TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1469, 18 February 1886, Page 1

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

As tents could not be supplied by the Government for the Easter encampment at Auckland it has been abandoned.

Sir Julius Vogel will address the eiti zeus of Auckland on February 23rd.

Reference was made in the various churches at Auckland on Sunday to the coming licensing elections. A warrant appointing the following additional Commissioners for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition ted Hon. G. M. Waterhouse, W. Kennaway, N. W. Levin, F. W. Pennefatber, B, Peterson, J, W. Ritchie, J. G. Russell, and Fredk. Young. The first apped against the assessment for charitable aid is being made by the Hutt County Council, on the ground that (he amount charged against them is too Urge, and that the assessment is unfair. The case will he heard in a day or two. In accordance with the wish of Cardinal Moran the banquet at which he was to be entertained at Wellington has been abandoned.

There are in Christchurch at the present time no less than thirty of the “ gentry ” formerly described as “ Sydney Magamen.” They have already distinguished themselves at one or two of the local race meetings, and will probably make their way southwards. Two young men were charged on Tuesday with robbing a man named T. Fitzpatrick of a silver watch and while he was asleep in the cricket ground. The D.J.O. have resolved to diisquahtiy the filly Jealousy and her nominator, T. R, White, until a sum due to the Club .is paid, and the attention of the Lumsden (Hub, racing under the D.J.O. rules, is to be drawn to their want of courtesy iu allowing White to run at their meetings, pointing out also that under the new rules all horses racing at such a meeting will be disqualified. The temperance party at Dunedin intend holding a monster open-air meeting to influence the licensing election. The test well for the supply of water to the Borough of Invercargill is yielding eight thousand gallons per hour, fmmeuse quantities of fine sand still flow in, and as it is intended to supply water by the direct pumping system into the mains without filtering, it will be a futile to attempt to do so till the sand is got rid of.

The Aparima river (Southland), is in high flood, and it is feared that the Oreti will also oveiflow should more rain fall. In this event serious damage to grain crops, now well advanced, will result. The Police Court, Auckland, w«a occupied on Monday and Tuesday hearing a case against Mary Ann Smith and Robert Kenny (expressman and boarding house keeper) for robbing Fred. Smallwood, a settler at Hokianga, cf £65. The case was a peculiar one, as the male prisoner endeavored first to marry his niece to Smallwood and then the female prisoner, who is alleged to have committed the robbery the morning the nuptials were to have been performed. The adjourned annual meeting of the Union Sash and Door Company (Auckland) was a very animated one, indeed, a, special Committee of shareholders, in (hair report, found that excessive valuation of properties had been made. In the discussion which followed, the Directors were severely criticised by several shareholders. Finally the special report, the Directors’ report and balance-sheet were adopted. The Auckland Cricket Association considered a letter from the Melbourne Cricket Club re a visit of the English Kleven next season, and decided to play them a two or three days’ match, the visiting team taking the gross receipts, less expenses, £IOO, for the ground and the local team’s expenses, A shepherd named Farier fell into a boiling spring at Takana (Auckland) on Saturday night, and was scalded up to the neck. Every means was taken to relieve the pain of the sufferer, but he diet) in a few hours, so great were the injuries received. Farier had to walk some distance before he received assistance, at the same time his flesh being nearly all boiled of his feet, he having been a considerable time in the boiling geyser 4 before he managed to scramble onl.

Patrick O’Sullivan, landlord of the Springlands Hotel, was committed for trial at Blenheim on Tuesday on a charge of stabbing, in a quarrel, John O’Sullivan, landlord of the South Star Hotel, Bail was allowed, accused in £2OO and and two -ureties in £IOO each.

An inquest was held at the Addington Oaol on Tuesday on the body of John Nolan, who died there last Sunday from delirium tremens, DrNedwill, the gaol surgeon, states in evidence that the aceommodntion for such cases and for nursing is not what it ought to be. The cell the man died in was very imperfectly ventilated, and the gaoler had not a sufficient staff at his disposal to provide proper nursing. The Jury after inspecting the gaol promises returned a rider endorsing the surgeon’s remarks, and Mr Boetharn, the Coroner, undertook to forward the rider to the proper authorities. John Heenan, a farmer at Mangalua, was on Tuesday at Dunedin committed for trial on a charge of sheep stealing from a neighboring farmer. Mr Matthew Burnett, the temperance lecturer, arrived by the Eotomuhana at luvercargil 1 on Tuesday, and paid a short visit to town. He wont on by the steamer to Lyttelton. For the past few weeks at Wellington the death rate among infants has been large, and, from enquiries made, the medical gentlemen agree that the sickness is summer diarrhoea, and that the drainage of the city is the prime cause of the spread of the disorder. A system of carrying on sweeps has been devised by a Wellington resident, but the winners in a sweep on the recent Wellington races have had some difficulty in getting even a portion of their winnings, and when demands were mads to the promoter he threatened to pocket the whole sweep. The report and balance-sheet of the Wellington Meat Preserving and Befriger ating Company for the year does not show encouraging prospects. The balancesheet shows a loss of £8921 on the year’s working, and in the report the directors attribute the unfavorable state of things chiefly to the low ruling prices for fallow and wool, and excessive competition in the retail butchering business. It is understood the Properly Tax Department has issued notices to various Ftiendly Societies for the purpose of taking their property, the bulk of which is invested for sick and charitable purposes. The Act exempts the property of local bodies, any Society registered under the Building Society's Act, 1886, and all property of, or vested in, any body for public charitable or public educational purposes, but it does notspreify Beneft Societies in the list of exemptions, and therefore the property of these aocieties is to be taxed. The Friendly Societies are very indignant at receiving notice that i h,■ r properties are to be assessed taxation purposes, because the tax upon funds obtained specially for thep^H

p<'se of relieving distress and destitij

It is probable tiiat Home united actit.

be taken In the matter. The Executive Council of the Zealand Exhibition intend holding meeting to consider complaints wl

have been received in connection witn the damaged condition of returned exhibits.

A case relating to copyright will occupy the attention of the Resident Magistrate s Court, Wellington, shortly. Purchasers of the rights to sell “ correct cards ” at the Island Bay races are claiming £SO damages from one Richard Shannon, who they allege cut the ground frem under their feet by publishing a similar pro-gr->mme at a price considerably lower than they were able to sell theirs. At half-past five on Tuesday evening a shocking accident occurred at Nelson, Mrs Johu Sharp was driving her carriage by herself when the horse took fright and bo'ted. She succeeded in turning one corner safely, but in going down Bridge street the carriage struck against a horse post, and the unfortunate lady was thrown into the. middle of the street. She only survived a few minutes