TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1483, 23 March 1886, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Sir George Grey addressed a crowded and enthusiastic meeting at the Garrison Hall, Dunedin, on Saturday evening, and strongly opposed large borrowing. In regard to the East and West Coast Railway, he said that if it were carried on to Nelson it would not be reproductive for a very considerable period of time, but ifth* present Christchurch railway was united to Brunnerton, it would be most reproductive. At the Police Court, Dunedin, on Saturday, Peter Silveitsen was charged with criminally assaulting his own daughter and remanded till Monday.

At the address of Mr Leesmith at Milton last Friday night, the Bruce County Farmers’ League framed a resolution which was unanimously passed—- “ That the time had come for the State to intervene on behalf of the mortgagors and tenants.” They also carried a resolution affirming the advisability of a State Bank.

The s.s. Hinemoa returned to Lyttelton on Saturday morning from Bounty and Antipodes Islands. Captain Fairchild reports that he built two houses, one on the north-east end of the Antipodes Island, and one on the western end of Bounty Island. He landed all the stores in good order, and found good anchorage and a good landing at both places. He found plenty of beautiful water at Antipodes Island, and found the remains of old huts at both places, where people had been living, but they must have been sailors from New Zealand, as all the old timber about the huts is New Zealand wood. Mount Galloway, the highest part of the Antipodes Island, is 1820 ft high, and the highest part of Bounty Island is 290 ft. There is rio vegetation of any sort on Bounty Island —nothing but coarse granite. The Antipodes Island has about 2500 acres of level land, all covered with long grass. The Fire Brigade Corporation of the City Corporation, Wellington, has drawn np a report for presentation at the next meeting of the Council. It suggests that the strength of the Brigade be at once increased from 24 to 30 men, and that the Brigade be placed under the charge of a captain who shall devote the whole of hia time to the duties of die office and be responsible to the Council for the efficient condition of the plant and for the proper working of the Brigade, and who shall be paid a salary of £2OO per annum.

The cricket match Wellington v. Nelson was won by the latter by an innings and 46 runs. ; ,Tho unemployed acitation at Christchurch still continues. On Saturday fifty men waited on the Mayor and represented that there wore, in the aggregate, 206 children dependent on them, whom they were unable to support for want of employment. The Mayor telegraphed, to Goveromm tabout the matter.

Janies Hamilton was committ«d for trial at Christchurch on Friday on a charge of obtaining wine, spirits, etc., value £ll4, from Mr W. J. Taylor, merchant, of that city. Dr Hector has made a tour of inspection over the Rimutaka ranges and failed to discover any signa of the rumoured steam jets along the road. A momber of the Christchurch police was roughly used on Saturday night by the friends of a drunkard whom he was arresting. He had to call for assistance. Three of his assailants were subsequently arrested.

A ship’s carpenter named J. Jones, on board the s.s. Aorangi, now at Lyttelton, bung himself on Friday morning. He bad been drinking heavily. On Sunday last a Mrs Dempsey, of Hals well accompanied by two of her children, on« an infant, met with an accident which resulted in the death of the latter. Mrs Dempsey was driving in a spring cart to Christchurch to muet her husband when she was met by two men who were also driving in t spring trap. The traps collided and Mrs Dempsey snd the infant were thrown out, the latter falling on its head. The child lingered till Sunday when it died.