TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1560, 23 September 1886, Page 4

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

A man named Gearsted was found drowned in a garden tank at Mason’s gardens, Parnell, Auckland on Monday, He was manager at Mason’s but how he fell in and got drowned is a mystery. The body.of a; man of 60 years of age was found,-in the Waitoa, near Te Aroha. Ho badJla gfey hair and beard, and was apparently a school teacher out of employment, <ls. an , application to the Secretary of the Board pf Education at New Plymouth for a testimonial and a cerFficate was found in a pocket. [The body has been identified as that of <l. H._ Stewart, of Cambridge.] • The Stark Purchase Commission was signed by the Governor yesterday. John Treasure, a resident at Brunnorton, West Coast, committed suicide 00 Monday morning by deliberately walking into the Grey river, near the Chinamen s gardens. He was fully clad, but those who saw him were too far away to prevent him. Mr H. Alan Scott left Christchurch yesterday,;for Wellington, whence he proceeds to 'Nelson and the West Coast to expedite matters connected with the Midland Railway contract. Mr Borgeon, engineer for the contractors for the first section .of (he line, left for Stillwater, about pightimiles from Greymouth, where it is proposed to commence operations as soon as possible. The timber-laden vessel found bottom up on the Vockfl et Mahia, Hawkes Bay, proved to*be the Cleopatra. She was owned by Mr C. W. Turner and was insured for £750, and the cargo for between £2OO and £3OO. It is feared that the captain (Heileneyer), and crew have perished. A fire on the railway wharf at Auckland on Tuesday, morning destroyed the office of the Auckland Brick Company, and damaged the premises and stock of the North and New Zealand Farmers’ Cooperative Association. ■ The brigade quickly suppressed the fire. The extent of the damage and insurances is not yet known.

A man named Ward, found dead at Island Bay on Monday, leaves a wife and ten children. He wasa laborer, and had been out of employment for some-time, and was in a despondent state. The post mortem showed a condition of body bordering upon starvation. Messrs Butler and Stevens, Land Purchase Commissioners, have returned to Wanganui from Waikato and Taupo, where they have been obtaining signatures to the Waimarino block sales. They were very successful, and have only 260 to get. The Court will sit early next year to define the Government interest, when a large proportion of the remainder of the'shares will have been purchased. A girl named Houston, 11 years of age, was drowned in the Hokitika river, near Woodstock, on Tuesday. She was with two girl companions, playing on a,log, when she slipped into the river, 10 feet deep. The others ran for help, and her brother plunged in and recpverjed th® body. Efforts to restore" animation 1 proved fruitless.