TELEGRAMS

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1230, 7 February 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAMS

(PROM OUR ,.OWW OORRj^OITOENT.) .;?. ■■•'.■■ ■" ..: ; ;;D»JMRDDr, 5. The Trade and Labor League have issued an annual report The League i comprises ten branches, representingj QSO^apoialv: numbers, iand ' there aire ] nine honorary members. The Shipayight Union-- mteni^-^Oj-iiflg'-the league. The Tarawera sails to-morrow with , about 150 passengers on an excursion td the; Sounds, . .' liM-'v i;- --... FE9.IHF&, 6. Mr Jones, of the firm ofPi^erand Jones, attempted to shbbt 'Jtr^X , B. Roots this moniirig. : k Mr 'Kdtrtfr escaped unhurt by runnmg:in.a- : 'zigzag direction to dodge the, shots.. i-'nThe would-be murderer is supposed to be insane. There is no „cler^ vto;ihe Bench here, so the parties' "'col-cerlied have gone to Palmerston -to obtain a warrant to arrest Jonea .- . ; : ; ' i-v. AUCKLAW>,!;O. I Mr GulliverA, who is eng^Wd.b^i-e- --: City Council to collect tiie rateijin the i Ponsonby ward, states that -as' he'^ent idown the wharf this morning. >with ,L 162 worth of rates in his pocket, he ! ,was seized with, a sudden, vertigo, -and •nearly fell over, And that the pocketbodk was jerked out o£ his r pock6t into the water. The pocket-bookhas since been recovered, but there, is only L 43 therein. ' . ' ' ; ; Mr Shakespeare gives I^ipuke L«&e, !}orth Shore, as the locality, where: he found the diamonds recently oxMb'ited by him. •:. Najpier, 5.5 The Hawkes' Bay Meat Export Company has collapsed. -Part of the programme of the company .wa&the purchase of large . wpjks at Tomoana, owned by Nelson Bros, and Williams fpr L 85.000. Two of the pawners have agreed to the sale, but the third in England refusetfito' ratify it It is expected that the shareholders will consent to take back their money with; interest at 8 per cent, which Nelson Broa ofler. Gisbornk, 6. ' Tho Southern Cros&Petroleum Co.'s mining manager ' reports a . further depth of 11 feet laßt week, making a total of 865 ft to the 2nd February. Oil exudes in the shaft and was collected. Gas is very troublesome. The strata are composed of medium hard arid ; tough papa. . ; Auckland, 6 The Hon J, Bryce and the Hon. W. Rolleston and party landed at Kawhia on Friday evening, and. were well received by . the natives :who brought numerous presents of food on Saturday last Captain Fairchild buoyed the channel of Kawhia harbor and found that he could go in and out with the Stella at dead low water. M. Percy Smith, the chief surveyor planned a township for laying out. The Hon. J. Bryce had an interview with Honi Wetere, the principal chief of the district, and the latter went on board the Stella in the evening and had a long talk with the Defence Minister. Capt Fairchild sent up a number of rockets ■- which greatly pleased the natives. On Sunday both Mi-usters. rode round to Aotea, and saw. a large district with which they ■Were well pleased. All on board .the "Stella were gratified with the beautiful . and.'fertile.. appearance of. the Kawhia' district. . ; .Th'is^.inprning; the" Minis- . tprial- pal-fey came on overlahd'-to AIV, exandi-a, accompanied by tiie special Correspondent of the' .^Herald.'- > The Stella, with the Uhdei , -Secretary of the jNative Depai-tment:;;. Mr T. W. •Lewis sailed for oneh.unga, ariivhig at ten in the morning. Frisco mail item, pcr 'as. Australia at Auckland: — Baldwin, known' as " Lucky Baldwin " tbe proprietor of the hotel and thea + :-e in San Fran-

cisco that bears i-t^at--rtame, and one ' of the rich men.'in tKe.:fcity; : .^as shot> by a female cousin, hahied EverbhdV' Baldwin, on the 4th instant, but^nptj killed. Jem. Mace's arrival at San Francisco, witfe his-Mapri friend* has been the signal for the breaking out of a pugilistic*, mania vail over the country., Tom Allen, the pugilist, hassgone into training at St Louis, and will, challenge any. man in the world, . Oscar Wylde sailed for England the day after Xmas. •_ Previous to leaving New York, he fell into the hands of sharpers, with whom he played till he lost 1060 dollars, for which he gave ' his Cheque and then stopped payment.; A priest acebmpanied the Chief Secretary for Ireland in his inspection of the parish of Glen-Columkill. In twenty- houses visited on. the -sth of January, there was not a morsel of I food. "•.-'■,■ After spending L 50.000 for ' the relief of the .small farmers and cot : tagers in the wes.t .of/frelafid,' Lady. Florence Dixie * refuses to raise aether, fund for that . .purpose; believing it ta be 1 the duty of the Government or the; Land League to move in the matter, / -'' .... '>.;,.- ..■