TELEGRAPHIC.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1358, 27 June 1885, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

A son of Captain McGillory while playing football on Saturday at Auckland met with injuries which produced death from strangulated hernia. Everything was quiet when the Sandfly left Tonga. The religious disputes had been settled by almost all the people going over to the Free Church. Louis Dare, a draper at whose premises the Victoria street (Auckland), fire originated a month ago, was arrested on Wednesday afternoon on a charge of setting fire to the premises, with intent to defraud the Colonial Insurance Company. Proceedings were taken by the Police, not by the insurance companies interested.

Bob Erangi, a well-known chief on the West Coast, died on Saturday last aged 63. He was always friendly to Europeans, and during the war acted as guide to the troops. He wag also a native assessor. When a young man he went with Mr Wellington Carrington to survey Te Aro (Wellington) and was also with the surveyors at Port Cooper. The late Donald McLean thought a great deal of him. In the early days he was in the native police under Sir Donald McLean.

It is understood that Major Crowe, who for has nearly 20 years filled the position of assistant storekeeper in the Defence Department, has resigned his office, and is about to retire on a pension. Government have allowed Major Crowe six months leave of absence on full pay, prior to his retirement, in recognition of his services.

The Supreme Court, Christchurch, was occupied till late on Wednesday evening in hearing the case of Friedlander Bron, v. Brick and another, in which plaintiffs sought to recover £154, the amount of a promissory note given by the Rev. Mr Coffey, late of Ashburton, and endorsed by Brick. The jury gave a verdict for defendants.

Major General Scratchley, Major Cautley and others on Monday inspected the defence works at Auckland and expressed themselves highly pleased with them. Whilst off Cheltenham beach an impromptu submarine mine was fired and it threw up a column of water 120 feet high. Major General Scratchley’s mission is to consult the Government on New Guinea affairs. He leaves for Sydney in a week. James Fletcher, a well known carrier on the West Coast, fell off the box of his waggon ,while proceeding from Keefton to Greymouth and the wheels passed over bis back. He died while being taken to the Hospital. Owing to the imposition of a duty on imported coals there is a movement among Christchurch dealers to raise the price of Newcastle and Westport coals. One firm has already increased the price of both by 2s fid a ton. It is stated that it is, under present circumstances, simply impossible to obtain sufficient coal from mouth and Westport to supply the demand.

Several deferred payment settlers applied to the Otago Land Board on Thursday by petition to permit them to suspend payment of rent for three years, on account of the difficulty of bringing land into cultivation. The Commissioner informed them the Board had no power to grant such permission, but had just forwarded a letter to the Under-Secretary for Lands recommending that capitalization be permitted after one, instead of three, year's residence.

Henry and Margery Poole were on Wednesday atOamaru, committed for trial at the Supreme Court for illtreating Edward Poole, a little boy, and the son and stepson respectively of accused. In the Waimea Plains Railway case, the Judge held as beyond doubt that a rate of 3s 4d in the £ would raise an amount greater by several hundreds of pounds than the Company is authorised to raise. The whole rate was therefore ruled as invalid, and the appeal was dismissed with costs.

At the annual meeting of tho Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Association a satisfactory raport was presented, a balance of £2ll remaining over last show. There has been expended on the new ground £3248, or at the rate of £l9O per acre. An effort is to be made to get the freehold of the ground from Government, Mr Brydone was again elected President,