COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 520, 18 October 1890, Page 2

COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

AUCKLAND. Last night. News was received to-day that the Orizona mine at Kusotunu has struck It is next the Bonanza. Tbe Bank of New Zealand has ordered a call of £3 per share on certain shares. Some visitors to Melbourne for the Cup day, left here to-day by the Monowai. Al! the Waikato coal mines are again in full work. Large quantities of coal are being sent forward. Mr Prosser, of Newton, broke his leg yesterday at Mount Eden, through colliding with a dray while on horseback. The Riv. G. B. Munro left for Gisborne today by ths Monowai, to assist in the ordination of thi Rev. Mr Ryburn, who has been appointed to the care of lhe Gisborne Presbyterian Church. Gold worth £205,625 was exported from the colony from September 30tb, 1839. to September 30sh, 1890, as against £161,781 for the previous jear, Ot this £87.140 came from Auckland, as against £36,922 for 1839. To-day the Monowai left for South. Passengers for Gisborne:—Messrs W. R. Bloomfield, L. B. Bloomfield, Clark, F,;G. Brown, Rev. G. B. Munro, Rev. R. M. Ryburn. SOUTHERN NEWS. Last night. Cases against a Mexican andlndUa la’ely connected wl h Wir hs' show, of s'oa'ing property be'onging to the firm, have been dismissed. Further proceedings are[Hkoiy to ensue. Shearing commenced at Leslie Hill, Canterbury, yes’ertlay. There are more than the usual number of shearers swagging this season, Mr Hursthouae, who was defea'od by Mr Kerr for Mo’ueka, is how a candidate for Waimea. The Union Company resume the Melbourne weekly service next week, The Grey Valley Unions have placed pickets at the Company's mine to see who applies for work. Applications are invited by letter. Government do not intend to send a special steamer to search for the survivors of the Assaye, as the Hinemoa is now in the vicinity with orders to look out for castaways. It is feared that if the ship struck on the Snares there is no possibility of survivors, as there is only one landing place there. Messrs Turnbull and C>. had fif y cases of spirits on board, numhsrud from 51 to 100, and marked as described. None of the other brands mentioned are exactly like, but they correspond closely to goods ooneigned to Wellington firms. Last month lhe arrivals were 955 and the departuree 565. The arrivals were: From the United Kingdom 179, New Soulh Wales 316, Victoria 352, other places 78. Departures were: To the Uni ed Kingdom 70, New South Wales 273, Victoria 177, other places 45. A man named Henry Dickson, laborer, azed 50, committed suicide in Bond street shortly after 8 List night, by placing a dynamite cartridge at the back of his head and exploding it. The whole of the back of his head and the right hand were com pletely blown away, but the face was uninjured. He recently came from Hindoo, on the Otago Central railway line, where he had been wbrking, and from the facts he appears to have been short of money. He was suffering from an injury to bis leg. He had informed neighbors that he Ind no money and was "cooked,” and would never get on any more. Dickson' was a single man, and so far as is known he had no relations in the colony. A man named Chas. Neilson committed suicide at the Wellington Lunatic Asylum yesterday, by hanging himself with a rope made of a bit of his bed clot hing. Neilson was formerly a laborer on the wharf, but when the strikes began he went out in common with others.

At Dunedin eight seamen of the ship Hurunui, who refused to discharge cargo, appeared at the Police Court yeslerday, charged with d’sobeying lawful commands. After evidence had been taken, all the accused were committed, and were sentenced to four weeks with hard labor, with the alternative of going to work. The _ men, through their solicitor, announced their de termination not to go to work, but were given 24 hours to consider the matter. Mr Ssddoh has commenced the election campaign. He has been addressing meetings at the different centres at Ahawa. He was presented with a purss of sovereigns by the electors who were in his former constituency. The Hon, Str F. Whitaker and the Hon. E. Miteh«le.on are expeo el back at Wellington on Monday, The former remains in Wellington while the o her Ministers are away. The Hon. Mr Hislop returned last night and the Hon. T. Fergus loavee for ths South shortly. The programme for the thirtieth annual meeting of the N.Z Rille Association baa been issued and the opining day ot the meeting is fixed tor Tuesday, 20th January, at Napier. The total amount of prize money is £ll9O, exclusive of belts, medals, shields, and other trophies.