TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1275, 9 December 1884, Page 1

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

A deputation, which included Mr Mitchelson, waited upon the Minister I for Justice at Auckland on Friday urging ! the inclusion of Kawhta in the oiuiict i over which the sale of drink was pm- ! hibited. The Minister said his impress -m i was that Kawhia wss already included, ( but ho would telegraph to the Native 1 Minister for jnfcrmaiiuii. The Native .Minister replied that Kawliia is inc.nded in the Kingite territory, in which the sale •of drink will he prohibited. John Taylor Green, an Auckland orocer, formerly a farmer at Kaiapoi and Taranaki, in which latter place ho lost heavily, attempted to commit suicide last Thursday night by taking laudanum, owing to depression of spirits. He is now recovering. It is stated that a monster meeting of Maoris will be held at Aiomoho, in the : -vicinity- of Wanganui, about two months ! hence. Over 2000 natives are expected to be present, and among them Tito

Kmvrtrn, the rebel chief who figured so prominently on that coast during the Maori wars.

In the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Wanganui, on Friday, the action Timins v. Spurdle was heard. The claim was for the recovery of £IOO penalty on two fdleged breaches of the Municipal Corporations Act. The defendant, a Conn e.illor, had done some work at the hospital under instructions from the Borough Council, and subsequently sat and voted ns a Councillor. The Magistrate gave judgment for the plaintiff with costa of Court.

Boring is still being continued at the Southern Cross Petroleum Company’s Works, and the prospects are very favorable.

Henry Lewis, better known as “the hangman,” wan arrested on Friday at Wellington on a charge of breaking into the Brunner Coal Mining Company’s offices, and was remanded till Monday. The Christchurch Agricultural and Pastoral Society are considering the advisability of procuring a more suitable site for holding their shows, their present grounds being too small and not easily drained.

A man named James Anderson, a farmer at Ida Valley, is supposed to have been drowned at Clyde on Friday aflernoon. He arrived in Clyde to see the doctor, and was on his way to the Hospital when he was observed to descend the river bank, take off his coat and vast and walk into the river Clutha.

The 10-year-nld daughter of Mr Thomas Beasley, of Waikouaiti, died very suddenly on Saturday ftom inflammation brought on by eating unripe gooseberries. By a little clever manoeuvring the Government has managed to save the colony £9OOO on the coming year’s San Francisco mail contract.

A singular case was heard at the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Dunedin, on f'rida} . The plaintiff, Ireland, sued the defendant, Cursey, for board and attendance supplied to Mrs Cursey. The defence was that Mrs Cursey left her husband one day telling him she was going to Mosgiel, instead of which she went to Auckland, travelling, it was alleged, with a young man named Lockhart, as his wife. She was examined and admitted going to Auckland, but denied ever knowing any young man named Lockhart. She said she did not know by what steamer she went to Auckland or returned in. His Worship said there being no clear evidence of adultery, though the facts were very suspicions, he must give judgment for the plaintiff.

The two-year-old daughter of a Air Wm. Clark, Auckland, is missing, and a search party has been ont for 48 hours. It is surmised that the child is either lost iu the bush ordrowned.

Waring Taylor was before the Court at Wellington on Friday, on further charges of embezzlement. Ho evidence was taken, however, an adjournment till next Tuesday being gtanted. The whole of tne men arrested in connection with the illicit distillation of whiskey at Porirua (Wellington) have now been released, the claims of tho Crown, amounting to about £OOO, haviog been satisfied. A twelve hours walking match at Wellington on Saturday between Crofts and Pettingell was won by Crofts by nine miles. Crofts walked 67 miles. Captain Wheeler, on the arrival of the steamer Wakalipu at Wellington from Sydney, was presented by the passengers with an address. Owing to illliealth Captain Wheeler is about to take a holiday for some months, A -forger named Herman Hempton, undergoing an eight years sentence in Lyttelton goal, died of heart disease on Saturday n-ght. The Dunedin Trades and Labor Council are urging the Government to introduce into the mail contract a clause prohibiting the employment of Chinese on the mail steamers. . . A well-known contractor m Christchurch named John G. Watkin has been arrested on a charge of the forgery of a promissory note for £24 19s lid. A gallant rescue occurred at the River Avon, Christchurch, on Sunday afternoon, when a boy named Nelson, 15 years old, though unable to swim, jumped in and saved the life of a htcle girl named Scmdretf, seven years old, who fell off Momrea-street bridge into deep water. , The result of the inquest on (he body of the idiamy keeper MeHrutn, atQuir.m, was a verdict of wilful murder against White, ‘’raw ley and Fhzpatii k. The medical evidence went to show that, had skilled assistance bei n procured within an hour of the assault the man’s life might have been saved. He bled to death. Fitzg-rald is still at large. Whim and Crawhy, who w ere hoarding with Meldrum, were brought no in the afternoon charged with murder. Evidence was given i>y Mrs McMrnm and some navvies as to hearing remarks during the quarrel hy one nr o her of the m-n that limy would kill Meldtum, and if they had a knife they would cut his throat. They were all in drink. Fitzgerald was known OM the works as “ Garrett." It i- not known exactly how the row began. It seems that a woman named Burke was in Ontrain a day or two before, and complained that Meldrum had cat her on iho head, and was heard to say that site would get “some of the bojs to go for Meldrum.” Fitzgerald made the remark during the Monday evening, when a number of men were p'aying cards in Meldrum’fe, that he meant to have a row.