LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1227, 18 December 1882, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

IPBR UNITED PRESS AfiBOCiAtiOM]» BATEA, This Day The affairs of the Patea County Council for some time been have in rather a peculiaV State The Auditors’ report is published in the “Mail,” and shows that there are corisfderable deficiencies in the County funds, caused through the clerk not aucoiintingfor moneys received.

AUCKLAND, Dec. 16. Priestly, who was represented by Mr Tyler, and Mrs Hamilton, by Mr Theo. Cooper, were charged at the Police Court to-day with the Hamilton murder, and were remanded till Friday next, Priestly was calm and Mrs Hamilton much agitated. Priestly has made three statements each contradicting the other as to his whereabouts on the night of the supposed murder, Horton, the chemist, remanded on the charge of attempting to murder Miss Rayner at Devonport, was found dead in his cell at Mount Eden Gaol at 3 o’clock this morning. An inquest is to be held at two this afternoon. It is suspected that it is a case of suicide by poison. The Natives at Whangarei have consented to allow a road to go around their paddocks, but not through them. At the inquest on Thomas Horton, who was found dead in the gaol cell, while under remand for % attempting to shoot Miss Raynor, a verdict of sanguineous apoplexy was returned.

The Rev. Peter Mason states that Priestly was not a theological student, but only preparing to pass the Arts examination preparatory to his admission to the theological study. Three sailors, who deserted their vessel at Hellensville, are being searched for by the settlers and police, as they attempted a rape on the daughter of a settler. Hardy, who died from excessive drinking last week, was a short time previously left £2OOO. The Curator of Intestate Estates is only able to find not more than £l5O.

William Coombes, a well-known builder, died suddenly yesterday.

CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Seven thousand persons attended the popular sports in Hagley Park on Saturday, and 4000 attended at the Caledonian gathering at Lancaster Park. Mr Wm. Elder, of Port Chalmers, manager of the company which fitted out the whaling barque Splendid, now lying at Lyttleton, visited that vessel on Friday, when lie received from Captain Earle 884 pounds of Ambergris extracted from one whale. Mr Elder estimates the value of the Ambergris at £45,000 ; as it is stated that that commodity sells at £4 10s an ounce.

NAPIER, This Day. Mr Milner Stephen, of Sydney, gave a public exhibition here on Saturday, of his professed healing powers. He created great astonishment by apparently instantaneously curing patients of paralysis, rheumatism, and similar affections. The patients certainly walked away professing to be cured, and in one case a deaf and dumb boy was made to hear, and he repeated words after Mr Stephens, but it is reported he has since relapsed, and cannot now speak. The cures are brought about by breathings and blowing and shakings with the hand, and red flannel breathed on by Stephens, and bottles of what he terms magnetised water and magnetised oil. It is reported that Mr Bryce has arranged the long standing Murimotu dispute so falas regards the release of Moorhouse, Studholm, and Morrin’s wool, worth over £21,000, which has, for three years past, been impounded by the Natives; but he could not arrange for the lease of the block, the Patea Natives objecting. TIMARU, This Day. At the inouest at Waimate, on the body of George Griffield, a verdict of death caused by deceased taking a dose of spirits of salts while temporarily demented by drink. WFSTPORT. This Day. Tha Resident Magistrate to-day declared the late mayoral election void, upon a petition. At the election the figures were, Haselden 73, Cair 72 ; informal 8. The per centage of informal votes created surprise. It was supposed that the returning officer had disallowed some papers which were crossed diagonally ; also others with simple down stroke, instead of name being erased horizontally. On a scrutiny by the R.M., this proved the case in three instances, hence the election was declared void. GREYMOUTH, This day. John Wallace, storeman for Felix Campbell, was found hanging in the store when it was opened this morning. He was a fine, strong, steady man, but did not feel well lately, and had been heard to say he never be a burden to society by a long illness. It is supposed he committed suicide under the impression tnat he was going to be ill. A splendid rainfall has taken place. The Minister of Works was occupied all this morning by deputations from the Borough and Councils. He does not go to Reefton, being anxious to spend Christmas at home in Wellington. DUNEDIN, This Day. News has been received here that the “Kiandra,” late “City of Paris,” from London to Port Chalmers, met with an accident in the English Channel. No particulars.