 10s 6d, shorn lambs 8a 6d and 9s each. Pigs wore » plentiful—those of good quality kept their 1 late values, but oouso pigs of all olauea were i very low in price.

SOUTHERN NEWS. Last night At a largely attended meeting of the Christchurch Early Closing Association, it was decided to become affiliated with the Trades and Labor Council., The proprietors of the Shag Point oolliery are proceeding civilly for the ejectment of those miners on strike who are in occupation of their houses. Mr Thomas Salter has died suddenly, at hie residence in Anderson's Bay road, Otego. The Governor is on a visit to Featherston. He has stated that he intends renting a residence there as a shooting box. 0 wing to the heavy sea the suatner Scotia was unable to pick up the Oook Strait’s oabte, and has gone to Port Underwood, Henry Groves, a railway shunter, was ran over by a truck and killed, while shunting at Addington station. At the Dunedin City Court a lad named Williams was fined fifty shillings and ooete for selling milk adulterated by removing the cream. i The Palace Rink at Christchurch was yesterday knocked down to the bid of Mr Gould, for £lOOO The original contract for ths rink was £4,500. The Agent General cabled from London on Tuesday I—Hemp, fair, Lyttelton, £3l 15s. The tendency is in favor of sellers. An agitation has tor tome time put been going on among the railway employee*, End threatens to culminate in a general strikein fact there is an uneasy feeling that the men will go out on Sunday. Hilda has been installed favorite at 8 to 1 for the Birthday Cup to be ran at the Sydney Turf Club's meeting on the 31st. The Maritime Council has adopted 4 defence fund scheme. AU member* oontribute one shilling. The Sweating Commiuion’s report i* published. It says that the "eweating system,” in the strict sense of th* term, doe* not exist in New Zealand.