TELEGRAPHIC.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 250, 24 September 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

i(PBB UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, September 22. At the inquest on Badelia Feeny, found dead m Priests Bath, at "Ohinemutu, a verdict of found dead was returned. The jury added a rider that a" medical officer ought not to absent him* self from Ohinemutu without appointing a competent person -to take his place, aad to attend invalids attending: th>< Government Baths. ?,- . : ' \ \.\\. It reported that serious defalcations have been discovered m the accounts of a clerk named SmiCb, recently employed m one of the local Banks. He has recently been m Melbourne.' Immediately th£ discovery wag made', cablegrams were sent to the Victorian police authorities, resulting m his crrest* Sergeant Bullford ' left for Australia* with the object of bringing Smith back to i Auckland. ' '< Telegrams have been received here stating that the dead body of Miss Fejeney was ' found m Priest's baths, Rqtorna, floating on the surface of the water. She was cook at Che Rbtbrna Hptel,. and bad left m consequmce of ill! health. The deceased was supposed to come from Auckland. I • Christohurch, Sept. 21. [ jA maori fell of the platform of the | train this afternoon m the tunnel. He | was bruised and his head was injured, but not, it is supposed fatally. ; 'The trial of Stranaghan against the Australian Mercantile Union Insurance Company, : concluded after five days .trial with a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed £500. • jThe Kelsey 1 letters re the supposed diamonds are not tnade public. ■ ;At a /publio 1 meeting of ratepayers of rural districts'a resolution was carried to test the legality ot the drainage rate on property outside the city. I The New Zealand Shipping company has receivedadvice of the- arrival of the Mataura at London. All if ell. The refrigerator worked satisfactorily through^ out the voyage. The frozen meit shipped-at Auckland is reported to bein splendid condition. . ,