TELEGRAMS.

Patea Mail, Volume VI, Issue 526, 29 May 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

ATTACK ON THE GOVERNMENT. Auckland, 27th. The members intend to make a combined attack on the Government early in the session regarding the stoppage of the railway reclamation. ELECTRIC FIRE ALARMS. Auckland, 27th. The City Council have decided to send to England for twelve sets of electric fire alarms, with telephones. TARANAKI POLITICS. New Plymouth, 27th. Mr Kelly, member for New Plymouth, addressed his constituents last night. He received a vote of thanks for past services, and expressing confidence in him for the future. The vote was carried unanimously. ASSAULTING A WITNESS. Wellington, 27th, A brutal assault was committed yesterday on a young man named Estridge by Mr Fake, who lately brought an action against the Corporation for compensation for an accident he received by falling down an embankment. Estridge gave evidence in Court against him. MAORI PRISONERS. ATTEMPT TO FORCE A TRIAL. Dunedin, Friday. At the Supreme Court yesterday, Mr Travers applied for a rule for a writ of Habeas Corpus in the case of Winiata Pirata, one of the Maoris at present waiting trial in Dunedin gaol. The rule was refused. SHOCKING ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE. Napier, Friday. William Collins, groom at livery stables, attempted suicide this morning. He loaded a gun, placed the muzzle under his chin, and pulled the trigger. His jaws, tongue, and nose were blown away, but his brain was uninjured. He was conveyed to the hospital. Collins had been drinking hard, and has a wife and three children.