TELEGRAMS

Temuka Leader, Issue 807, 29 December 1881, Page 2

TELEGRAMS

ENGLISH AND London, Dec. 26. The Standard to-day publishes a telegram stating that fully one-fourth of the City of CronsLdt has been destroyed by fire. The conflagration is further stated to have been the work of Nihilists. CONSTANTINOPLE,. Dec. 26, Mr Fawcett, the British ConsulGeneral in this city, having interceded on behalf of Mr O’Donovan, who was found guilty of libelling the Sultan, the latter agreed to pardon the prisoner,, and the sentence of six months’ imprisonment passed upon him has been remitted, St, Petersburg, Dec. 26. Intelligence is to hand from. Warsaw that a panic- occurred yesterday in a church m that city owing to an alarm of fire. In the crush and confusion which followed over thirty persons were killed, and a number seriously injured, NEW ZEALAND. (Per Press Association ) Auckland, Dec. 26. Alfred Clarke a youth, has been committed for trial for robbing a bushman named Gilbert Hobson of LH in a brothel. A son of W. A. McKenzie, of Waugaroi, was gored to death by a cow whiie taking a calf away from her. Fredk. Gave has been arrested for wholesale larcenies, extending over months past. Deo 27, A boat containing Mr Saunders, homoeopathist, his wife and sister-in-law,

capsized in Judges Bay. All the occupants were saved. .

A native named Hoani Tekare was murdered on the Oxford racecourse, Waikato, yesterday. He was stabbed to the heart with a pocket-knife, death j being instantaneous Two natives have \ been arrested charged with committing i he murder. 1 Gisborne, Dec. 27. Dr Percy d ; ed suddenly yesterday. He had been suffering from a severe cough, and during the previous night he by mistake took chlroroform instead of the proper cough mixture. Wellington, Dec. 27, In reference to the cable message announcing the stranding of the ship Waipa at Dunkirk, the N.Z. Shipping Company have received a cable message, dated a day later than Reuter’s, announcing the arrival of the vessel, but no memtion is made of any casualty having happened to her. Christchurch, Dec. 27The N.Z. Whipping Company here have received no advice of the loss of the Waipa. 12,000 people travelled on the trams yesterday, Dunedin, Dec. 26. By the Christchurch Express of Saturday night over 500 people arrived, and by the Invercargill Express about 420. Of these 450 had excursion tickets. On Saturday morning 200 went north with excursion tickets, 130 went to the Lakes, and in the evening 130 went to. Caristchurch. This morning another large batch of excursionists wept to. the Lakes . Dee, 27. Between 15,000 and 16,000 people travelled on the Dunedin tramways on Boxing Day, the largest number ever known on a single day. At Waikouaiti a presentation was made to-day to the Hon*. G. McLean by his late constituents of the Waikouaiti district. It comprised a large solid silver salver, weighing 500z5., beautifully inlaid. To Mrs McLean, a silver bracelet, necklace,, locket,, brooch, and

earrings were presented. The Taieri Agricultural Show took place to-day and was largely attended. There was excellent competition in most of the classes, some exhibitors being from Southland. Over 5000 persons travelled, on the Palmerston-Clinton section yesterday, including 250 excursionists to the Lakes. The Hon. H. S. Chapman, ex-Judge of the Supreme Court, died, to-day at the age of 78,.