TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1296, 29 January 1885, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Extraordinary allegations have been made as to the management of the Auckland Hospital by a patient. Eighty-one entries were received on Tuesday for the sixteen events at the Auckland regatta. £l2O was received for entrance fees. The Arawata has arrived at Auchlan'd from Fiji, Governor Deveaux with his wife and family being passengers. The Fijian news brought by her is unimportant. There is no truth in the rumor that tho Government intend to send Mr Macandrew to England in connection wish the establishment of a settlement of Highland crofters. The s.s. City of Sydney, with tho January English mails left San Francisco for Auckland on the 18th instant—one day later than the time-table date. The s.s. Australia, with tho January Colonial mails, arrived at San Francisco on the 25ih, two days in advance of time-table date. An executive meeting of the New Zealand Industrial Exhibition decided to receive applications for space up till March Ist, and for the Home industrial branch till April Ist. They also decided that the charge for space would be Is per square foot, which will cover the cost of transit to and from the Exhibition, insurance, etc. The Colonial Secretary has ordered the release of the young woman, Fanny Bonning'on, who was some time back charged at Blenheim with infanticide, and against whom the jury brought in. a verdict of insanity. The unfortunate girl has been an inmate of the Mount View Asylum, Wellington, since the trial, but the medical authorities now certify that she is fit to be at large. The Fire Brigades Demonstration at Dunedin is a great success. One hundred and forty men, representing twenty-three brigades in all par's of the colony are present. The weather yesterday was splendid and the afternoon was observed as a holiday. The first event contested was the engine practice, in which Timaru took Imin 30£ sees ; Wanganui, Imin 20£ sees ; Lyttelton, Imin 19£ sees ; Christchurch, Imin 16 secs, and Inveicargill Imin 56 secs. Heavy floods have occurred at Greymouth. The lower part of the town was flooded, Uno i fleet of the flood was lo sweep away the wreck of the *d<-ainev Star of the South: which seriously encroached tqon the fairway of the entrance of the river. At twelve o’clock on Tuesday night she disappeared, breaking ropes and hawsers with which she was fastened. She is supposed to have gone out to sea, clear of the channel, as there was a large volume ofwater going down.