TELEGRAPHIC.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1355, 20 June 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

Some coarse shotty gold brought to Auckland is said to have been discovered in a creek near Ortorohanga, on the Waipara, near the route of the North Island Trunk Hail way. It was sent down by Helps, a settlor near Alexandra. A fisherman, who had been selling flounders under nine inches in length, was fined £2 yesterday at Wanganui. The Zealundia, with the May English Mails, left San Francisco for Auckland on 6th inst., time-table date. The City of Sydney, with the May Colonial Mails, arrived at San Francisco from Auckland on I.sth inst,, one day earlier than timetable date.

The Union Shipping Company and Captain Williams, owner of the Black Diamond Line of steamers, are negotiating for a union of interests, with a view to terminating the present competition between them. The running of the two services has been adjusted, and will probably culminate in the Black Diamond Line working under the auspicies of the Union Shipping Company, Captain Williams maintains the Superintendence of the Black Diamond Line, the coal business at Wellington, and the Eoranui mine at Westport. Wellington is to be the headquarters of the latter line, and a small steamer flying the Union Company’s flag will>probably centre there also, Mr J. McCosh Clark has declined to stand for the seat in the House rendered vacant by the death of the late Mr John Sheehan. At the Dunedin Police Court on Wednesday, Vincent Basine, alias Lynch, was sentenced to a year’s imprisonment for victimising people by ringing the changes. At a meeeting of the Dunedin Manufacturers’ Association it was resolved—- “ That in order to strengthen the hands of Ministers and members who in their election speeches indicated a leaning towards protection, and recognising such a policy necessary to the prosperity of the colony, the Association adopt protection as its platform.” Writs for the Wakanui and Tauranga seats have been issued and made returnable on the 2lst and 27th July respectively. The Exhibition Catalogue Committee have accepted the tender of Messrs Mackay and Co., of Dunedin, for printing and binding, and that of Messrs Lyon and Blair, of Wellington, for publishing and advertising the Exhibition catalogues. ] The weather on the West Coast is unusually rough and boisterous. Heavy rain is falling,.accompanied by high winds. All the rivers are flooded, and running bank high. It is reported a man has been drowned while attempting to cross the Hokitika river. The weather is highly favorable to mining, and sluicing is being actively prosecuted all through the district.

Mrs Smith, a well-known resident of Halaett, near Christchurch, was found dead on Wednesday morning under peculiar circumstances. She had been out of health and suffering from low spirits for some time, and on Tuesday she disappeared. On Wednesday morning she was found drowned in a well, down which she is supposed to have thrown herae'f. Deceased was sixty-six years old and leaves a husband and family. Owing to the nor’-wester and unusual warm weather the Waimakirlri was in flood on Wednesday. Hitcheson, late Gas Engineer of Caversham, was on Wednesday at Auckland charged with fraudulent bankruptcy, and remanded to Dunedin. He was admitted to bail. When arrested on the Manapouri he had a through passage ticket to Dunedin.

A wrestling match has been arranged at Auckland between G. Graham, a light weight wrestler of San Francisco, and J. Retry, of Dunedin, for £SO a side. The match takes place on the 27th. At Auckland on Thursday, Judge Gillies refused a writ of habeas corpus applied for by counsel on behalf of Max well, arrested for murder at St Louis. The application was baaed on several technical questions connected with extradition laws.

The Napier Borough Council has had a by-law framed against processions without permission of the authorities. This is directed chiefly at the Salvation Array. At a meeting at Hokitika of insurers in the Government Life Assurance Association resolutions were passed condemning the proposed appointment of local boards.