LAST NIGHT’S WIRES.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 76, 26 February 1884, Page 2

LAST NIGHT’S WIRES.

[Per United Press Association.] Napier, Feb. 25. Mr. Sutton, M.H.R., addressed his constituents on Saturday night. He strongly condemned the perpetual leasing proposals of the Government and the appointment of Mr. Mitchelson, also the failure of the Government bills. He intimated that he had informed the Ministry he would probably not be a supporter of theirs next session, ae looked to tho next election to return men capable of forming a strong Ministry. Wellington, Feb. 25. Captain Rose, resident manager of the N. Z. Shipping Co., presented to the Central Club a carease of mutton frozen here upwards of five months ago, sent home in the Doric and out again in the Aorangi. It was in splendid condition, and a large number of gentlemen invited to partake of it at lunch to-day pronounced its flavor admirable.

On Saturday a long discussion took place in the Presbyterian Conference on the present Education Act, as regards religious instruction in the day-schools, and a motion was carried to the effect that a return to denominationalism would be disastrous to education in general, but that the clause relative to purely secular education should be expunged, and provision made for Committees to permit Bible-reading under a conscience clause. The members of the Assembly were entertained at a soiree on Friday evening, and a public meeting was held in St. John’s Church, at which add. esses were delivered by the Rev. Mackenzie Fraser on “ Obligations,” by the Rev. Mr. Cairns on “ Church Missions,” by Professor Salmond on “ What those outside think of us,” and by the Rev. Mr. Calders on “ Some distinctive features of the Reformation.” This morning the General Treasurer’s po-t was received. It showed the Church is in a prosperous condition as regards funds. The report was carried. The deputies from the Church of Otago were received, and conveyed to the Assembly the fraternal greetings of the Southern C'lurch, and the Assembly was addressed by them on the question of Union. A public meeting in connection with the Congregational Union was held on Friday evening, when the Rev. Mr. Robertson delivered an address on “ Christianity and the Churches,” and Dr. Roseby delivered a sermon on “ Congregationalism.” Several votes of thanks were passed. On Saturday afternoon a barmaid at the Union Hotel, named Olga Stennesse, a Scandinavian, took half a bottle of “ rough on rats.” She was well known here, but had been some time in Auckland, and only returned about a month ago. She was then accompanied by W. R. Miller, and represented him as her husband. He was staying with her at the Union Hotel. It is supposed she took the poison through jealousy to frighten him. When she began to suffer he went to a chemist and got something, but it was not till several hours after that a doctor was sent for, and when he came he pronounced the case hopeless. During the intervals when free from the delirium she said she did not think the stuff really was poison. She died in great agony. A post mortem examination will be made, the stomach analysed, and an inquest held. Later. At the inquest this afternoon the jury returned a verdict “ that the deceased met her death by poison administered by her own hand, she not believing at the time in the deadly nature of the compound,” and added a rider “ that Mr. W. R. Miller is deserving of severe censure for not calling medical aid earlier.”

To-day the Council of the Congregational Union met this afternoon. On the motion of Dr. Roseby, it was resolved “ That this Union expresses its hearty interest in the efforts that are being put forward on behalf of the temperance movement, and satisfaction that existing legislation gives to the people themselves the control of the public-house traffic.” The chairman, Dr. Roseby, and the Rev. West were requested to prepare a manual of Congregational principles for the information of younger members of the Church. On the motion of Dr. Roseby, it was resolved “ That this Union expresses its gratitude to the Colonial Missionary Society in England for the £3,150 contributed towards the extension of Congregationalism in New Zealand. The Union then closed by the singing of the Doxology. The next meeting is to be held in Auckland in January, 1885. A fire broke out at the boiling-down works of Messrs. Roff and Cote at Ophire, and damage was done to the amount of £lOO. Thomas Kennedy, the man who was injured by falling down the hold of the steamship Bombay, died at the hospital last night. Auckland, Feb. 25. O ] ga Stennesse, the barmaid who committed suicide at Wellington, was a barmaid at the Auckland Hotel here, but lost her situation because the publican disapproved of lie’ flirting with Miller, who hails from Fiji, and came here with a considerable sum of money. Auckland has won an inter-provincial lawntennis match with Wellington by two sets to one. The Auckland players were Upfell and Ridings, and Wellington Keeble and Fitzgerald. The Cambridge Bench has fined more of the Waotu Native survey-obstructionists in sums from £5 to £2 each. A deputation from the Rotorua Railway Company waited on the Hon. Mr. Rolleston, Minister of Lands, and the Hon. Mr. Bryce, Native Minister, in reference to obtaining endowments of land from the Natives towards the completion of the second section of the line from Lichfield to Rotorua ; or of obtaintaining extra endowments from the Government to enable them to make good the deficiency created through the action of the Natives. The interview ended simply with the Ministers giving an assurance that they would use their best endeavors to obtain free cessions of land from the Natives, and still had hopes of success as to making up the deficiency. The Government could only act according to law. Typhoid is still prostrating the Natives in the North. Coulthard and Graham’s sawmill, at Terahau, were burned down yesterday morning. The fire is supposed to have originated in the engine-house, in the woodwork near the furnace. Sunday closing was generally obeyed by the publicans yesterday under the new regimA One case of alleged trading was detected by the police, who prosecuted. David Wallace, concerned in the shooting case in the Cape of Good Hope Dining Rooms, has been remanded for medical examination. Christchurch, Feb. 27. Two gold prospectors in the Wilberforce district, named Williams and Everett, have been seriously hurt by falling over a rock. A man named John Edward Taylor was sentenced to six months for stealing a clock from the house of a man who had given him food and shelter for the night. Taylor has done 17 years’ sentences —3 times for forgery, 7 for larceny, 2 for vagrancy, and 9 for drunkenness. At the Christchurch regatta on the Sumner estuary, in the Champion Fours, the Union crew (Christchurch) was Ist, Canterbury crew (Christchurch) 2nd, and Star crew (Wellington) 3rd. The water was rough. Time, lamins. 23secs. The Champion Pairs was won by the Union crew, and the Champion Double Sculls by the Canterbury crew. The Union Club gave a supper to the Wellington crew. The E Battery made 511 in a match against the other Batteries of the Colony. It has been raining heavily since Saturday night. The Tasmanian cricketers in their first innings made 193, and the Canterbury men in their second innings 130. The weather has cleared up, and it is now beautifully fine. The rain has done very littly, if any, damage to the crops. Dunedin-, Feb. 25. Information has been received that, owing to the small price ruling (s|d per lb.), the Tongairiro’s frozen meat is being held over for a rise. The Equitable Insurance Co.’s report shows the year’s earnings to be £13,433 and the expenditure to be £10,043. Out of the balance of £3,390 the directors recommend the payment of a dividend of 8 per cent, on the paid-up capital according to date of payment of calls. The University of Edinburgh intends celebrating its tri-centenary shortly, and an invitation is being sent to the Otago University to have a representative present. The Council to-day appointed Mr. A. C. Strode, who is at present on a visit Home, to act on the occasion. No damage has been done to the railways by the recent rains, and it is not believed the crops are at all seriously damaged. The rain has ceased, but it is still threatening. Oamaru, Feb. 25. There has been a steady downpour of rain since Saturday morning. /Ibout onehalf the crops in the district are cut, but very little is done yet. As the flood is heavy it is expected the railway lines will suffer. Timaru, Feb. 25. There has been heavy rain since Saturday, and it will do harm to the crops if it lusts much longer.