TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1509, 22 May 1886, Page 1

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

| A verdict of £250 and costs has been returned by the jury against the Auckland Tramway Company in the tase of Mrs James Brewer, who hurt her knee by tripping into a treDcli on the line when in course of construction. At a meeting of Justices of tho Pence at Auckland re compulsory attendance of Justices in rotation, a resolution was passed in favor of appointing stipendiary magistrates. The estimatocl los3 up to date by the boot strike at Auckland is £IO,OOO. A six day's walking match, for £SO a side, lias been arranged between Speight and Jj\ Moorshed, of Auckland. In tlie Appeal Court the cases of Kll v. Harper and National Bank v. Mee, hars been partly argued and adjourned. In the c*se against the owners of a steamer brought at Wellington by seaman, the Magistrate allowed wgei due, nnd.i'isallowtid. the amount claimed for work done und*r alleged compulsion. At the Land Board meeting, Hokitika, on Thursday three fresh mineral loassa for working the nickel deposits at George river were There is gr< at confidence of t-ucceas expressed in that district. The rumours of gold in th» Landaliorringl. river, a branch of tin Haast, have not yet been confiim<-d. Mr H. P. Lance, brother of Mr J. D. Lance, M.H.R, for Cheviot, and % g«utlc inir> well known in si-orling circle*, died at Christchurcli on Wednesday evening after an illness of about a sveok's duration. a. large number of unemployed wo'kmen met the Mayor of Inreruiirgill on Wednesday. It was stated fully 60 m«n tire out of work. It was resolved thai th» Mayor urge on the Minister for Public Works the need for providing employment for about 60 men near town ou the Seaward bush rail w By. A mee'ing wai held at Chnatchnreh on Thurs'ay night of men desirous of proceeding to the Kimberley goidfields, and about 40 agreed to club together in order to make up a party. The total population of the city of Auckland and suburbs is now placed nt over SO,COO. There are only three cities in the southern hemisphere that now beat Auckland in point of population, namely Melbourne, Sydney, and Adelaide. It is just wiihin the bounds of possibility that the ensus return* of the preseit ye«r may show that Auckland holds the third p'ace instead of fourth, and in the race for pre-eminence has beaten Adelaide, from which latter placi there has been a considerable exodus of population. At the annual -neeting o( the Canterbury Jockey Club tha treasurer's report showed that £1982 had been expended in the permnnent improvement of the racecourse, £8540 in udded money, and £2602 in sweepstakes. The Gazette notifies that Alex. McKijr has been appointed commissiotiAr to enquire into claims to land by Maoris and half-castes in the Middle Island who are not provided with land. The steamer Wanaka bad a rough passage from Nelson to Wellington. CAT Terawiti she was pooped by a heavy sea which carried away the awning ami fittings aft. The captain reports the sea to bo breaking right over Juckson's Head beacon with terrific force, and should it continue to do so it is feared ti>at the beacon wi'l sustain considerable damage. The inquest on tho fatal blasting accident was continued at Dunedin on Thursdiij. Mrs Vivian described ' what she witnessed in the room when Mrs FiDch was killed. William Barnes, overseer of works, and Josiah Rogers, ~ who had charge of the powder, wore examined at groat length, and the inq'tett was adjourned till tho 27tli. A young man named Thomas Scott mot with a fatal accident whilst rabbit poisoning at Mr A. P. Seymonr'e Tyntsrfield Station, Blenheim, on Wednesday. A Itig boulder from the side ef n hill struck iiiin, and he died from his injuries directly afterwards. The Parliamentary buildings at Wellington had a narrow escape from being destroyed by fire on Saturday night last, the mantelpiece in Sir Maurice O'Rorke's private apaitments baing discovered to be on fire by a messenger, who by chance happened to go into the room. The fire was soon put out, and the cause discovered to be a defective fireplace. Had the fire not been discovered when it was, the whole building and contents must bare gone, including the valuable library.