TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2240, 30 September 1889, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

[Pjer. JPbess Association,]

Land Purchase.

Auckland, September 30

Mr G. T. Wilkinson, the Government agent, has concluded the purchase cf the whole of the Maoh t jto goldtields frcm the Natives. Tne Revenue from thß' S'.'aro n will now accrue to the Ohinemuri Oounty Ooanoil.

Suspected Case of Leprosy. There ;«•, sys tbe Vvhaugarei iOrraSpondeat of the " Horald," b very bad oaae of leprosy with a Maori at U.reklno, Ab ut four or fivo months e b o a person oabed at my pitoe f r stor. a. He was on horseback, but did not d amount, I attended to bis o;tier and made some remark about disease, but never aaeiug, to my knowledge, a oase of leprtsy, I did not sariuos y entertain the matter. His fe, t and hands were bound with clotbsaud sores teamed to be du charging matt-.r. > Rom what 1 havo ascertained since, through the public press, 1 be.ieve that it must be a case i f leprosy. I have had some conveisa ion with a ohief'a wife opon the oase m question, and she informs me tbat he has been to a M-ori doctor and been declared iucuralle. I have alao been infoimed th»t a Maori girl died of the same disease at Herekino not long ago

The Mai's, Wbluhgton, September 30.

Tho Zealandi* with the English malls of September 7ib, left San Franclioo fur A uokl.nd on the 22 id, one day late. The Alameda with tbe ooloni.l mails of Sep ember 9;h arrived at San Francisco from Auckland ou the 28ch, tbe ctmraot date. South Canterbury Education Institute | limaku, September 30. I At the South Canterbury Educational lostitute annual meeting on Saturday, Mr J. A, Adam*., B. A. was elected prcfcident, Mr F W. Wake B. A., Seoretary, and also delegate to tho New Zealand Institute. Astonished, i Dunedin, (September SO. I There Is considerable astonishment at the customs demanding £35 duty ou the fonntaln prestn ed to the city by Mr Wolfe Harris.