YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 962, 26 July 1877, Page 2

YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS

INTERPROVINCIAL. [per press agency.] Important Decision. Auckland, July 25. Judge Gillies, to-day, in an appeal case in which it was determined that the omission of the words " With the advice and consent of the Executive Council," in Superintendent's proclamation constituting high-way districts invalidated the district and prevented them from recovering, reversed the judgment in favour of the Highway Board for rates in the court below. The decision affects the majority of the highway districts throughout the province. The coursing meeting Avas a great success. Two dogs were run over and both were seriously injured. Thirty thousand shares in the Union Insurance Company have been applied for already. A little girl named Ellen Litten was burned to death in a country district by approaching too near to a bonfire of rubbish. Her clothes were burned completely off her lower limbs. The Poisoning Case. The poisoning at Rotorua occurred under the following circumstances : —Last Tuesday a fowl was cooked for a sick Maori child. The child being too ill to eat it, the fowl was eft in an iron pot until Sunday, when it was eaten by a party of ten persons. During the night they all felt ill, but, thinking nothing of it, did not ask for European assistance until Monday morning, when a lad of twelve years old, who had partaken of the food, died. Another, a girl, died next night. The rest are now recovering, thanks to the exertions of Captain Or. Mair, who sent for Dr Walker with assistant - surgeon Campbell. These gentlemen having arrived from Taupo, the patients are now under their care. Serious Accident. Last Saturday whilst G-eorge Brown, of Grisborne, was turning off boiling water from the painkiller bath, the back of the cauldron gave way and he slipped !in up to his neck. Being alone he had sufficient presence of mind to make his way as fast as possible into the township, Being stripped of his clothing great portions of skin came off. He is now in a very critical state. Man Missing. Neav Plymouth, July 2d. Reuben Newbiggin, a settler living at Waitara, and a person of some means, has been missing since last Thursday. No signs of his body can be discovered. This is the second man who has mysteriously disappeared within the last two years from Waitara, and who has not been heard of. Active search is being made in the river for his body. Wellington, July 25. Mr E. T. G-illon, late part proprietor and editor of "The Evening Argus," has ceased to have any connection with that journal. The schooner Julius Vogel sailed for Wellington, with 80 tons coal from the Wellington Compa-ny's mine, being the first export brought in by the Mount Rochfort railway. Duneoin, July 25. The half-yearly meeting of the Colonial Bank was held to-day. The report and balance sheet were adopted, and the shareholders appeared to be perfectly satisfied. [from the correspondent of the press.] Duneoin, July 25. The case of Reid v the Bank of New Zealand resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for £490 damages.