TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1439, 10 December 1885, Page 1

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Another cnee of death by blpod-poiseo-ing through the sting of a b>e lag occurr dat Auckland, Susan Biguar, daughter of R. Biggar, of Epsom, «as stung by a bee at the school, and m U i,th-. standing the efforts of two medical men she died. i

Wra. Gregory, a young map, accidentally shot himself through the bead while pig hunting on Sunday ahdve Mercer* Auckland.

. Tam'hi Tawhiao, M.H.R., is studying law at Whitaker and Bussell's’(Auckland); in order to be of benefit to his penplb in* protecting iheir lands and defending their claims before the Native Lands Court.

Another case of al'etnpted Suicide has occurred at the Old Man’s Re'fiige, Wellington, a man named Grant ’cutting his throat on Monday. He will probably recover.

Walter Freestone was slabbed in the neck by Arthur Dawkon, in Lbrne street, Wellington on Monday afteinoon. Shortly after m dnigl.t on Saturday a fire broke out in Maekte’s carriage factory High stre' t, Wei iiu'ton, and before it was suppressed £l2no wor'h of damage was done. The imilding, which did not. sugtain much injury, wag insured for jfi'iO in the South B tt'sh. Mtickie, who estimates his losses at £9OO, was uninsured. The operations of the Fire Brigade, were much impeded by the telephone wires.

The following tenders have been accepted for the coal supply for the railways for 1886:—Lyttelton —Westport Coal Company, a' 22s 9J per ton ; Springfield Company. 12s per ton ; White Cl ffs, Stuart and.Gundrv, brown coal, 11s 6 i per ton. For Timaru Brunner Coal Company, 24s 9d per ton.

In the lotalisator case at Namier, Cotreli v. Dowse, of Dunedin, the Resident Magistrate gave judgment for plaintiff for £lO3, and costs, £2 15s witnesses’ expenses £2 16a, solicitor’* fee £3 3s, and plaintiffs expenses at Dunedin £3 3s. iu giving judgment the Resident Magistrate said defendant knew before the transaction was completed that the instruments were not an represented, »n>l that they were useless for the purpose for which they were intended* ■ The work of demoliading the Exhibition buildings is now in full is wing, and will he completed by Christmas, and the material will be sold by auction. The Premier and the Hon. Mr tole left Wellington for the Smith by the Hmernoa at ten o’clock on Tuesday'night. The Hon. Mr Lunach also wont South on Tuesday afternoon by the; 'Vakatipu. Mr Stout will ptotmhly be absent till after Christmas. Mr Tole and Mr Larnuch will not be so long away. - ’ • Mr C. W. H. Wooledge, 'Comm’sifon Ag ent, Christchurch, was found dead in hia bed on Tuesday morning. He seemed well till Monday afternoon, when he complained of alight indiapos t'on, He was an old resident there uni Was formerly in the Customs under tb-slate Mr W. J. W. Hamilton. Thomas Bonis was drowrmd while cross ine the Wi.beif orce River on Saturday. His body was recovered and brought to Coalgi to on Monday. He leaves a wife and eight children. The body of Macalister, the seaman on the Rimnt.ka who was drowned in Lyttel'ion harbor on Friday, whs recovered on Monday, . The Christchurch City Council on Monday night accepted the ; design ot S. H. Seager for new municipal offices, to be jrect-d at a cost • f £5000; ■

At a maeting of the Railway League held at Christchurch on Monday it wak resolved to appoint a paid secretary, who is to devote much time to canvassing and actively promoting the objects V»f the League. It, was agreed to urge on the Government the, necessity of placing before Parliament next session a scheme for the immediate construction of the Main trunk lines of the colony, including the East and West Coast and N- la«n Railway.

By a slip Ata quarry ia the North K<it Valley, Dunedin, two men were neatly buried ; one named Morrison was found seriously injured when rescued. ’ t Certain Canterbury Vo'untiers complain that they, are precluded froih competing at the examinations for the two commissions in the Imperial Army, to bo held a f Wellington oh December 21 at. The t-xt books hare hoi been sent down notwithstanding thst Meters Holmes and White, M.H.K.’a, have obtained a .promise that this should be done; Sit Julius Vogel was interviewed on Thursday to see if there was any chance of getting the examination postponed. He promised to do what he could to further the views of those interested here.

The boot manufacturers of Chris'chnrch have formed themselves into ah ht-socia-tion for the general advancement of the trade and for the protection of their in'ereats. It is intended to extend the Association to all towns in New Zealand and already several turns in other citiehave signified their intention of joidihg. A case of tutu poisoning is reported. It appears that Margaret Robinson, » girl of 16, ete a quantity of green tutu berries at St. Helena station, near Kaispoi; Wt Sunday. She went to bed quit* we!', but duting the night was sezed with fearful pains and symptoms like those of strychnine poisoning. By the use of emetics and; other remedies the symptom* were gradually subdued, but the girl retaaiua in a very dtbiiiuted coadilioa.