TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1544, 12 August 1886, Page 4

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Walter P. Hutchinson, a bushman, was killed by a falling tree at Mongonui, Auckland. “ v _ At the half-yearly meeting of the Bay of Islands Coal Company no dividend was declared. There was a the operations for the period. £678 was spent in freeing the mine from water. The value of the -steamer PelhamJi's said to have been £IO,OOO, and the insurances amount to £4500. The mails of 16th July, left San Francisco-Hlor ’ Auckland on .^tune-ta^ date. The Mar.ipd!a| jWitLythe.; July colonial mails from Aucklandj arrived at San Francisco on the 2i3tli iilt. : , ! a day in advance of due^e n ,«.| ir . r . < _ At forgot ‘ taking means in the opinion of the inspector, necessary for the rabbits, was fined the lowest penalty, £3, and costs. Notice of appeal was given. ; The Times says Kitchener’s land near Hampden is turning out better than was anticipated.., Gold, rough and.i;waterworo, seems tb he over many hundred acres. Water is scarce, but with two hours supply from 12s to 14s perd'aypisr man'hhrb'eeubbtained, Atjthe Dunedin City Police Coart on Monday, Patrick Cavanagh was comtrial for passing spurious coins at the lades. 11,1. Lf- » - The Official Assignee at Dunedin drew the Judge’s attention to a case iu which the bill of costs of the petitioning creditors amounted to £43, while the value of the estate in bis bands amounted to only £SO. Mr Justice Williams said he could not fix costa by a definite scale even if over the £2O mentioned in the Act, as the amount depended on the work and other circumstances.pjtypr case before him he made an ordßrfor£29; including disbursements. A report, recommending an extensive redaction, was brought up at the Dunedin City Council on Monday evening, and adopted. The amount to be saved is £1142., The town clerk is to be reduced £IOO, and the 11 city 1 surveyor £l5O. per annum., It has been decided to ask Mr W. Noble to undertake a temperance mission in Dunedin. At maeting of tbo Auck-: land Bading Club 5 the’report during the year the club had disbursed in stakes €7997, against £6092 for 1884-85. £560 had been spent in improvements. The receipts for the summer meeting exceeded the expenditure by £3lO. The receipts for the other meetings were; in proportion. £4964 had beeff"-spent on the new grand stand, leaving a balance of £3OOO-still to pay, towards which £3200 isj-jn Jwnd. report was adopted. ” A direction was ’given to the committee to regulate the use of the totalisator at country meetings by insisting open a certain proportion of added money, to put rm end to f merely “ public-house ’’ ...meaUnra , | The conviction against the Hofl. C. J. Pharazyn, for having voted at the last election for the member for Foxton, -having been Gnashed,he has presented the ampunt of .the fine (£100), to the Old Men’s Hbihe,'Welling ton. Thomas Glew, ex-publican, and lately a billiard-maker at the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel, Wellington, dropped dead in the billiardtrpom on Tuesday night. The supposed cause of death js heart disease. A football match—Otago Cnivergifcy v. Canterbury -College was played at Christchurch^on Tuesday and resulted in a victory for 1 -the home team by five points Tue steamer Elderslie left Oamaru last 'for London via Port Chalmers'. 8 Itf - Sbtrat' 18 hours she took on board 11,0.00. carcases of frozen mutton and Over 100 tons of other cargo. Accounts reaching Auckland from r Cambridge. Gulf as ito thp state, of trade there arej anything but encouraging. A cable messkgei jecoived from Captain. Bushel), of Weber, by Captain D. B, McKenzie, is to the effect that the supply of .goods ,exceeded the demand, and from' Captain .South, of the barque Notero, that business is of such aa unsatisfactory nature that the Notero has landed--nothing- of her cargo at Cambridge l 6dlf,‘ but has gone with it to Perth. The cargo; will be sold by auction. The Notero* is returning to Lyttelton fpfchl a bafgjdipf; jarrah timber.**' people'ate evidently leaving Kimberley,'' Captain Kyfrhyle'cables from Port iWWm that stocks ar§ r . excessive< ;at Wyndfeum, Cambridge Gulf.' At the Supreme. Court, Wellington, in bunco od the argument in the case of Mr Joseph Ward, of Blenheim, v. the Bank of New Zealand, for the sunivof two alternative accounts, was taken,-and resulted in ’ a verdict.jDfjfaypr.pf .the bank, plaintiff being cast in £3l costs. The case of the Bank large-sum-has yet to be taken. Frederick, Bill, counter ~clerk,, in the Postoffice, kKapiet^r’wits V/arrested on Tuesday charged with larceny .of posted letters containing money. His lodging; was. searched and a number of letters were found. Suspioiod had been aroused from the'number of letters disappearing.A test letter containing half a sovereign was posted {ate!found in his possession. He was brought before the Resident Magistrate, v on : Tuesday, and to' the' lßtb,'' Accused is the son of a well-known,totalisator proprietor and horse owner. ,/ ; ; >, i Hopes are now entertained that the steamer Pelb&m, ashore- at the Bluff, will be agaib flofiled.' 7 uvtf v 1 '. L ‘ A public trial of " the Auckland ammunition byJbe Auckland volunteers took placemen* L Tuesdify ’last, Captain Whitney. supplying -500' rounds. The result of the tiial was eminently satisfactory, there beiog no mias fires. - -The eartridMf than those; in present use. The extraction was perfect with one or two a slight slap on. tbei stock of the weapon was all that was necessary, . , Ll ' The Village Settlement Scheme at Aucklanders ;pvpyed most jsuccessful, and further settlements are being pegged otiL jp. 'l;;-,: 1