TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4877, 8 November 1876, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(per peess agency.) Auckland, Tuesday. John Lear, painter, Newton, cut his throat with a large knife. He is dead. His wife had been placed in the asylum some weeks ago, which preyed upon his mind. Blenheim, Tuesday. Terrible disclosures at Picton. A man named Woodgate, living at the mouth of Queen Charlotte Sound, was charged with the murder of his illegitimate children by his brother’s daughters, dashing out their brains against stones as soon as they were born. The prisoner was remanded till Saturday. Greyjiouth, Tuesday. A public meeting was held here last night, at which it was decided to start a company to lay a tramway from Greymouth to Kumara. A flying survey has been made, and the distance found to be fourteen miles over a level country, as against twenty-two miles present road, which is very hilly. The capital of the company ia five thousand, and an offer has been already made to construct the tram for ,£350 per mile ; an offer has also been made to lease the tram for five years at £IOO per annum. , Christchurch, Tuesday. Yesterday the foundation stone of the new Presbyterian Church, to cost £BOOO, was laid with considerable ceremony by Mr. John Anderson. Mr. John Ollivier, Provincial Auditor, formerly a provincial politician, has been presented with his portrait in oil and an address. Mr. W. S. Moorhouse, M.H.R. for Christchurch, made the presentation. The City Council have accepted a tender for the erection of public baths. At the enquiry into the origin of the late fire in Team-street; the jury returned a verdict that the place had been wilfully set on fire, but the evidence did not show by whom. Monsieur Carme, the French champion billiard player, played a game of 800 up on a French table with Weston last nig t, giving the latter 400. Carme won easily. He made 93 successive cannons in one break. Dunedin, Tuesday. The Dunedin School Committee have passed resolutions against their chairman, Mr. Robin, attending the Convention, but he attends in spite of them. Mr. McLean and Mr. Maoandrew have just concluded a short interview, and arranged to defer everything till after the Convention. At a meeting of the Anglican Diocesan Synod yesterday, the Rev. Mr. Stanford said that a large number of persons were being driven away from different Church of England congregations in Dunedin, in consequence of the enormous marriage fees levied upon them.