LAST NIGHT’S WIRES.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1371, 20 October 1883, Page 2

LAST NIGHT’S WIRES.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT). DUNEDIN. No deci-ion has been given in the suit for judicial sepai'atlOU re Laverty v, Laverty, as I Lib Honor wishes to obtain the evidence of the Roman Catholic clergyman who marrie-i the parlies, and would be able to say whether Laverty was sober or drunk when he was married Later —ln Lave ty v. Laverty, the Judge granted a decree nisi. His Honor diacredi>ed rhe story of the defence. A woman named Sarah Ann Boot met her d<a h under somewhat extraordinary cireum stances. Augu-tus K -liy, whom u>e was living wi’-h. and ner went. u> bed at one in the morni g, the latter being under the influence of liquor. When Kelly awoke, he found sue was unable »o u-»ea<. He went fur medical assistance, bu be ore tiu ductor arrived she die I. it w bobeved tnat deal ire ulted from appoplexy brought on by dru .kenness Scott will accept Edwards’* challenge fir £5OO a side at once, one condition being that, the winner receive HO per cent, and the loser the rest of the gaie money ; or should Edwards decline this, flcoct will walk in five we«-ks time for £2OO a side, the winner to take everything, AUCKLAND. At the enquiry held into the wreck of the William an * Jane, evi lence was given t. a' all in the pow-r of the captain was done to save the vessel going ashore.

The Asterion, from London, had two couples of mongoose on board for Auckland but t w » died on the voyage. The corpse found in the Waikato River near Hantly. is auppos-d tu be the body nf -di er, who committed suinde at Cambridge 10 md b further up the river. Advices from Mr George Vesey Stewart, and other sources by the last Eng i-h mail, fully confirm the news uf the TuurangaRotoru». Railway being successfully negotiated foi in Lm-ton. Negoiia ions are now on foot with the same parties in London for a fuH. er ex eution of the railway line to O, o iki. ns well as to Kotorua, and with every pro.*pe t f hucc 88. The am-Hint required will be forthcoming if ■ equi-ite concession is granted by Government.

A seriou- fire occurred bst night, at the beot factory and warehouse of Garrett. Bros, in Wakefield street. T ie o i'in of th-- fire is unknown. William and Ku-hard Garrett reside in a dwelling house adjacent- to the warehou-e, with their mother and sister. For a month past carpenters and painters had been working in the factory, etc, on nigh contract, making alt-rati -ns t«» the premises, and they woikitig up to 11.30 last night. There were some shavings necessary aboutthe floor, but Richard Garrett, who I- t, the workmen out and locked up the premises, left them to the best, of his belief perfectly safe, and went to his bed in the dwelling-house adja ent. About I o’clock, som • cabmen who reside on the op -osiie side of the street reused lhe family up, and on <)arr-’t, partinlh dirked, going omside, he saw that the fire was raging in the boot factory. 'lhe factory fire-bell was rung to give the alarm, but its notes were not heard to any great

extent, and a man ran down to Grey street fire-bell, aud rang out un alarm from from it. The lower storey of the wharehouse was completely gutted. The damage is estimated at between £2OOO and £3OOO. At the Supr. me Court <-ivii sittings, in the ca-e W. Quin v. Mercury Bay Saw Mill Co., claim £16)0 damage to property through defendant driving I’gs down the Kaimaramara river, plaintiff got a verdict for £250. The u sti -n of granting an injunction aguinst de . n ants, re training them driving logs in the future waa deferred. WELLINGTON. A meeting of directors in various mining companies at Terawhiti was held last night, to consider the advisability of amalgamating with a view of thoroughly testing the Country. Several resolutions were put to the meeting, but no result, whj arrived at. the general opinion being expressed that each company should work for itself, His Excellency the Governor it suffering jrom a severe cold, and lias postponed his departure for Nelson until to-morrow even in#. In the action brought by the wi low of the Inte George Dixon against the New Zealand Ac< idem Insurance Company, the jury gave a verdic’ for the defendants. The amount subscribed here on behalf of the Irish National Land League was £3<»B, INVEKCaRGiLL. A distressing accident, took pLioe yee'erday morning on the farm of Mr W 0. \fuore, Waikukt, about three miles from town. It appears tha*’. a woman named '•haw, whose husband died about two years ag •, resides in a small hut, with her two girls aged five and three. About 9 a.m the mother went out to milk tha cows, leaving the children in the house alone. She wus not long arwent, but on entering the house, f mnd her eldest child in the centre of the floor, fearfully burnt. Her clothing was completely destroyed, and the child was quite dead. It is not known how the accident happened, as the younger child cannot give any further account than that her unfoitmate sister cried “Ma” No cries were heard at the neighbor’s house, about three chains away. It was anticipated that there would be furtht-r trouble at the Salvation Theatre last night, but Captain Burfoot apologised for the language he had used to a young man, who was invited to take a seat on the stage, which he accepted NAPIER. Captain Rusaell has decided to scratch Le mora for the New Zetland* Cup in consequence of a strain she got whilst training rec th, CHRISTCHURCH The butchers have raised the price of mutton Id per lb. Mr VV. Redmond lectured on the Irish difficulty Dst evening to a large audience. Wanganui. The Agricultural and Pastoral Society’s *how was held y aterday. The attend mee «a- larg- notwithstanding the miserably wet w ear her. The entries fur thorough-bred horses, and some other c aases were not so numerous as lust year, but cuttie and sheep well ab >ve.