NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 58, 5 September 1895, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

(Per Press Association.) Christchurch, Sep. 4. A man named Daniel Mcßride, aged 63, a manufacturer of sausage skins, was found drowned in the Heathcote this morning with his bands and feet tied to a Hat iron hung round his neck. His wife received a letter stating where his body would be found. At a special meeting of the Hospital Board to day, to consider the report on the recent enquiry, it was resolved to adopt Dr. Giles' recommendations wherever and whenever practicable. It was I decided to engage an assistant resident medical surgeon at a salary of £100 a year, to engage a housekeeper at a salary of £52 a year, and to ask Brown, dresser and chief wardsman, to send in his resignation before next meeting of the Board. The Board approved of the eight hour system of nursing provided it was found practicable. At the police Court today, P. C. Neill and R. S. Jiankin were charged with a breach of the Gaming and Lotteries Act, by offering a prize for the largest collection of coupons enclosed in packets of tea. For the defence it was urged that there was no element of chance in the distribution. The prizes offered were the same as if the firm offered prizes to the largest buyers of their tea within a certain period. Decision was reserved. Dunedin, September 4. The Franchise League's soup kitchen has now been closed. In addition to co up 120 blankets and about 1000 articles of clothing were given in necessitous cases. .. Auckland, September 2. Mr Henry Reynolds left by the Tarawera to hold conference with the exporters of butter in Sydney and Melbourne with the view of adjusting the tariff, auctioning and distributing of colonial produce in London market. He leaves for home by the Liguria. At a meeting of the Brokers' Association it was decided to petition the Assem bly to amend the Stamp Act, 1888, so as to facilitate the transfer of shares without the delay and difficulty now existing. James MacKay, Devenport, an old indentity, 77 years, is dead. He arrived in 1845, and was a merchant for many years. A subscription fund is being raised for the family of Mr Caverhill, who perished in the Hawera fire. .