COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 456, 20 May 1890, Page 2

COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

AUCKLAND. Last night. The Frisco malls were despatched this afternoon. Informations have been laid against fire grocers for selling ginger wine without a lloenae. Monday, the 26th inat., has been gazetted a general holiday in honor of Her Majesty's birthday. The Auckland ironworkers met on Saturday and discussed the queetion 0! wages, with a view to taking action, Mr Conroy, who met his death from a football accident, wee buried yesterday. His mother was hysterical at the grave, and there was a distressing scene. The proprietor of Wirth's circus went to America to-day to bring down the famous Wild Beast Show.

Mr John Castle, formerly of the West Coast, died very suddenly at Avondale, through the bursting of a blood-vessel. Mr O’Key is seriously ill from a football accident of the same kind as that which killed Conroy. Mr David Christie Murray, who arrived from Gisborne to-day, is being entertained to-uljht by the Savage Club,

SOUTHERN NEWS. Last night. The Appeal Court adjourned without giving a decision in the Te Kooti case. The direct steamer Aorangi arrived at Wellington this afternoon. The Maritime Council adjourns tc-morrow. The next sittings are to be in Auckland in six months’ time. About sixty farmers of Papanui, Canterbury, met and formed a Farmers’ Union. Two brothers named Fitzgerald were washed off the schooner Maud Graham off Cape Runaway and drowned. Dr. Me Donald, ex-rector of [the Dunedin Boys'School, died at Waikari private asylum. John Rogers, clerk in the employ of the Ellis line of steamers, has been committed for trial at Christchurch on a charge of embezzling £l4B. Another outcome of the toll gate agitation at Wellington is a movement to form a new Borough in the Hutt district. It is understood that Mr Burton, of Auckland, has been appointed Manager of tbe Colonial Bank at Dunedin, The Nelson City Council yesterday appointed Mrjackell, of Auckland, General Manager of Public Works. Thomas Thompson, of inland Fates, on two charges of sly grog selling, was mulcted at Napier, in a fine and costs amounting to £45 16s. or two months’ imprisonment. Ha accepted the latter. The Appeal Court, on the motion of the Canterbury Law Society, suspended a Christchurch solicitor for two years for excessive charges to a client, and he was also ordered to pay 25 guineas costa. Hattrick and Co.’s grain store, Wanganui district, has been gutted by fire, the loss over the insurance being 411000. The following is the result so far of the Railway Society’s ballot regarding the adoption of a strike, such being deemed necessary by the Executive :—Oam ar r. branch, 130 for and 5 against; 71 for and none against; Nelson, 34jMflF 3 against. These, with the CanuSPry voting, give a total to date of 975 foFand 53 against.