TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1407, 20 October 1885, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

The Edwin Fox, barque, 116 days out from London, aTived at Port Chalmers ytsferday, with 500 tons of coal a-id salt, also two Ball and Coleman's vcfrigeri\ting machines, four boilers, and all anpliai cbf, she being intended to be used as a refrigerating vessel by the Shaw-Suvill and Albion Company. Her passage has been marked by a succession of heavy S.E. and S. gules until reaching long. 100 £., when oho mat with a c\c ! one gale, commencing at N.W., and terminated at 8.W., with high mountainom seas. She wus hove to for 18 hours, during whioh time she lost several fails. An ex-barman wis charged at Blenheim yosterday with the larceny of a large quantity of articl-s valued at £ls from Sperry land's Hotel in September Lint. Ho was rem mded till Wednesday pending a further search lor th« things noo yet recovered. An unemployed meeting was held at Christchurch yesterday morning, when 203 man signed a petilion to Mr John Holmes requesting him to endeavor to find work for them. They will be employed in planting, gtonebreaking and treichinj reserves. A man named Knox was drowned while crossing the Taieri, near Hindon (Otsgo) on Saturday. He lost an oar, and m trying to reoovei it fell overboard. The Premier left Wellinglon for the South on Friday. He will be absent for only a few days. A shocking accident occurred at Hawera railway station on Friday. A boy named Shore, a stepson of Dee, a fireman on the line, was playing about the station yard while shunting was going on, and was run over by a waggon and died shortly afterwards. Sir Julias Vogel anived at Christchurch from Wellinglon on Saturday morning. The boating season was ope Led at Christchurch on Saturday afternoon with a procession of boats and scratch races. 41 boals took part in the procession, and about 3000 people were present.