TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1507, 18 May 1886, Page 1

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

The New Zealand Watchman has suspended publication. On Friday morning John McManus, 30 ysars of as;e, while removing basils from a revolving drum at Lightband, Allan and Co.'s tannery, Woolston, was accidentally killed. A sack fastened round his shoulders caught in the shafting, wh'ch drew him off the ground an't broKe his neck. He had been a fellow stowaway on the s.s. Rimutaka with Flenry, who was burnt to death on the Coptic a fortnight ago. Daniel Burns, a coach driver, was sentenced to three mouth's hard labor, and fined £lO, at the Resident Magistrate's Court, Christchurch ou, Friday, for obstructing the ferry bridge, to the danger of the lives and limbs of the passengers in another coach, which be blocked on the bridge. He assaulted a young man, and used indecent language in the presence of ladies. A man named William Rowley was arrested at Gisborne on Friday for attempting io murder a man named O'Neil. It appears that they were working together,and Rowley info; med the police that O'Neill had shot himself. Subsequently, suspicion fell on Rowley, and he was arrested. O'Neil was shot in the breast and his skull split open. He is in a precarious condition. The North Canterbury farmers anticipate great damage to the potato crop. Since the imperative order to Kilgour to stop work in his mine, Greymouth, the Railway department have put a gang of workmen on the ground, who are engaged in putting a po?t and rail fence around the poppet beads, the nngine-house, and blacksmith's shop, so as to ensure no work being carried on. Dairy factories are getting very numerous in the Southland district, the latest being started at Thornbury, Wainawa, and Waimatuka, on the western railway. Several other factories are projected. At the Wellington City Council on Friday morning, the Mayor, ou behalf of the citizens of Wellington, presented Mr Bryce with an address of welcome, and congratulated him on the success of his action against Rusden. Mr Bryce, in reply, expressed pleasure at the universal spirit of rejoicing that had welcomed his success. He said, whilst being credited with a public motive be must admit that bis principal motive in taking proceedings was on account of his own family, although there was also some public motive. He was the better pleased if the action had rendered souse service to the colony. A luncheon will be given to Mr Bryce next Saturday on his return from W«nganui. A married woman named Sarah Robinson was found dead in bod at Archill, Auckland.

A Maori woman was killed ut Mongonui by bning thrown from her horse. The Maoris refused to permit an inquest. The Bootmakers' Union has appointed a Committee of six to meet the employers with full power to settle the dispute. SLigelaka Shiga, 8.A., a Japanese scientist attached to the war vessel, is now in Masterton, his object being to report upon the interior of the country, it» requirements and products, to his Government, with a view to exchange commodities. He visited the Acclimatisation Fish Hatching Institute, the Museum, and principal buildings. On Friday he visited the native pah, and u haka was improvised for him. The Government have received a cable from the Agent-General announcing that the seal of the new Midland Railway Company has been affixed to the assignment of the contract of 'he company, aad that a deposit of £SOOO had been paid by the Directors to the Agent-General. A meeting of delegates from a number of school committees in the North Otago district wasjheld on Saturday, when it was decided to petition Parliament to appoint a committee to enquire into the whole matter of secondary education in Nwth Otago. The object is to have the Waitaki High School removed into or near Oainaru.