TELEGRAPHIC.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1350, 9 June 1885, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

The Waimea Plains Railway Company's earnings are £538 over last year's. The Directors stnte they are not prepared to sell to the colony except at its certified cost. In future the guaranteed interest will be available for distribution to the shareholders.

The Dunedin Jockey Club have accepted with ropret theirhandicappers' resignation. The Club have donated £274 to benevolent institutions during the past seaeoD. A cottMge occupied by M. Gilhooley and owned by B. Reynolds, was burned down on Saturday at Invercargill, The house was insured in the N.Z. office for £2OO. Tlie furuiture was not insured.

Dunn, a noted burglar, whose total sentences amount to 70 years' imprisonment, was arrested on Saturday for disorderly conduct. When arrested lie attempted to draw a revolver on the constable. A quantity of jewellery, supposed to have been stolen, was found in his possession. Dunn was disclfarged from the Wellington Gaol lapt January. The Hinemoa, from Wellington arrived at Auckland at five on Sunday morning. She leaves with the Auckland members at three tc-day (Tuesday). The R.M.S. Tongariro sailed for London from Wellington at seven o'clock last Sunday night. A Blenheim branch of the Amalgamated Carpenters' and Joiners' Trade Society was started on Saturday night. The building trade is very brisk thera, and the Society is likely to enrol numerous members.

A heavy north-west gale blew in Blenheim during Saturday night, and very heavy rain has set in. The rivers are rising rapidly.

A large liinlowner was brought before the Police Conn, Invercargill, on a charge of attempted arson of his neighbor's stacks yesterday. At the Police Court, Chriatehurch, on Saturday, a man named Win. McGregor was brought up charged, with a felonious assault on a girl 11 years of age at Kaiapoi on Friday. He was remanded till Tuesday (to-day). The criminal session of the Supreme Court commenced at Napier yesterday. Chief Justice Prendergast presiding. The calendar is a heavy one, consisting of three charges of forgery agrinst two prisoners ; a charge of manslaughter against a female; horso stealing, burglary, assault and robbery, larceny, sheep stealing, obtaining money under false pretences and bigamy. There are thirteen prisoners. At a meeting of the Auckland Presbytery, the following resolution was carried unanimously—" The Presbytery having reason to believe the Rev. T. W. Dunn has not availed himself of the leave granted by the Presbytery on the l?t of February for six months' to visit Scotland, but that he is in New Zealand, it is resolved to adjourn this meeting till the first Wednesday in July, and that then in the event of the Clerk finding Mr Dunn is still in New Zaaland he be instructed to cite Mr Dunn to appear at the said meeting in July." [lt will be recollected that Mr Dunn recently paid a visit to Temuka, in the course of a lecturing tour.] Mr Kelly, the unsuccessful candidate at the late Tauranga election, has instructed Messrs Hesketh and Richmond to proceed by petition against the return of Mr Sheehan, on the ground of corrupt practices. Numerous allegations as to breaches of the Act will be made.