TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1545, 21 August 1886, Page 1

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

* A maii' named Agriow, v\ho3Mlih liis wife has been haunting parliamentary precincts all the session, was arrested on Wednesday afternoon-for ueiog threatpriing language < to 'the Premier and other member*,, Some time ago the pair were forbidden: to enter the grounds, and since tlmß they have always stood, wet oirrdry', at one <i ths gates. Latterly a poiiceii'an s has been stationed to watch tifom, as i% whs rumored AgneW had been trying ' t'6 purchase a revolver. 'On Thursday

Agnew was brought up at tth'e R.M. Court, and bound orer, to keep, for three months in one surety of £25, but as he refused' to find *< bail >he'was committed to gaol for that period.if> . -T

• At .Ohristbhtfroh on Thursday, a iurtuer

, ¥fc Lincoln,'*owned Is and £3 4s costs, for keeping ainnmber of ca'tilein a puddock without:sufficient food. It*Hß Bhown that oni: some)days the cattle had no 'feed, and several had died from starvation. Defendant'pleaded poverty.":,: /. ..'-•-.•./.•:.:;; ;i \;

Numerous signatures are being obtained

to a requisition tojMr Dargayille, --M JJjR., for City WVsf, Aacklacd, satisfaction vy,iih his attitude.on 'Various question*),' especially the Stark Jan«i purchase, annotating thht as the itts have lost all confidence inlim r he Is re-

quested to> reßign . his Beat at) once.; l;A: counter-petition I is being signed, ruging Mr Dargavile xiot tq ,resign his seat for City. W< «t.| He addresses the unemplbyt d in the City Hall on Saturday evening to explain his parliamentary action to them. The Directors of the .South Pacific Petroleum--'Company, have, issued a cir- < ular stating that at a depth of 1140 feet

payable oil sand hue been -cached, which in estimated to yield (the bore is one foot into the sand) 200 gallons per day,'and when another six or ten feet is bored the yield will be larger, Mr Weavelr, the manager, has been sent tov'Friscosfpcifcs necessary appliances, .and pumping is '•xpected to commence in November. Maurice C«8»*y f of ibefirm of Casey and Lovett, coal merchants (who supply the (ToVprnmeot with coal), and Edward fciuor't, a carter in their employ, have been arretted >t Auckland for alleged,forgery and uttering of' weighbridge ticketH^sndf with larceny.of the,tickets. . At a meeting of the shareholders-of the lied Hill (Big Bay)' Mineral' Company, held at Cliristchufch on Thursday night, reports were received from Mr Durward, who has had charge of a prospecting party, and Dr Hector who analysed/ thesspecimens. The former did not give a very encouraging account of the prospeots of ihe district as, a goldfield, and the later had hot found any gold by his- analysis! .Among the speciments were asbestos and (jhromic iron. The shareholders resolved to hold another meeting to consider the desirableness of further prospecting the "ig Dtey district.