TELEGRAPHIC.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1505, 28 October 1886, Page 4

TELEGRAPHIC.

The annual'meeting of ; the, Auckland Total Abstinence Society/ was. iheldyoo ■Saturday, JThp. statement of accounts ShoWed'a credit balahcj of only 14s lid, although*'there 'was £l9 7» to credit nt the beginning.of the year. ... ■*;'-.The Auckland pilpt Bervico, hitherto ' managed, by the Harbor Board, is nowopen lo ; atiy 'certificated pilot plying for hire. ThreV'w'eeks ago ah-attempt was made to create a"pilotage inonoply for the steam tug Awahma, but this met with such opposition that the owners of the tug have withdrawn from the conThV Roman Catholic community is trying to get Auckland made an archdiocese; the- Auckland Bishop of course becoming metropolitan. The remains of George 1 McGregor,, aged eighty, have been found in the bush near Northern Wairoa. He left home looking for cattle-, iu the bush'iD-August, 1883, and was niver again seen alive. y Afc4the^3tark[ -purchase enquiry: the evidence; for the Vigilance Committee was practically closed. The evidence of Mr Al'ison wafTnartly heard, after which that of Mr_ Brewer and Mr Seaman is

trpected'to be taken. • The last spike iu the permanent way of -the* Wellington and Manawatu Company's, dine,- .cpanectiug Wellington with Palmerston, will be driven by. His November 3rd*. : . ;; : The Governor leaves Wellington for .'Ohristchtjrch on November s;h, and will probably be accompanied by his Aide-de-Camp-an A Private Secretary. ' Asmall rush has taken pliee on the Hokitika Town Belt,' north. It is a black sand lead, sinking /!7" feet ; the projects are 10 grains to the dish. The depth ot the dirt has not been asceitaiued. Twenty; claims are pegged off. , Alex.. Sutherland, working, manager m adaiii at ,ophir, (Otago.) was. billed on Sunday by a fail of earth. He leayea,,a widow and eight children. His life was insured in the Government office for £3OO. ■ > ; Subscriptions ..for the Bradshaw, memorial are making but poor progress. So far nothing appears to have been done, outside Otago. In the first of the series of angling competitions in Shag River (Otago) Mr W Carleton was! first with" 13 fish weighing; 14!b8oz. A number of Canterbury residents haves applied to the Minister of Lands for the \ lease of sections in the extreme north' for j the purpose of engaging in the fruit" in-; dnetry. The request will ' be corhpl ed j with, and land has beon'set apart for! them both at Hokianga and Kaipara. } ..Mr G. S. Cooper, Under-Secretary for the colony, who-visited Sydney in con-; nection with the Stock .Conference, will. visit the various institutions iD New. South Wales and Melbourne before j returning, and submit a report to Govern-: ment as to the system of management. jl Mr P. Dix<n's residence was destroyed by fire on Saturday evening. It was insured in the Liverpool, London; and Globe office for £4o© and thß furniture for £IOO. ■'- Michael Geary, aeed 78 years, a farmer; at Blenheim was. killed on Monday morning by-a fall from a young draughthorße. ■ An inquest was held on Tuesday. At the Diocesan Synod, Ohristchurery on Monday, the Rev. K. H. Wyatt proposed that all clerical members -Bhould: appear in : the Synod rooms during 'the; session in the proper habit of" their several; degrees, or in plain preaching gowns.: The JDean, sec; nded the motion. .After; Borne debate the Primate ruled that thej motion was out of order. ! The schooner Julia Pryce' arrived at;

Auckland on Monday from ; the South Se■-«i -Islands, after more than four months'! absence. The Captain reports that on 10th Juoe (the day of the Tarawera, eruption) the schooner fell in with a hard! S.W. gale with a terrifio sea," which in-j creased next day, when she whs in! latitude 35.98 S., longitude 178.48 E.,l and her rigging, gear, 5 and decKH, were thickly coated with mud, much tn the surprise of the ciptain and crew. At that time Govier Island bore W.5.W.,, distance 100 miles.; ; t ' j Professor Kirk, having made an in-} auguration of a school of forestry at' Whangarei, left on Tuesday for Wellington. I • J •' At a meeting of the Auckland Industrial. Association,- a committee was appointed; to collect statistics respecting the several; industries requiring encouragement by the Association, and the necessary adjustment of the tariff. At a snecial meeting of the Auckland: Chamber "of Commerce to consider the proposed departure of the San Francisco' mail steamer a day earlier, a resolution was carried in . favor of the. proposed

alteration, 1 as leading to the delivery of "the .ffiails.;three day's earlier in London. ; A'violent elVptncal storm took' place at Hawera on Monday evening. Jt was felt '■ throughout the district. At Normauby it -partly wrecked and set a house on fire,' 'killing and injuring animals; The storm was felt in Wellington. , . l! '

'•' ' The--barquentino: May; ; which left Wellington,on' Auuiist.,2oth, has arrived ; 'St Cambridge,Gulf, and was lo leave ;igah. for' Wellington with.4s re.tuning miners "on .the 17th instant. ' ,=The.President of the North Canterbury

, Agricultural and'Pastoral Association has a> letter, frqnvH s Excellency the Moveruor announcing; his intention of . being i present at. th« tii- tropolitau show ou tbe.third of November. . . •■• About t:\verity. miners ief» Dnnedin on Tuesday und-r police proteoiion to ..com,mence work at the ; Kaitahgata, mine'.

■ The ' late employes turned out to meet '■'t'iem, train was run up'to the \ mine. no. ch Ivip w'as.given'.to any h.b*tile ' ! UetuonS>trai'vii I'f >hy, vi a* intended! ' It is. re'pOr'ed. from- \Vaika,to : that undoubte'd traces of a satiriau monster have *>"»n f(iin"l iit [ yards, near Frat-k on Junction./.; OnMon ay morning ttle -eH!Cafje-,ofc ; a theep vyasjounu tu.lliive Abeen/' a •Ib.Ak.aWMfiyo.ur.ed,

the bones, which were clean picked, being

found ueur the place with Vaces of feet unlike thbse'of. any known animal. Men are on watch with giins and revolvers.

At 5 aim. on Tuesday a brick building

'in High street,, Ghrisiphurul), containing 'four empty—*as <rutte'd by fire. It belonged to Joseph Wade, and was insured' for £SBO in the Australian Alliance, 'i'he fire began in the shop

occupied by Ernest Trot e-, tobacconist, ■whose stock destroyed. It was insured for £IOO in the Equitable. The cause of the fire is unknown.

,The infant eon of Mr Maemabon, of Cambridge, was fo.ind drowned in a pool. At tho Resident Magistrate's.' Court, Christchurth, on Tuesday, the case against Ellesmere Godwin .for ; t ref;uning to contribute towards' L fho support of the illegitimate child of Harriet Bennett was concl-j'Jed. The defendant attempted to prove/an alibi, but failed to satisfy the Kesideut Magistrate, who ordered him to pay 10s per week for the Biipport of the child until it is 15 years of age. Afterwards Stephen Hubbard (16) was charged with having committed perjury on October 24th "'hen called as a witness in the Resident Court, Christchurch, in an affiliation case Bennett v, Goodwin, and Elleamere Goodwin (22) wns charged with inciting the suid Hubbard to commit perjury. -Io this case Hubbard had sworn to an extraordinary story of having been improperly intimate with the girl Bennett, but afterwards said it was untrue and affirmed that Goodwin had instructed him what to say. On tho application of the police the hearing of this case'wa's adjourned.