COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 501, 25 September 1890, Page 2

COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

AUCKLAND. Last night. Trade and Labor Council delegates have gone to Northern Wairoa to try to organise Unions amongst the bushmen and mill hands. Utting and Co. have taken over the large Island trading business of McArthur and Co. Immense assemblages witness Wirth’s Wild West Show nightly. Ic leavesj'here for Gisborne on Wednesday. The ship Waitangi is expected to go. from here to Gisborne to load for Homo. A large number of presentations were made ‘yesterday to Bishop Luck on the occasion of his silver jubilee. Mary Josephine Q-ioi is applying for a divorce from her husband, a Chinese restaurant keeper. The residences of Taylor and jSoott, of Kingsland, were burnt down last night. Joseph Berry, a Birkenhead settler, wa» shooting a cat, when the gun exp’oded, blowing his hand off and causing his death.

SOUTHERN NEWS. Last nigh l . The direct steamer Arawa has arrived at Wellington. Mr Ballance got a vote of confidence at Wanganui last night.

The added money to be given at the Wellington Racing C ub a Spring meeting ia £BOO. Parliament will be dissolved on October 2. and a proclamation to that cffJot appears io thia week’s Gazette, Mr R. J. Oollins, chi £ clerk 0! tbe Tmasnry. has been appointed Assistant Seoreiary to the Department, and ni l act vice Mr Heywood, who was appointed Secretary on the promotion o£ Mr Gavin to lhe position of Assistant Controller-General and Auditor. Mr Hich son, Deputy Commissioner of Stamps, his been appointed Secretary of the Stamp Department, vice J. Sperrey, deceased. Mr T. L. Buiok has announce! tint he will stand tor the Wairau seat in lhe Liberal interest. It is probable that Mr 8. J. Mac Mister, auctioneer, who contested the last election, will ooma forward. Mr H. Dobson, the present member, ia also in lhe field, There is no sign yet of any opponent to Mr Eugene O’Connor'for the Buller seat.