TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1754, 27 July 1895, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

CITY ELECTION' ' . ™ .. ... Auckland, Thursday. The election of a candidate to. fill the vacancy in the-House of Representatives, caused; by the resignation of Sir George Groy, took: place yesterday. . Intense excitement prevailed throughout the day, both parties--straining every nervo to return their favourite. The result of the Poll was as follows THOMPSON .. ... -5528 MONK .. .. ..4 3532

Majority for Thompson : 1993 Cheers were given for the successful Candidate on the declaration of the Poll • FATALITIES IN OTAGO. Dunedin, Thursday, William Hay, a blacksmith, was accidentally shot dead while rabbit shooting near Lawrence, last evening. Fran-is Fraser, a rahbitcr, was found dead in his hut, at Ida Valley, this morning. Win. Hocking, a miner was drowned in ih’ Taieri, yesterday, through a boat capsizing. , ' Mary Walker, nine years old, residing in South Dunedin, came home from school yesterday, complaining of a sore throat. Her mother attended to the child, who died this morning. The supposed cau-e is inflammation. RAILWAY RETURN TICKETS Wellington, Thursday. Return tickets on Government railways are to be issued after August sth, Available from one to ten miles till the follow ing day, or from Saturday to Monday, from 11 to 200 miles for a month and over, and 200 miles for two months. Fresh regulations are also gazetted, for excursion tickets, freights on fruits, and vegetables, and othea branches of traffic.