NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5, 6 July 1894, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

■» IMB PRISS ASSOCIATION.! Auckland, July 5. Constable Sheehan, Whangarei, found a newly born infant in the Whangarei river wrapped in a sheet and tied in « sugar bag. The child was apparently full j developed. A female domestic sertsd t, it is stated , under police surveillance, is the mother and will be proceeded against when she bas recovered, on a •barge vt concealment of birth. Major Henrj Butler Storey, late paymaster of the 40th Regiment, died at Kswakawa, aged 78. He was the author ol several works, the most interesting being Victoria, during the Ballarat riots in 1854. WnLXKOTov, July 4. The latest copy of " The Broad Arrow and Naval and Military Ossstte," dated London May 12th, contains the follow* ing:— " Major (with the local rank ol Lieut-Colonel in New Zeslond), Fraoeia Fox retires from tbe service, receiving a gratuity. Dr Thos Burns has been appointed Medical Superintendent of the Auckland Asylum, Dr Fooki to the Seacliffe Asylum, Dr King to the Wellington and Porirua Asylums, and Dr Hassel to the Sunnyside Asylum. The list of teachers holding certificates •nd licenses under the Eduoation Act. 1877, is gazetted. Dfnbdih, July 5. At the City Court, Edward Hanlan, seller of general merchandise, pleaded guiltj to selling pills to which a false trade description was attached, represent, ing them to be Beecham's. A fioe of £b on each charge was inflicted, together with costs amounting to £6 12s. Nelsoh, July 5. The Nelson Poultry Show opened to» night, and in point of number of entries and excellence is the best ever held here.