NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 585, 21 March 1891, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS

AUCKLAND. Last night. The boot operatives have demanded higher Wages, and threaten to strike. The dead body of John Bray, settler, of Mount Eden, has been found at Heleasville. The medical profession and the Hospital Board have bad an amicable conference, and the two bodies are likely io work together for the future. Rawlins, the former treasurer of the Parnell Orphan Home, and a prominent citizen, was sentenced to three years for embezzling the funds of the ina<itution.

Lord Onaiow *u to-aay welcomed near the Urewera bounder/, by the Ngatiwa tribe. One of the chiefs, in a speech, asked Lord Onslow to stay in hie house tor the night, and said if be did not do so he would tie him up. The invitation was, however, declined, and the tying up was not attempted. AH hope of the barque Bose M, which recently left for Australia, h.s now been abandoned. The ship Leading Wind is to be repaired in Auckland. SOUTHERN NEWS.

Last night. The Dorio arrived at Plymouth on Wed nesday, with her meat in good condition. In a simuliaueooit nflu match tbs Dunedin EngiOe*)* scored 530, th- 1 ! Canterbury Engineers 501, and the Auckland Engineers 430.

Government propose to make a reduction of £B,OOO per annum in the Marine Department, obi. Uy io contingencies. "It i» reported that the insurances on the Hie ci ihe late J. B. Greesi.n amount to £lO,OOO, in which the Australian Mutual is d spiv interested. Tbs Railway Commissioners estimate that I'M nst profit on the railways for the year Wtii amount to £4(3,000, notwithltanding the ii.il.tMBd espanaes through the strike,

A complimentary banquet to Mr Bruo took place last night at Marton. It was a f*p l eDdid auccePF. The Guest of tl e Evening was proposed by Mr McArthur. Mr Brucreceived an ovation on liamg io respond Hie speech was considered a masterpiece of oratory. Messrs Bryce, Harkness, Wilson, Dutbie, and Mcnteatbalso spoke. A deputation cf ratepayers waited on the Wellington City Council, asking that a site be set aside in ihe new cemetery for crematory purposes. The question Was referred u the Cemetery Committee. A hod consignment cf apples, consisting of 1625 casPH, wan shipped by the New Zealand Ftuit Export Company, by ihe which left Lyttelton yesterday for London, The divorce proceedings in-utuitd by Lady Wasteney against her husband, Sir Widiam Wan’eney (formerly of Auck and, new < f Reefton) has bt-en withdrawn, tLe matter having been amicably sett ed. The Minister of Educa ion has drafted a Bdl to facilitate conciliation and provide for arbitration. When revised arid approved by the Cabinet it will be submitted to bo h th Trades’ a' d Employers’ Unions. This course will be followed with all Industrial Bills prepared by the Government. It has been decided by the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce to write to the New Zealand Shipping Company and the Shaw Saville and Albion Company, urging them to make Port Chalmers the last port of departure for the direct mail steamers, now that there is abundance of water on the bar.

Replies have been received at Wellington from fifteen Municipal bodies, agreeing in their answer to the circular Bent- out by tbtWeliington City Council, to send delegates to the Municipal Conference to be held there shortly The number included the City Councils of Dunedin, Auckland, and Christchurch. It is notified in the Gazette that B. W. Edwards and John Onus by ceat-e to be Commissioners under th- Native Land Court Acts Amendment Act, 1889, after the 31si initaot.

The Dunedin Hospital Trustees decided yesterday to call for tenders for a Nurses’ Home. They also intend to urge a c aim for a wpecial vole for the building of the new hospital,