TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1420, 19 November 1885, Page 1

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Sir Win. Fox lectured on Monday nigl-t at ; the Baptist Tabernacle under th- ] auspices of the Gospel Temperanc Mission on the progress of the tompsranc movement in Great Britain and th' Continent before a large attendance, Th Rev. Thomas presided, and i moving a vote ofth'auka expressed a, hop. that Sir William Fox would re-enter Parliament as the national leader of the Temperance party. Sir William &t'ted nothing could induce him ty du «u for ordinary political work, : but if hesav a reasonable prospect of Retting through - Local Option or Prohibition law, hcwmld be willing to consider the miittor. The N'atiff Minuter, who has return• to Wellington from » vinit to moat oi tli Northern N -tive districts, ttates nam affiirs are iu a satisfactory conditio With regard to tliH Wet Coast, tb Maoris showed a" v»ry i>ieat dispositi> t» discuss «»uy mattes their w>< ■ Uro wit* tue iSal.ve Minister. _ Ti ."fiiup.o nut'vea who the o.her d»y sigrn *p»uw vtoat th»y Wou'd not ,briojf|tli*»ir

lands inte tt>e (Jonrr, i,ui, would pUce tbem under the direction 'of Tawha?o, have since all signed documents stating that t!i«y will brin~ tl-eir laririN before the Court wliich willsit in TaU|'6 in Februaiy next. Te HuKeno, who is'favorably disposed to the Land Court, culled upon Mr Bullance, in Waikato, and asked thafctb© Court might le Held ihero, Mr Bai lance has arraogedv that the Court shall tit as !'quested as soon as the one tit Taupo is closed. With regard to the na'ive ent : rage at near Oltiinemutu, it appears th it the affair arose out of tie die'. 1 ' outr'd title of the house, which was occupied by Mis Graham. .It waßeriioifti on native land for which no title bmi been given. To ortim possession the natives took the forcible steps which were telegTaphed recently, and it is believed they bav* '*'• jpierfeotf right to the property. HoweveV, the question in nut yet settled. A workman named Raid lost his life at 'he Woollen Cornp-ny's Works, ton, on Saturday. He Was workinc, on it wallplate with a companion Earned Rbbi*son. The latter stumbled aod fell, and tieid in attempting to ■aye him also fell, the drop being about twelve feet. Bejd • .ceired concussion of the brain, and expired in a few hours, bating a wife and family. Robinson, who recently arrived from Dunedin, received serious injurits, but is expected to recover. John Wilhett, a shoemaker, attempted •o commit suicide at Maeterton, by taking poison. He has been declared inse.no nrl sent to the ABylum. Thebeaini? of the Timarti appeal case, Jibot v. Saunderq, was concluded* at Wellington on Monday afternoon, whea judgment wjs reserved. A te'eßram from Olimtchiurch says that reports frpua the country districts show that a hkilatorha which occurred on Sunlay was very' severe jn so.me places. At Ifaldhurat, about seven miles from Christchurch, the fruit trees suffured" much lamuge.

The Chriatchurch City Conncil on Dion* day night decided to call for comptjtitnra designs for miiuicipal buildiugi« to bY erected at a Co6t uoi exceeding £5003.' A meeting ot tshareboldenj in the •fsiional Insurance Company wai held at Oarnaru on MondHy night; at which it, wai resolved -ympatniwes with the meeting of nhareiioldera held in Dunedin on Frid'iy Isat,-. <*iid truatß thht the Direotora wili ••« ■ heir way to accede to the wish of the (bareholdera expressedat the meeting, by declaring a dividend." " That the ibHt-nce of any explanation this meeting views with alarm the great iucr?a»B of a orkinjr npens«?, while the income re•DHJns almost stationary." Kate Nolan was arrested at lovercas /ill on Monday by a constable from Met, oourne, on a charge of larceny of money, md wan remanded to appear there next week. It is aaid that,the young woman ia thoroughly respectable, but hnring had ntS with har brother, whose hoiiKekceper she wa«, ehe left for New Zealand, and

lie liutj taken this men n» to get htr bick. A meeting of th» South P«<ifio. Oil Company shareholders at Gioborne cooveued on Tuesday to conmder whether, to wind tip the Company or not, was adjourned till the 30th inipt., to giv« the ■Sydney shareholders time to bo repreHis Excellency the Governor left Wpl» ingtnn for Lyttelton yestardsy by the • imutuka. The Hineihot with L;tdy /•rrom and servant) »nd horses, car* age*, t tc, alan left the •Bice diy. Frui'tixßor Kirk has submitted a report -* the Government on tie forest* in the •forth lsianri. A mettngof the Executive Council was held on Tuesday, but the business was urely routine, Th« appeal case, Ward v. the Nat'ona! Bank, reserved from Chrintchureh, occupied the Appeal Court, Wellington, ail ruexday, and argument was not con* Judea when the Conrfc' adjourned. It is stated that the Government intend io have a Maori census taken next year. , James Coleman, of the tug Despatch, Ureymouth, while standing 1 on the paddle »ox, accidently fell into the river, and vas drowned in the presence of people on fc.ie wharf before any assistHuce could be >iven. There waa a strong current in the iver rfter the recent heavy rain. The deceased leaves a widow and tluret übildren. ' !

The New Zealand Shipping Company I Are advised that the Rdapehu, with the I London rasils to October 23'd, reached I Japetowu on Ulili, and left I the following day for AueidHnd, calling! u. Port Chalmers Heads to land herfl nails. I The Orient Company have written toM tsuy a Mtatement that appeared in si ntter in the Lyttaltoo Time*, to the! Sect that they are prepmed to curryH froien mutton at o|<t per lb, and every*H filing realised over iii per lb io be dividtdfl inongst the shippers.■>; The AiiHtraJiunl VlatiHger states that the 'Company's low-H contract price is tyd per lb iu m Aus-H ialia to London. I At a meeting of the Stewards of tbsH Canterbury Jockey Club- on Tuesday I morning, the jockey W. White was dis-M pialified for three months for > in-H übo'dination att tlje.jate.-, meeting. HeH vas conspicuous for several breaks avvsyH •luring the racen, pmticularly on.the lustH ' The Directors of the Na'ion«l lnsuranotfl Company refuse to declare *uy dividend.! Three boys from nine to eleven wersH ohafged at Duoedin on Tuesday vrifhH living s'olen jewellery valued at £6.H Phey hid got on to the roof of a shed undH lieu entered the hotel window, ukiuffl ire articles. Tiie parents were ordtrsdH o punitth them. " H At the annual meeting of the Mosgirfl •VooilrQ Factory, Dunedin, Mr JohijH ioberta 'he Chairman of Directors, pre! iideit.' T'ie nporr, lecnimu-ndinff 'vidpnd, watt adopted. .The CaanmaiH . xpie'ased an opimott that tbtt pric: i<~H tyool would go up, H