TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1508, 4 November 1886, Page 4

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

The of i the new Roman Catholic ; Church at Fonsonby, l (Auckland), was laid on Sunday afternoon by Bishop Luck, The Church 1 6f the Sacred;iHeart,i -as-it- is called; will accommodSfe 1500 people, and services will meanwhile be conducted in a temporary wooden building. The subscrip, tiona amounted on the ground to £230.

The examination of the Wesleyan probationers and students commenced at Auckland on Monday in preparation:of the annual district meeting of,, the Wesleyan Church, which opens tbfere on Friday morning.: ■ :i

In the Auckland Divorce Court a decree absolute, wris granted in the case Hickthan v. Hickman arid Ravenhill. The sittings of the Supreme Court were then brought to a close.' The Postmaster-General has been through nearly all the tenders for the new mail services. The tenders, on the,whole have been plentiful, and a saving of £2OOO for tha year is likely to be effected, in some cases tenders have not been received, and the existing services'will be renewed. In other cases, all the tenders being higher, lower prices will be insisted Upon. J

At Sheffield (North Canteibury) a boy named William Donald Mclntosh, nine and a:half years .old,,fell oft - a he was riding -on) was dragged about' a hundred yards with his foot in the stirrup., i>iHe was; kicked and was trodden on by the horse* dying very soon after the accident at his home, near W.addingjton —, ; - <; , ■ v ■ The Spark Purchase Commission hays: wired to Wellington that they havedrariin up and posted to Wellington the report on jnquby, they failed to discover any cases of conspiracy in the purchase of the site, and exonerate the Government from any, bhime in the matter., ! 1

A long meeting ‘of the Cabinet was held on Monday afternoon, but nothing of importance was allowed to transpire.

.Sir Robert Stout and the Hons. E,, 1 Richardson and J. A.’Tole willbe present at the driving of the last spike of the Wellington-Manawatu' railway. A serious accident happened to a child named Doreen, daughter of a resident at Palmerston North, on Saturday, The Child was playing by a fire, in the absence of its parents, when her dress was caught by the flames, which spread rapidly, and were only extinguished by some passersby when she had been fearfully burned about the legs and .back. . It is thought she Wilt die of thie effects* . , E ’ . A settler named James Rayne, residing at iwas tilled by' it he- upsetting of his cart on Saturday night. The cart went over an embankment, and the side of the dray struck Rayne on the head. : The opening dedication service at the pew premises of the Young., Men’s Christian Association, Auckland; took place on Tuesday. The service was conducted by Bishop Cowie. The'cost of the building was £IOOO. j

The Finance Committee of 'the Auckland City Council have submitted a detailed account recommending retrenchment to the extent of £13,382 per annum, to establish the equilibrium of the finances of the corporation. .. : Mr Napier,, counsel,for Renn, contemplates appealing for a change of venue in his case,- , Penn’s mother: had an interview with her son on Tuesday, , The girl Graham has made a statement to the Crown Solicitor.

The charge of ,uttering forged cheques brought against sC. W. Langstone,’ an Auckland veterinary surgeon, was dismissed at the Police Court on Tuesday morning.

A magisterial inquiry was bold on Tuesday afternoon into the circumstances of Jane Douglas striking on a rock at Kapiti on last Sunday week, Captaip Fraser’s certificate waa suspended for a week, aUd lie was ordered,to pay the costs of the inquiry. Sir Julius; Vogel left for liyttleton in. the Hinemoa a): 5 o’clock this afternoon. The native'prisoners who were incarcerated in the Terrace Gaol njbfler sentence, for their part in the late disturbance at Manaia, and who have undergone, one month’s imprisonment were, with the except’ou of To Whiti, released yesterday morning.

Mr Biuiori, Pqstmaster-GeneraJ of New Soulli Wales, lias notified by advertisement in the Sydney papers. tl.at-,i until further notice it will be necessary to prepay all telegraphic messages, pres's includedthanded iiifa,trSydnhy t ’for wansmission io Nqw Atifuana, , .. In a case ' (it Dunedin in which a man was .sued. for an i'oy.erdue, Subscription, and’this, question‘was raised •s tq -whether -he countermanded -the paper,' three justices refused leave to appeal,, pc the,ground.that they wished to discourage litigation.'

Tne : report of the "Directors /if the .National insurance Company 1 shows’the net 'premiums to have been £185,078 which, a‘ter making the usual provision for'unearned .premiums, leaves with last vein’s balance asm pins-of £15,882. The ten per cent dividend absorbs £OBO6, and aft j r providing ifor ' estimated 'loss on mortgages, £432o'is carried forward.