LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 929, 22 September 1879, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[I’IIESS AGENGY.] Dunedin, Bept. 22. In connection with the lire at Dean’s stables at the Two Rivers Uocel, Waihem-i, it has been reported to the police that the servant girl, on leaving the liotel the same evening, was seized by a man in disguise, gagged and bound, and her clothes set fire to. The man returned and extinguished the tire, and then ran away. Her impression is that he mistook her for someone else. Wellington, Sept. 22. The New .Zealander says the Ministerial and Opposition parlies will each hold a caucus to-morrow, to settle the preliminary arrangements regarding the session. It says the address will not differ material from that of last .session, nor are any new measures likely to be introduced by the Ministry until the Triennial Parliament, readjustment of Seats and new Electoral Bills have been disposed of. There is no foundation fur the rumor that the Premier will retire when those measures are carried. Auckland, Sept 20. John James Paxton was- this morning charged with passing valueless cheques. It was shown that the prisoner had 2s to his account at the Bank. The Bench dismissed the case on the ground that the prisoner might not be aware of the state of his account. There was a fire at Epsom last night. The alarm was given by the harking of a dog. The occupants of the ho'nse had barely time to remove the children from the adjoining room. The building and most of the furniture was completely destroyed. They were insured for £250. [new ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Nelson, Sept. 21. The Resident Magistrate at Collingwood sent a special messenger to Motneka, from whom was telegraphed word that a vessel, the Messenger, was ashore at the spit, four miles west of the lighthouse. His informant reports seeing two boats leave the vessel at ten o’clock on Saturday morning, and they proceeded round the spit in the direction of Nelson, and the lighthousekeeper and lie boarded the vessel, and found uo one aboard. The two boats have not yet, so far, been heard of further ; but, as there is no telegraph beyond Motueka, they have probably gone in somewhere. The vessel is supposed to be the Messenger, which left Lyttelton for Newcastle on 11th inst. Heavy storms, accompanied with rain, was experienced in the neighbourhood on Nelson to-day. The lower portion ot the town was inundated, and there have been many landslips on the hillsides, but no serious damage has been sustained. J Wellington, Bept. 20. Another deputation wailed on Mr E. Pearce asking him to come forward as Mayor. Air Pearce gives a definite answer on Tuesday. The Hotel Employees Association have decided that uo member shall accept an appointment where Chinese are ih’-g'M-A man named David Muir has been missing since June last. The police have made diligent inquiry, but no trace of him can be found. Thu Masonic lodges in Wellington intend founding sdiolarships which shall be given to completion amongst sous of Masons. Two men named Henry and Albert Corbett were seriously injuied at the Hutt yesterday by the frame of a house in course of erection falling on them. Wanganui, Bept. 19. A. number of men employed on the Wanganui harbor reclamation works, receiving Ss per day, struck work and

demanded 9s. The contractor rel'med to accede to the deniaiid, and will obtain Ercob. men. Sept'; 20. An action for libel against the Wanganui Chronicle and the writtr of a letter sHnen “ Waitotara,” has been instituted by Mr Ballance, M.H.U. The libel is contained in a charge that Mr Ballance has filched £2OOO from the ColonialTreasnry tn enable a co-part-ner, Mr L irnach in a land company, to go home and gitll tile English public. New Plymouth, Sept. 11. Messrs Hurst house and BeiTy have the rails laid within half a mile from Stratford, and expect to have the engine into the township next week. Christchurch, Sept. 19. The Mayor has received a telegrani front the Premier, stating that work will be given to the unemployed on the railways. The Star, to-night, publishes the following tehgrara from its agent at Kaiapoi:—“ The Kaipoi election will be petitioned against on the ground of the illegal alteration of the roll by the returning officer after a certified copy had been lodged in the Colonial Secre- : tary’s Office. I have seen the roll used by the returning, Officer and 33 names are struck out with a blue pencil and at the foot of the roll is written, “Thirty-three West Eyre ton names transferred to Ashley roll. (Signed • • Caleb Whiteford.)” It has been held that a certificate roll once lodged in the Colonial Secretary’s Office, even where minor names have been put on by mistake cannot be tampered with. At Napier for example, three minors wrongly ori the roll, were allowed to vote. Walter Bishop gained his long case against the “ Sun” to-day. The verdict was for £3l, but the costs will td nearly three times as much. Sept. 20. The intending petitioners against the Kaiapoi election, obtained, this morning, a legal opinion to the effect that the election, not having been conducted npou the certified roll, is null and void. The names of the Hons, John Sheehan and Richardson, and Messrs Feldwick and J. S. White, of Obaka, are already mentioned as probable candidates. At a meeting of the unemployed, this morning, in Cathedral Square, a suggestion by one of the speakers, that communications should be sent to the leading English, Irish, and Scotch newspapers, warning working men of the risk incurred by emigrating to New Zealand during the present crisis, was received wi*h warm approbation. The Snperintendant of Police received a telegram, to-day, from Inspector Pender, at Tiroaru, saying that Mr Middleton, manager. of Benraore Station, had wired to him from Duntroon that two men, names not given, had been drowned the previous day in the Ohau River. Instructions were - at once telegraphed to Sergeant Burtenshaw, stationed at Albnry, to proceed to the scene immediately, Timaru, Sept id The annual races at Temuka were held to-day, and were a great success for a country meeting. The following are the results : County Hurdle Race, 2 5 so vs— Jones’s Fishhook, I ; Stewart’s Sparrow tail, 2. Maiden Plate, 20 sovs—Storey’s' Constant, 1 ; Parsons’s Jack, 2. Temuka Cup Handicap, 35 sovs— Luuu’s Milo, 1 ; Jones’s Fishhook, 3. Publican’s Purse, 20 sovs—Storey’s Constant, 1 ; Lorrigau’s Polly, 2. Consolation, 15 sovs—M‘Keuzie’s Huntingdon, 1 ; Parsons’s Jack, 2v FIRE AT GREYMOUTH. + A serious fire broke out in Albert street between 12 and 1 o’clock on. Sunday morning. Police Constable Cushion was on duty in Boundary street, whc-n his attention was directed to the fire bursting through the roof of an empty house. He immediately gave' (he alarm by ringing the fire-bell, and in a short time both engines, under the charge of Captain Holder were on the spot. It was then discovered that the fire had communicated itself to the houses on each side on the one in which it originated—only oue of which was occupied. A plentiful supply of water being available, the fire was confined to the three' buildings • ail though' if looked at oue time as if the whole block must have gone. The two empty houses belonged to Mr M'Davitt, and were insured in the Victoria Insurance' Company for £200". The other house, r occupied by Mr Reyling, tailors, was • insured' for £Tslj in the Union Company. No cause can be assigned as to the origin of the fire, as both the empty houses were fastened up. Great praise is due to the Volunteer Fire Brigade, as it was solely through their exer. tions that the was prevented from spreading. The “ bachelors” residing

in Glenn’s Louse, rendered good service in keeping the side cd' the house contiguous to the fire covered with wet blankets. Some of the property belonging to the neighbors was seriously damaged by removal. Mr Vine, of the Telegraph Department, who was sleeping in the house next to Mr Reyling’s in the excitement of the moment jumped clean through a glass window, but sustained no other injury than a slight scratch on one of his fingers.— G.K. Argus, Sept. 22.