TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1551, 2 September 1886, Page 1

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

An inmate of the Howe street Home, Auckland, a home for boys, had his l< g broken on Monday whilst playing foot ball. The case against Albert Suibhi for manslaughter in nmnee ion with the death of the Maori, Tulumi,’ at Wanganui, resulted in his acquittance. The magistrate saitj the evidence as to violence used in ejecting debased was too conflicting to warrant a committal. Matthew Burnett, the temperance lecturer, held large meetings in the Theatre, Waeg-trni, on Saturday night and on Monday night. On Monday afternoon he had a very successful meeting with the natives. Four'em leading chiefs and 110 natives took the pledge. The steamer Maori while coming alongside the wharf at Wellington from Greymoutb, on Monday morning, collided with the steamer Ki*i. The lat'er had her lifeboat smashed, and a portion of her after starboard bulwarks carried away, and her main plates started. The damage to the Kiwi is estimated at £2OO. The Maori sustained no injury. The steamer Hioemoa, which 'eft Wellington on Monday afternoon for Auckland via East Coast, took Mr Blackett, Government Marine engineer, to Cuvier Island, to decide on a site for a new lighthouse. The Canterbury Acclimatisation Society on Monday decided to open the fishing mason on October I6th. A deputation from the society interviewed the Premier the same day, and protested against any lurther dismemberment of their district, snob as is suggested by the establishment of a separate! society at Ashburton, without them being first consulted in the matter. The Premier considered the request reasonable, and promised to attend to the matter. Fifteen Salvationists were charged at Napier on Monday with a breach of the anM-processions by-law, and fined os and costs, or forty-eight hours. In the. course of, the case one defendant said, “ The devil made laws, and magistrates tre the balls.” He was ordered down for contempt, hut before the rising of the Court lie apologised, and was let off. S-vera.l of the defendants elected to take it out in gaol. On tiie Comt rising, the Salvationists, who had marched round, knelt down in the street?, showing their con tempt of the decision or the R.M. An inquest was held at Christchurch ou Monday afternoon on the body of the infant daughter of Mr Samuel Skilling, blacksmith, of Philipstown. The evidence sho'-ed that death had resulted from water on the brain. It was proved (hat the mother had been drunk and had iicrdecied the child, and she was severely admonished by the Coroner. The Canterbury College Board of Governors on Monday vote 1 a grant of £l5O to Sir Julius von Hiast for (he purpose of enabling him to acquire art treasures during his stay in Europe. The Dunedin City Council have decided to refer the various reports on the recent blasting accident to Mr Simpson (late Resident Magistrate) for his decision as to who was in charge of the works. The Mayor protested. George Rignold fell down a trap at (1, 0 Princess Theatre, Dunedin, a few minutes before the commencement of the entertainment on Monday evening, and received vnmewhat severe injuries. The p -rfotmance was postponed. On Monday morning a deputation of the unemployed "waited on the Premier, who promised to find work for married m-m. lie suggested they should try to set'h- ■ under the village settlement system. Tim Canterbury Society of Arts Imlo their annual meeting on Tuesday, when :t \ upper.! e l that the society was in a flourish ing condition, having a balance to cie i t o; • over £3OO, The Sydney football team play Wei i g , ton on Saturday, and a Wairarapa team iu C* Masterton on Monday,