TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1291, 17 January 1885, Page 1

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

A promising gold discovery is reported from Kihildhi (Auckland). About Bozs were shown, and it was obtained from a creek, the locality of which is kept secret. One ot the pieces of gold weighed nearly one pennyweight. The New Zealand Insurance Company pay a dividend of 3s per share. The naked body of a man named Foreman, a gardener, was found at Shelly Beach, Auckland, on Wednesday morning. Ho had drowned himself,

Sir John Hall returns to England by the Tongariro. Mr Larnach, in reply to a said bo was opposed to the removal of the restrictions on the importation of grapes, and remarked that the restrictions tended to create an industry in the colony. He promised to confer with his colleagues on the subject. A man named Medge died suddenly at the British Hotel, Dunedin, on Wednesday. Heart disease was the cause. The Union Company’s new steamer Ohau, for carrying refrigerated meat from outlying ports to the chief ports of the colony, arrived from Glasgow at Dunedin on Wednesday. She is 410 tons register. She left on November 15th. At the New Zealand University Convocation, Dunedin, on Wednesday, the following resolution wascani d unanimously on the motion of Mr Chilton—“ That in the opinion of the Convocation the members of the Senate of the University of New Zealand should be elected for a fixed term not exceeding five years.” Win. Bonner, a man aged 60, was found dead in a well at Ouehunga, on the premises of Gibbons, a sawmiller, in whoso employment he had been. A young man named Griffiths, son of the proprietor of the Taupo coaches, shoe himself at Tar.twera on Thursday. Dr Diver, a well-known and popular practitioner, died at Wellington on Thursday evening. The Waring Taylor cases at Wellington have been adjourned till Monday. Mr F, Bisley, Master of the Government School, and Secretary to the Foresters’ and Oddfellows’ Lodges, Motueka, Nelson, was found shot on Thursday morning. His balance-sheet showed that £4OO of the Foresters’s money had been deposited at the Bank, but there was no deposit, The Oddfellows’ account is said to be some £3OO deficient. S. W. Palmer, a farmer in the Selwyn district, and his wife, were on Thursday committed for trial on a charge of sheepstealing. Raynor, the long-distance champion of Australia, has arrived in Dunedin to take part in the 48 hours’ walk. O’Connor, of Timaru, arrives by next boat. The bankruptcy of S. Kohn, jeweller, is announced. His total debts are £7400, and his assets £6021. The Christchurch City Council will shortly borrow £25,000 to carry out street improvements. The house of a man named Oppenshaw was burned down at Wanganui on Monday last. He bad £IOO in notes which were burned. The Auckland Timber Company has presented £7O to the Fire Brigade, 60 guineas to Superintendent Hayes, and also a cheque to the sailors of the U.S.S. Iroquois, Information respecting an extraordinary occurrence transpired at a meeting of the Auckland Ilospitid Committee. The members of that body were electrified by receiving a requisition from the House Steward for a provision of lightning rods for the Hospital, the reason given for the request being that a patient had been struck dead by lightning last Sunday fortnight. As this was the the first intimation the Committee, the Press, or the public had received of the occurrence, the astonishment of the Committee was considerable. On turning up the report of the House Surgeon, it was found the death of a patient named Spago, from “concussion of the brain,” was mentioned. At the Divorce Court, Wellington, on Monday, the case of Kay v. Kay, of Masterton, was heard. This was an application on the part of Fanny Kay for a divorce from her husband, William Kay, on the ground of cruelty, adultery, and bigamy. His Honor reserved his decision. The report of the Royal Commission on the unemployed question in Christchurch has been received by the Government. A huge mass of evidence has been taken, but the report itself is said to ba informal and will be sent back to (ho Commissioners to be set right. Some time ago the late Government sent Home an order for 20 locomotives, costing £50,000. I is now alleged that owing to a fault in the specifications the engines will bo unsuitable for the woik required of them, and it is more than likely that the Minister for Public Works will refuse to take them over. The delegates from Christchurch and Nelson re the West Coast Railway will probably leave for Home ia the Tongariro in about a week. Chas. William Bagwell, at Ross, while milking a cov dropped dead. Fatly degeneration of (he heart was (because. A man named Robert Day was committed for trial at Chiistchurch < n Monday for forging a cheque for £IOOO on the Bank of New Zealand. Mr Justin Aylmer, K.M. at Akaroa, died on Monday morning. The Government Insurance Arsociation ha'e bought the property in Dunedin ki.own as Wise’s corner, which is a quarter acre section, with buildings, in ibe heart of toe city, for the sum of £3’>,500. This i« equal to £538 per foot. Tile frontage is to Piincesstreet. At the criminal sc-s'oos of tl e Supreme Court, Auckland, Abraham hidings was dunged wbh indecent assault, the jury, instructed by His Honor, returned a verdict of not guilty. In discharging the prisoner, His Honor said he had not been found guilty because the pnncpal witness had not offered any resistance. This, however, did not make his aciious any 'ess indecent. W. S. Buttle, engineer of the steamer Ranghiri, on the Waikato river, fell overboard below Mercer and was drowned. A carpenter named Miller attempted to commit suicide at Gisborne by taking arsenic. He was discovered in time, and was saved by remedies. Mr Jamieson, Manager of the Union Bank in Wellington, died on Tuesday after an illness of a few hours. Intestinal inflammation was the cause of his death.