TELEGRAMS

Patea Mail, 6 October 1882, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

TO THE “ MAIL.” (per united press association.) A Ghastly Affair. Dunedin.r~ A strange occurrence is reported to have taken place in Mosgiel at about 1 a.m. on Tuesday. Mrs Burnett, tlio wife of tbe constable, feeling restless, awoke her husband and asked him to look through the house, as she felt rather uneasy. Mr Burnett rose and looked into the different rooms,-and finally looked into the room where lay the corpse of the late Constable Onsell. As he opened the door he saw a blaze end quickly perceived the room to be on fire. Ho procured buckets of water and soon quenched the lire. How the fire originated is a mystery. A candle had been left burning in the room, but it was on the table, while the fire was on the floor in the corner of the room. A portmanteau was burned, and the flames from it had charred the table underneath, but the top of the table showed no signs of fire. There was a sheet over the coffin, but the flames had not readied it. London Wool Sales. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company report, under date London, Oct. 2nd :—Wool sales closed firmly on the 2nd instant, at leveTof last series. Sales comprise about 322,000 bales, of which 161.000 bales were taken for export. 50.000 bales have been held over for future disposal. Washed, scoured, and greasy long staple merino are in demand ; as also is crossbreds. Crossbred lambs market is firmer. Accident on Wire TramwayWestport.—An accident occurred on the Westport Coal Company’s incline on Tuesday, through the wire rope parting a splice. This released the loaded trucks, which flew down the line, tearing up a few sleepers, bursting tbe rails, injuring tbe office at tbe foot of tbe line, and doing other damage. One of the men employed at tbe bottom received some nasty cuts about the head and face from the flying debris. The damage was quickly repaired, and traffic resumed. Death of a ClergymanAuckland.—A private cable reports tbe death of tbe Rev. Samuel Edger, of Auckland, at London. He went Home to undergo a surgical operation by Sir Henry Thompson. Smuggling CompensationAuckland. —Richard Polkinghorn and Adam Etnril, victims of the notorious Wade smuggling case, have received £IOO each from Government as compensation for the imprisonment they had suffered, and expenses. Home for Fallen Women. Auckland. A meeting of clergy and others was held to devise means for establishing a reformatory and home for fallen women. Two hundred and twenty pounds are in hand, and land in trust valued at £IOOO. Proposed Humane Society; Auckland. The Harbor Board have passed a resolution in favor of the establishment of a New Zealand Humane Society, to be managed by the Harbor Boards of the Colony, brandies to be established at the principal ports, and the head office to be at Auckland. A Queer CrewAuckland.—The captain of the barque Rapedo, for Loudon, at anchor, was unable to sail on account of refractory crew. He shipped 12 seamen, but only one was forthcoming, whom the police arrested and put on board by order of the Magistrate. Bigamy Case Again. Auckland.—Lyttle, formerly of Kakaramea, who was released after the charge of bigamy, has been again arrested on the same charge. Church-Burning—the Taranaki CaseINSURANCE NOT PAID. Auckland.—At a meeting of the Auckland Presbytery, a letter was read from the Victorian Insurance Co. in relation to a claim made upon the company by tho Rev. Moses Breach on the Church of St. Andrews, New Plymouth, stating their belief that the Rev. Mr Breach had no legal claim, as the church was burnt down maliciously during the disquietude which then existed in connection with the church and congregation. Nor, in their opinion, had the trustees any moral or legal claim,

as they had failed in their duty. The matter would be laid before the directors e« gratia for their consideration. A motion was carried that the Eev. Moses Breach, of Taranaki, be informed that it is the intention of the Presbytery to investigate certain charges to be brought against him that day month. Poultry and Dog Show. Wellington.—The first poultiy and dog show held in Wellington opened yesterday. The entries in each class were numerous, and there was a good attendance of the public. Steamer in Refuge(Received 1-10 p.m.) Melbourne, this day. The steamship Arawata, which left the Bluff on the 29th ult,, was sighted off Wilson’s promontory last night, and was seen going into Refuge Cove. She made no signals and the cause of the movement is therefore at present unknown.