TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 25 October 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(per press association. )

WELLINGTON. Qctober 23. At Fielding yesterday, H. Weatnerby, a roadman, was found drowned in a creek on the Fielding-Ashurst road. He leaves a wife and family totally unprovided for. An inquest will be held. October 25.

The Magistrate dismissed the information against Walkley, publican, for keeping hjo hot.el opejj after hour 3. An inquest was hold on thp body of the boy Heighton, and a verdict returned that death resulted fron) a thrqw from a horse.

DUNEDIN. ; October 25. A Chinaman at Butcher's Gully, it is ; reported, has found a nugget weighing 41b. The Supreme Court is occupied .with the case Proudfoot v. Turnbull, a claim for L 5 9s, for commission for putting his name to a number of accommodation bills. Kate White, aged 10, fell down an embankment forty feet, at the rear of the First Church, sustaining severe injuries. James Richard Saunders, a currier in the employ of Messrs. Coombes and Son, died very suddenly yesterday morning. He had been ailing for some time past. At about 7 o'clock he left his bed, and about 20 minutea after there was a rush of blood from his mouth and nostrils. The cause of death is supposed to have been rupture and aneurism of the ao^ta. A seaman on board the Tararua was charged with stealing fruit (a portion of th<i cargo (during the passage from Auckland. iiG iyas sentenced to a term of iuiDrisoninent. At the Heads—The shjp Waipa from London. CBRISTCHURCH. October 2p. Clarke's Art' Exhibition is being largely attended. The week night services of some of the local churches will be suspended this week to avoid interfering with Mr. Proctor's p.fetroiippijcal lectures. " AUCKLAND, October 2p. Rewi's house has received the finishing touch, and is ready for the celebrated chief to take possession, but he will not entpr till the Native Minister comes and formally hand? the property over. He is now at a meeting at Te Kuiti. The police authorities received information by telegram that a quantity of jeweliery had been stolen from the store of Alfred Walker, Northern Wairoa, and that a man named Kennedy and a French woman, who were the suspected parties, had left for Auckland, Detectives Jeffrey and Jones speedily got on the trail of the parties by the description furnished, and traced them to an Auckland oyster saloon, from which the man bolted, chased by the officers. The detective at length setur.ed him, while the woman was also taken intopystody. Her name is Madame Ducer, 22 years of age. -She appears to feel her position keenly. Some jewellery was found upon Kennedy, GRAHAMSTOWN. October 25. The Star's special reporter has visited the Te Aroha goldfield. He states that gold has been found in boulders, but he could obtain no definite information as to whether any had yet been discovered in reefs. He advises against a rush as yet. FIELDING. October 25. An inquest wap held this morning at the Empire Hotel on t£e body of Henry Weatherley, who committed suicide by drowning in a creek at Tao.nui, The der ceased tie 4 hjs hands with a handkerchief and jumped into two feet of water. A verdict was returned that deceased com.mitted suicide while of unsound i»ind. He was an old Crimean soldier in the Coldstream Guards, and had a medal and clasp, and a Sebastopol and Turkish medal. TIMARU. October 23. The total number of entries for the forthcoming Agricultural Show is 740, being a laj'ge increase over last year. Miss Phillips, & milliner, was thrown : from a borate a£ Winchester to-day, ; and received very severe injuries. was : unconscious up to latest report?. ]

The annual regatta on December 16th promises to be a great success. A large number of subscriptions have already been received. There has been a marked improvement in general business in Timaru during the last month. The building trade was never brisker. The heavy rains during the past week have made the crops look splendid. Octoher 25. J. B. Glasson, hairdresser, Temuka, committed suicide yesterday by swallowing carbolic acid. The deceased was formerly a hotelkeeper on the Thames, and a successful mining speculator, but had since lost the whole of his money. WANGANUI. October 23. In the rifle match Wanganui Hifles against Dunedin Guards, the Wangat;ui ; fifteen scored 007. Only 1§ Dunedin '• men fired, scoring 485,