TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1438, 8 December 1885, Page 1

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

A public meeting to consider the case of the unemployed was held at Auckland, on Fridky night in the Temperance Hall, the Mayor in the chair. There was a crowded attendance, but a good number were not unemployed men. A resolution was carried in favor of sending a petition to the Government, explaining the distress and asking the Government, through the Minister of Pubjic works, to supply labor for those in need of work, as has been done in similar cases at Christchurch and Dunedin. A petition is to be sent also to the City Council and Harbor Board. Resolutions in favor of prohibiting the importation of goods which could be manufactured here and of prohibiting the assisted immigration of males or females were negatived. Of the 150 names given in, they were principally married men out of employment. Messrs Peacock and Moss, M.U.R.’s, addressed the meetng, and promised to aid in representing the matter to the Government. Mr Thomas Walker, of Sydney, spoke in depreciat on of the threat to send a pet’tmn to the New South Wales Gev> rmufi.t for assistance, as matt-re in Sydney were no better than in New Zealand, A seamen nanh d M- Callister of the R. M.S. Rimutaka, was drowned in Lyttelton Harbor on 'Tuesday, afternoon. It appears that a stage had been erected on the starboard side of the vessel to enable men to bolt up the coal portholes. McG»llister u accompanied by the ship's carpenter, got ou to the staging, and shortly after the carpenter It ft him, McCallister seems to have noshed his foo'hold arid fell into the loolior, He sunk immediately, and ahhongli two im-u jumped overboard to try and sav<- bun they were unable to get lu.'d of him, and he was drowned. The body lies not been recoveied.

A woman named Mary Goddard attempted to commit suicide on Thursday by walking into the bay at Dunedin and lying down in three feet of water. She was prevented hy a ycung lad.

Gold to the value of £20,000 was brought down to Dunedin by the escoit last Thursday night. A meeting of creditors in the estate of James Mclntosh, farmer, of Gladfield, was held at Invercargill on Thursday. The statement shows the liabilities to be £87,108 and the assets (estimated) HS worth £103,828. The principal creditor)* are the British and New Z-a : «nd Mortgage and Agency Company for £33,072, and the National Mortgage Company £50,262, both being secured. The Assignee said (hat in the present ftate of the '■and market the surplus was purely visionary.

On Friday afternoon the train from the BUiff ran down a cow near Clinton (Southland). The. engine left the metals which were torn up for some distance. Seven waggons followed, and|of these two were completely wrecked. The engine whs also considerably damaged and the tender smashed. Traffic was delayed for about two hours. No personal injuries were sustained. The line is not fenced in parts, and as many suburban keep cows they very frequently get on the line and are killed.

Mr Marchie, of Auckland, who recently visited Skye to place before the crofters the desirability of immigration to New Zealand reports that the crofters have no desire to emigrate.

The Mayor of Auckland has received ■he following telegram from the Min'flter of Public Works re '.be unemployed ;—“ 1 will see what can be done. 1 much regret, owing to Parliament refusing to pass the vote for railway works for the Auckland district, 1 am placed at a disadvantage, lint I sh ill endeavorUo assistnd I rely on local bocies helping."

Before the sailing of the steamer Coptic from Auckland for Wellington on Saturday night a dispute arose between the Fiozen Meat Company mid the ship as io ihe condition of the Jambs, of which 2000 weie to be shipped. The lambs had been Dozen with the feel on, a.id while the ■ ureases were well frozen and in splendid condition the wool on the feet was found to have a fusty smell, which was objectionable. It was fi aly resolved to leave lie lambs in the refrigerator to be snipped hy the next steamer after the feet have been removed. 170,000 lbs of beef and 'inu.on weie plao d on board, and three a-es of butier in excellent order.

The New Zealand Stud and Pedigree Stock Company have, decided to sell the •hole of their yearlings (thirty) at Sylvia I’ink (Auckland) early iu January. An old iden'ity, C p'am Philip Jones, i rmerly Commodore of the Circular Saw fleet died at Auckland on Saturday. The s.s, Alameda, with Ihe English November mails, left San t’rancisco on the 2jrd, at noon, (wo days late. The Guy of Sydney with the’ November colonial mails has arrived at San Francisco, lime-table date.

At tiie coroner’s inquest held on Friday it Tukapuiia (Wellington), on the body of the newly-born infant of Agnes Moran, the evidence showed that the child had lived, '•mt had apparently been smotbeted in some -way immediately after birth, whether intentionally or not wi*l be decided at the Supremo Court. A verdict was returned practically tantamount to one of manslaughter,' Anderson, a Wellington wool-scourer, lias been committed tot trial on » cb rg" of arson.

A senes of experiments were con nc ed by the Torpedo Corps under L'euti. ant Lodders, at Wellington, on Ind..y . ftoinoon, A subm irtrn mine, can* 1 ! c of blowing up * '»rg« vessel, . was successfully fip d. throwing up a column of wat-rr 2t)o feel high.

The Plus dx mine a f Skippera •• ‘nr 330 mices of bur goid fr>un 28L* tuns oi quartz.