TELEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1636, 7 December 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(FROM OITR OWN' W>RKKSPONI>r.NT.) Adcklaxd 3. Sailod Bengnela, for London, with a cargo valu.d at £14.000. At tlit) annual mwting of the Northern Boot and Shoe Manufacturing Company the report showed sales of £80,000 over last year. AlO per cent dividend wss declared, and £oSI curried forward. V r . L. Wilson and C. B. Stone were re-nlected directors. Tim agitation of Imp unemployed is continuing. A public meeting is convened for to-morrow night when the Mayor will preside, and the City j representatives in the General Assembly have promised to attend. An investigation has been made as to the real number out of employ meat. The unemployed assert that if Governineiit assistance is "not fortl scorning, tiny will petition the Now South Wales Government. December 4. The meeting was h«ld tonight, when the Mayor presided, there was a crowded andienc*, with a good number who were not unemployed. Resolutions wure carried in favor of sending a petition to the Government explaining the distress, and asking the Government, through the Minister for Public Works, to supply labor for those in need ps had been done in Christchmvh and Dnnedin. A list of 150 names, principally married men, was given in as out of employment. Chbistchurcii 4. The decision in the Hudson enquiry caso was given today. The Bench were of opinion that the charge against Capt. Thomas of neglecting to take the necessary precautions for the safety of his ship had been sustained, and the second mate should have kept the lead going when approaching the land, especially dining thick weather. The Bench decided that the ceriiacate of the two men should iw suspended for three months, but they would make no order for costs against them. Wellington, 5. The analysis of some sandstone from Hilluv's Creek, Auckland, gives tho

following results : — Brown sandstone, ldwt 13grs per ton ; grey sandstone, only traces of gold. The result of Dr Hector's analysis of the specimen of quartz sent from the Cliristcharch Wold Mining Company, Browning's Pass, shows a yield at the rate of 16 ozs llozs 12<jrs per ton. A movement is om foot to induce the Government to cease operations in connection with the Mount Cook central prison works in couise of construction here, with a view of securing the site for a public recreation ground, owing to the place being so close to the centre of the city. The Corporation is willing to recoup the Colony some £ 40,000 alleged to be tht expenditure on the works up to date. A new site is proposed a few miles from Wellington. A change of venue from Christchnrch to Dunedin has been granted on the application of defendant Roydhouse in tiie libel action brought by Dr Stewart against the Evening Pres*. The Wellington post office anthori tieg*have received advices that the new seivice mail steamer Alamada, with the London Ndv. 3rd mails for New Zealand and Australia left Frisco on the 23 Nov., two days late, and the City of Sydney with the Colonial November mail reached Frisco on the Ist instant, time tal.le date. The Eastern Extension Company's ca'»le steamer Slieriard Osborne left Melbourne yes terday for Wellington to undertake the repair of the Cook Straits cable. Mr Moeller, well known as proprietor of the Occidental Hotel died here today from dropsy. Deceased was 57 years of age. The Native Minister received tin* following telegram to-day from the Government agent at Alexandria res peeting the opening of the King Country to European prospectors : — The Eawhia Native Committee have done some good \vo:k during their sitting just finished, apart from their fixing the price for timber, . about which thf-re may be differences of opinion, they have passed a resolution to the effect that the whole country shall be thrown open to prospecting, and that the Government \>e asked to , find some qualified and responsible European to do the prospecting in company with Natives to 1)3 chosen by the Committee. Should gold be dis . covered the Government are to make arrangement with the CouiinitteH about opening the field. Wanga v ui, 5. j A native chief named Pehnra Tern», who took part as ;i friendly native in the Maori war, and was wounded at the taking of Te Kooti pah at Te Perori, in 18G9, died up the Wangnnui river this week. In response to the request of the Maoris the Native Minister has ordeftd a military funeral, which will tako place tomorrow. Auckland, 5. Mr Murchia, of Auckland, who recently visited Skye. to place before the Crofters the desirability of immi< I grating to N.Z, reports that the crofters have no desire to emigrate. H.M.S. Miranda arrived from Suva and Samoa after a passage of four days, under the command of Capt. J. Faul, who reports that affairs in Stmoa are quiet, and morn Settled than for years. The Miranda subsequently took her departure for Sydney.'