TELEGRAPHIC.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1400, 10 September 1885, Page 1

TELEGRAPHIC.

An influential meeting was held on Monday, to secure the representation of Auckland at the Colonial Exhibition in London. Sub-Committees were appointed to work up interest in the matter, and to carry out details. At the Eesident Magistrate's Court, Wellington, on Monday, Harry Lenahan was charged with a breach of the Printers and Newspapers registration Act, by distributing a pamphlet entitled "Such Things Exist," written by Drs Cotterell and Gilbert, of Sydney, without an imprint. The accused was in the habit of giving the book, which is a disgusting publication, to boys to distribute •' in the street. The police have seized 1000 copies of it. The prisoner was fined £5, or sr'ven days' irnprisoment.

The body of a newly-born feniale child was found on Monday morning in a watercloset at Oamaru. The pother, Mary Moran, has been sent to the Hospital. A heavy fall of snow is reported to have taken place at Criffell, the new .gojdfields, Otago, which will delay the starting of raining operations. By a tire in the 1 Waimate Bush on Saturday last, about 14 acres of refuse bush were destroyed. Had not the wind changed the fire would have had a seriqu.B result, as Mr Hayes' mill, some cottages and a lot of sawn timber and firewood ready for c vrtinsr would have been consumed. Two boys are being proceeded against by the police for having lighted the fire.

The Manapouri brought £50,030 in sovereigns for the Bank of New Zealand from Sydney. Mr G. A. Sala gives only one lecture in each city in the dlony, having to be in Melbourne in time to describe the Melbourne Cup meeting, At a meeting of the Committee of the East and West Coast and Nelson Railway guarantors, at Christchmch on Tuesday, Mr C. C. Bowen stated th*t ho hao received a telegram from Loudon intimating that negotiations for a contruei were still on foo'. Pending further information the meeting adjourned.

Intelligence having reached Port Chalmers that a prisoner had been injured at the Heads by a stone crushing hun, Dr DeLautour at once left on horseback t" attend, but was thrown from bis horse and had his collar-bone fractured.' Admiral Scott delivered an address on defence, at Dunedin la*t nigbtand resolutions were submitted the large expenditure on defence works in the colony aa unnecessary.

At Auckland on Monday a fire broke out at 10.30 o'clock on board the 8.8. Waihora in the forehold, among a quantity of flax and tow shipped at Wellington. It was discovered by Mr llaird, the Chief Engineer. Fortunately steam was on the and the officers, with the ship's hose, aided by the Fire Brigade, suppressed the fire after it had been burning an hour. No damage was done to the passengers' luggage, the mails or the hull, The cause of the fire is unknown. An average will be struck for the damage, which ii estimated to amount to several hundred pounds. No one had been in the forehold after leaving Wellington.