TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1304, 17 February 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

A boy named Murray, aged four years, was poisoned on Saturday at Auckland, through taking carbolic acid. Simon O’Brien, aged 18, son of Mr O’Brien, contractor for the Auckland tramways, was killed at the city baths on Saturday. The water was shallow, and the lad dived, striking his head on the bottom. Sir J. Yogel arrived at Auckland from Waiwera on Sunday, and addresses a meeting to night. The Rowing Association’s regatta on Saturday was a complete fiasco. There were competitors for four events, and the others were postponed in consequence of the roughness of the water. The Property Tax Department is issuing numerous summonses against defaulting (ax-payers. A carpenter named James Harvey was drowned on Sunday afternoon in Feltwood’s Creek, Wanganui, while bathing with a man named Nicholson. The latter swam down the creek a few yards, and on coming back he saw. Harvey’s hands sticking up, and he made an attempt to save him, but as Harvey was pulling him under also he had to let him go. . The Hauroto arrived at Wellington from Sydney at 2 o’clock yesterday morning. On Saturday morning a young man named R. A. Cranston, saloon passenger for Cliiistdmrcli, died from consumption. Last Suaday evening at Wellington while Mr Nathan, merchant, and his daughter, eleven years old, were driving in a buggy, tbe horse bolted, upsetting the trap, which fell on Mr Nathan and child, the former receiving a slight concussion of the brain and scalp wound. The girl received a double fracture of the right thigh, severe bruises, and shock to the nervous system. She is progressing favorably. Nearly all the employees of tbe Ross United Gold Milling' Company struck yesterday, in consequence of the 10 hours’ system, and, in some instances, reduction in wages. The following have entered for the 48 hours’ walk at Dunedin ; -Rayner, Swan, Delaney, Fosse, Brooks, Bayne, Johnson, Crofts, and Scott. The volunteers attending the N.Z. Rifle Association’s meeting next month, will go into camp at Island Bay. It is expected there will be a large attendance of competitors from nearly all parts of the colony. The Wanganui police consider an inquest necessary on the infant found at the back of Loasby’s promises. It must have been there at lenst two years before Loasby went to Wanganui. Sheehan, now in gaol at Auckland on a charge of the Castletownroche murder, has been further remanded to tbe 19th. Superintendent Thomson has informed His Worship that since the., prisoner’s last appearance in Court he has received a duplicate copy of the original warrant for the apprehension of the prisoner, signed September 2nd, 1884, by R. Allen, Magistrate and Justice of the County of Cork, Ireland, bearing the seal of the Home Department, and he expected an officer to arrive in Wellington in a fortnight. The Premier of New South Wales and party had a narrow escape from a serious buggy accident during their Wakatipu tour. Mr, Mrs and Miss Stuart, with Mr Fprre§ter ? also from Now Soqth Tralee, were drying down a mountain gorge, when one of tbe horses kicked, Boll; horses then bolted. The road was narrow and dangerous, and the vehicle swerved within twelve inches of the precipice at the side. The driver lost his presence of mind and control of the horses, when Mr Forrester seized the reins succeeded in guiding the horses to the bottom of the bill and stopping them. All the party returned to Queenstown on £6ot.

Mr Fraser, M.H.R., for the Thames, who was gazetted a Justice of the Peace on the sth instant, has declined the honor. Jas. Thompson, a half-caste of Kopua, was arrested at To Awamutu, charged with scea’ing nine cases of printing type valued at £2OO. Part of the plant was used in printing Gorat’s paper in the old days of the King movement. The railway authorities have started cheap Saturday railway excursions at Auckland. Last Saturday's was patronised by only 150 persons. A cheap excursion train ran to Kaitoke, Wellington, on Saturday, taking about 250 passengers. An excursion train will run from Oamaru to Tiraaru next Wednesday, The New Zealand Shipping Company’s E.M.S. Aorangi left Wellington for London at 4.36 p.m,, on Saturday, with the English mails. She carries equal to 14,500 carcases of frozen mutton, and takes 318 passengers, 37 bags mails, two boxes of gold valued at £IO,OOO, and a full cargo of wool and other produce. She is due at Plymouth oa March 28th. A fireman, named Ebenezer Brown, fell off his train near Goodwood on Saturday. He was taken on to Dunedin und conveyed to the hospital, where he died the same night. At the Port Chalmers Police Court on Saturday, J. Stevenson was charged with a breach of the Police Offences Act by working his horse and dray on Sunday. The evidence showed that he had been carting slaughtered sheep to the local refrigerating works, and that they would have been spoiled by the heat if not sent to the freezing chamber that day. The Magistrate dismissed the case, considering the work one of necessity. Lawrence White, one of the men who was convicted of the manslaughter of Wm, Meldrum at Nenthorn, was brought up at the Dunedin Police Court on Saturday charged with behaving mutinously and riotously in gaol. He promised to behave in future. He was convicted, and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. About half-past 3 on Saturday afternoon a fatal accident occurred in Wellington harbor. Four men went out in the yacht Diamond, and whilst off Oriental Bay she accidentally capsized, and Alfred Drwin, one of the. occupants, was drowned. Urwiu was about 18 years of age, and was assistant clerk in the New Zealand Times office. A passing boat went to the rescue, and succeeded in picking up the other three occupants, tlrwin’s body has not yet been recovered. A distressing boat accident occurred on Saturday afternoon in Invercargill harbor, by which three lives were lost. A pleasure boat was on the homeward run up the harbor when it capsized, and Toni F. Rowlands, George Dunn, and his sister Mary, a girl of 13, were drowned. Peter Gilkison, of Flemings and Gilkison, millers, the owners of the boat, was saved by clinging to the mast, and Margaret Dunn was picked up supported by an oar. Rowlands was a young married man much respected, and leaves a young widow and two children. Dunn was 20 years of age, and clerk in the Colonial Bank, to which he had lately been transferred from Gore. He was also a youth of great promise and exemplary character. His father is at present on a visit to Scotland. None of them were expert in handling the boat, which turned over within a few dozen yards of a sand-bank, which the drowned failed to reach, although fair swimmers. On Sunday a large fleet of boats was out from daybreak searching without success for the bodies. The occurrence has created a painful sensation in Invercargill, and was referred to in church. It is reported ihat the Miss Dunn who was saved is in a precarious state.