TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1448, 31 December 1885, Page 1

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Altogether 100 of the Dunedin unemployed are now at work. An ex-Sergeant of police, named James Deane, had his express run into by the train at Dunedin on Monday and amashedHe escaped with severe bruises. At Dunedin on Monday Judge Williams presented medals and eeit ficat'is of the Royal Humane Society of Am-tralia to W, J. C. Miller, Richard, Phelsn and Wm. Potoki. Miller and Phelan, swam off to save two High School hoys on an island off Ocean Beach, and William Potoki is a Maori, and swam in and saved Mrs Mdrrice at Port Molyneaux. the Rev. Morrice being drowned on the ivin <• occasion in trying to save his wife. In making the presentation, His Honor said Richard Phelan had already at different periods saved six persons from drowning at risk of his own life, and also saved a little girl who was in jeopardy from a runaway horse. The Premier, in moving a vote of thanks to the Mayor,-Mr Justice Williams, and lbo?e present, >-x i'res<w a hope that we would soon eit'i blish It New Zealand branch of the Human* Society. At Riverton Regatta on Monday, a sculling match took place beiwten Harrington and Boniface, a local oarsman, Harrington conceded a minute over a three and a half mile course. Harrington, who, it will be remembered, lost; his chance in.the race" with Hearn N't yeai over the same course thrmigu foiling « sunken fence, on this occasion broke « scull, and of course had to give up. Hi accused Boniface as being the cause of the accident by fouling him. The Rational, an Auckland newspaper, has died of inanition.

The Waikalo mystery'is (dill unsolved. It is proposed to exhume the body of the supposed murdered man to find if he in identical with the missing man Durbar.

Geo. F. Hill, of Newton (Auckland), and all his family narrowly escaped de; tb by poisoning caused by rating corned tongue which proves to have been diseased. Though externally it appears perfectly sound, on examination it seemed to be dangerous. Mr Balhnce left Wellington for Napier yesterday to attend the great native meetings at Hastings on January 2nd. The New Zealand Shipping Company are advised of the arrival of the -Aorangi at Plymouth, on December 28th, all well. Her frozen meat is in good condition. The brothers Godfrey and Mrs Howard were brought up at the R.M, .Court, Christchurch, on Tuesday, charged with conspiracy to defraud the Government Insurance, Company of £IOO9. The police obtained a further remand till Saturday, No. evidence of importance was given. In the estate of James F nch, wine merchant, Dunedin, the liabilities are stated to be £902 and the assets £llll, Sevan seamen of the Waitangi were sentenced at Dunedin to fourteen days for embezzling cargo. The carpenter and saihnaker were discharged for lack of evidence.

Admiral Tryon and four officers of the Nelson, accompanied by Colonel Whitmore and Mr Seymour George, proceeded to Cambridge by special train from Auckland on Monday en route, for the H< t Lakes, and returning next to-day. Jas. Hurt and Joseph Slater, who were fishing atTairau(Auckland), were drowned by the capsizing of their boat.

Marion -Shellton, aged 15, has been drowned at Cambridge (Auckland), while bathing. Arthur Fellows Puth was trampled to death by a horse at Papakura (Auckland), while catching it.

A fatal accident occurred in the Wellington harbor on Monday offPetpne. Two boyp named Joseph Dodd and Charles Styles, aged 13 and 17 years respectively, were out in a dingy, when the boat capsized. Dodd was drowned and Styles rescued. Dodd’s bedy was discovered shortly afterwards. At the instigation of the police the body of the boy Hazelhurst was exhumed on Sunday, and examined by three doctors, in the presence of Inspector Pender and Mr Martin, Crown Prosecutor. Portions of the discolored flesh were preserved for further examination. The doctors agreed that the discolorations wore the result of blows, which caused the boy’s death. The girl Louisa Morrison, who was injured by a tramway accident at Christchurch on Sunday, died at the Hospital on Monday night. Mr C. C. Bowen, of Christchurch, has received a telegram from London to the eflhot that a-very respectable syndicate in London will probably take up the contract for the East and West Coast and Nelson Railway early in January. Enquiries had been made from Berlin about the work. A Mrs Emsdean fell down stiirs and broke her neck at Auckland, It is supposed she was under the influence of liquor.