LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 924, 16 September 1879, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[PIIKSS AGENCY.] THE DUNEPIX FIRE—ARREST OF WATERS. Duxepix. Sept. 16. As a result of the inrfiiirr inf.'» f.lie Dunerlin fm, Wa'rrs, the proprietor lias been arrested and lodged hi the Gaol, the Coroner saying that if bail were forthcoming. h e could not take ifc. One of the Morning Herald employees said that when pissing quarter of an hour before the fire broke out, lie noticed a light like a candle beinf carried from ond room to another. THE ELECTIONS. Ashburton, Sept. 16. The Coleridge election created great excitement. The result is :—WHgnt, 4*9 ; Hart, 328. Trr.iARU, Sept 10. The Gladstone election has resulted :xs follows :—Studholme, 323; Dean, 208. Auckland, Sept 16. A protest has been lodged against .Lundon's election for the Bay Iskiids on the ground that he was elected on a corrupt roll. Sydney Tawhanoa, who entered the protest iu this cise, also protests against the election of M<>hi larohai for the Northern Maori district, as being a Native assessor; [SEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Nelson, Sept. 15. In the District Court thia morning Judge Broad gave judgment iu the case White v. South British Insurance Cotipany, in which paintiff claimed £2OO insurance on household furniture, piano and organ. Defendants pleaded the conditions of the policy were not fulfilled, plaintiff having failed to give notice of subsequent insurances on" his furniture, thus invalidating the policy. Judgment was for defendants, on legal grounds. Plaintiff gave notice of appeal. Auckland, Sept. 15. John Fitzgerald, for jewellery robbery, was remanded for prosecution. . It is stated the Minister of Marine will not leave for San Francisco, till the trial of Captiitu Murphy and his mate for alleged cruelties. Chiustchuroii, Sept. 15. The Lyttelton Gas Company has declared a dividend of 10 per cent for the* year ending August 31st. The Suez mail will be brought on without stepping at the Bluff to-mor-row for the first time. Dunedin, Sept. 15. Theeommitteeofthe Dunedin Jockey Club have fixed the dates of the Spring and Autumn Meetings of the club as follows : —Spt ing Meeting,- Saturday 29th November, and Monday, Ist December; Autumn Meeting on Thursday, Friday and Saturday,- the 26th, 27th, and 28th of February, 1880. The inquest on the fire has beeu adjourned till to-morrow (Tuesday).