LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1161, 28 September 1882, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

(PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION). CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. At the inquest on the woman who died after childbirth, at Springfield, the verdict was retr . ed “Death from the effects of confinement,’' as certified by the doctor. The husb'nd was censured for his conduct 1 in the mat er. j The Insurance Association yesterday re- i solved to make a rduction of 25 per cent, on I old rates. A.iother well-known resident of Rangiora is dead, making three within a few days. Dr Burrows, the last of the trio, met with a buggy accident some months ago from which he never properly recovered ; though he had to relinquish his practice. He had been for over 8 years medical officer of the local Lodge of Oddfellows; latterly his reason had entirely left him. A prisoner limned J no. Young, recently convicted of indecent assault, and sentenced to 12 months with 20 lashes, has gone mad, and is removed to the Lunatic Asylum. Mr Izett, editor of “ Society,” brought an action yesterday against Crocker, who horsewhipped him the other day, for £2l Is. Crocker was fined £5 and £3 19s costs. A complimentary dinner was given to Mr I Wm. White, M.H.R. for Sydenham, by his ; constituents last night, in recognition of his services during the past session. About 140 i persons were present. DL’XEDIX, This Day. ! Oliver Harris, a grinder in the employ of ; Messrs Birmingham and Co., founders, met with a serious accident yesterday through a ■ belt breaking : he received a compound i'rac- ' tore of the right elbow and wrist also of the I jaw. WELLINGTON, This Day. ■ Christina Jansen has been arrested on a , charge of manslaughter. The case has arisen out of an inquest held on Saturday on • an infant which died under suspicious cir- [ cumstances last week. An official enquiry will probably be made ' as to origin of the the fire last night.

> The annual report of the Star Boating | Club shows it to be in a flourishing position. i The income for the season was £513, and the i total expenditure, £306, thus leaving a bal- ! mice of £207. The Club number 138 active, : and 11 honorary members. The following gentlemen have been appointed Assessors under the Property Assessment Act and Amendments for the Hawke’s Bay Propoerty Assessment District, but the list is not yet complete : —Charles William Ferris, of Gisborne; Herbert Joseph Williams and James William Witty, both of Wairoa; Henry Arrow, nf Waipawa; and John Collinge, of Hastings. TIMARU, This Day. A man named Jeffrey Robinson has been found drowned in Saltwater Creek. His clothes were lying on the bank. At the inquest the verdict was “Found drowned;” he was about 50 years of age, and formerly worked as a shepherd. A settler named AVm. Lieshman fell between the railway carriages and the platform, at Winchester Station, this morning, and was terribly crushed from the thighs downwards; the injuries are believed to be very serious. AUCKLAND, This Day.

Robert Marsh, burglar, was committed for trial on some half dozen charges of burglary. The balance was not gone on with. The cottage of F. Sheasby, at the Three Kings, is burnt down. It was insured in the North British for £l5O. The furniture was also insured. Eighteen prisoners are awaiting trial at the Criminal Sessions. The principal cases are bigamy, unlawfully wounding, perjury, and burglary. A inee ig of ladies was held yesterday, 200 present, to protest against the enforcement of the Contagious Disease Prevention Act. A petition is in circulation and being extensively signed. Meeting of clergy convened for to-morrow. MASTERTON, This Day. The Rev. Mr Izitt, who has recently been I advocating the strict enforcement of the | Licensing Act on Sunday, has been subjected I to a dastardly outrage. A bottle of powder i was placed under his buggy in the stable at I night and exploded, but did only nominal I damage. The rev. gentleman offers £5 re- • ward for the conviction of the offender or i offenders. NAPIER, This Day. 1 Tie inmates of the Lunatic Asylum number 28—namely, 17 males and 11 females. ' There is sloeping accommodation for only j six females and 18 males. Five females and 1 two males are to be removed to Nelson next i Saturday, as the Napier asylum is only fit i for temporary accommodation, and better ■ arrongements are urgently needed. 1 The ship Mataura, now loading at the port j of London, will load frozen meat at Napier i during the ensuing season.

KUM ARA, This Day. Geo. Mansfield, a miner, yesterday slipped into the Sledge Channel, and was washed out to the mouth, a distance of .3,300 feet. He was immediately rescued from the drop, and taken to the Hospital ; he was much cut and bruised, but no bones were broken. Fortunately the men in the various claims were changing shifts at the time, or the consequences must have been fatal. CAMBRIDGE, This Day. The Land Court has commenced its session. An enormous tract of land will be brought into Court, amounting to some 600,000 or 700.000 acres, extending into the centre of the Island, from Maungatautari to Lake Taupo, including Waoru district. 'Die applicants are chiefly of the Ngatiraukawa tribe. There will be considerable opposition to the passing through Court of these large blocks of land on the part of certain Native owners, who desire to part with land only in small pieces.