LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 1159, 16 June 1880, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Invercargill, Juno 15. A rabbiter, whose name is unknown, has been found dead in a woolshed at Woodburn, near the Waiau. Poisoned wheat was found on the ground, and traces of the wheat in his mouth ; it is consequently supposed that he either committed suicide or was inadvertently poisoned. It is feared that the Stewart's Island ' boat Pride" of the South has been lost. It le'"t the Island last Friday week and has not been heard of since. The crew consisted of three" men, under the command of an old resident known as Bob Davidson. The following telegram from the. -Southland Times correspondent was received lately from Rivertou :•—." A cake of goM 47 oz lldwfc has just been brought down from Printz' claim at Longwood, being the result of the first week's crushing. The battery was not working steadily. Thirty-eight tons of of stuff, not picked, was put through. No washing up has yet taken place. Timaru, June 14. \ At the Supreme Court to-day, the I Crown Prosecutor offered no evidence against Frank Fowler, a Malay, charged with rape, and the prisoner was accordingly discharged.—The case of. Coll v. ,Buinn, claim for £BOO, damages for trespass, and £2OO, special damages, occupied all the day. The jury awarded £l5O. DLtnedin, June 14. A local brewer calculates that if the proposed beer Tax becomes law, six Dimedin brewers will, amongst them, contribute £32,000 annually to the revenue. At a meeting of brewers, held tonight, James Marshall and Maurice, ; Joel wore appointed delegates to go to j Wellington to act with other delegates for the repeal of the beer tax. New Plymouth, June 15. The Licensed Victuallers met this afternoon, when several resolutions were passed, one condemning the tax as unjfkir and excessive. The Secretary was [instructed to draw up a petition to the i House, asking to be relieved of the same. The petition will be forwarded to Mr Kelly for presentation, and copies sent to Major Atkinson and Colonel Trimble. Auckland, June 12. A woman named Ellen Burns was locked up last night on a charge of drunkenness, but at mid-night, on Sergeant Fleming going into the cell, the unfortunate woman cried "Doctor, doctor," and, as she got worse, the Sergeant communicated with Sub Inspector Hardy, who discovered that the woman was taken in labor. A conveyance wa&i immediately procured and the woman" sent homo, and within an hour Burns presented to her husband a son. _ A great scandal has arisen in connection with the Hospital, which is exciting much public interest. It is alleged that Brown, head nurse, has retained a portion • of the moneys of certain deceased patients, instead of accounting for them. Information was given to Dr Pi.ilson by the night nurse. Gadd, and he took steps to cause Brown ,

to make reparation. Tito strang. st thing i:; that the accused is retained in office, and the informant dismiosjd. Gadd has petitioned tin; Hou^e. June 14. In a storm at a shed, belonging to Guthrie. nach, was completely blown d>wn. In Queon street considerable damage was done to.other property. At the Pakuhangi Ilnnt Meeting several " spills" occurred, oWe <Jf them entailing the death of a handsome mare owned by Miss Styak. When rising to a jump the horae slipped, and \v.»s pitched headlong over the fence, breaking its neck. Miss Styak luckily escaped unhurt. S. Brown, head nurse of the Proving cial Hospital, against whom grave charges were preferred, tendered her resignation. At a meeting held re Property Tax, Captain D. H. M'Kenzie in the chair, resolutions were carried in favor of the abrilition of the Property Tax and the imposition of the Land Tax and the Income Tax; also a declaratory resolution that economy and retrenchment are urgently demauded in the conduct of public affairs. GitAHAMSTOwx, June 13: Mr Shechun addressed his coiiatituenns last night. Tie condemned the Property Tax, and supported a Land and Income Tax. At the conclusion. he received a vote of thanks and conl fidence.