TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1514, 18 November 1886, Page 4

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

A gum-digger at Northern Wairoa (Auckland), named Argus Ungreet, a Finlander, has been diowned while in liquor. of all tbe Country Racing Clubsiri Auckland, baa been convened to form ao Association to act independently of the Auckland ■■ Racing Club. The action taken > Owing to a rule passed by tbe Club requiring not less than £3O added money to be given for each race, to prevent " totalisator meetings." A niaa named Nicholson, formerly of Dunedin, died at Feilding, on Monday, from injuries received in bush falling at Halcombe.

At the 1 Magistrate's C">urt, Wellington, on Monday, John Thomas Oake, who eloped with Mrs Fiebig from Wellington, and who was arrested at Napier.on a charge-of having stolen certain property belonging to the injured husband, was brought up and discharged. The next" phase of the elopement will be a suit for dissolution of marriage.

At Wellington, on Monday afternoon, Agnes Piummer was committed for trial for neglecting to provide her infant child with theriecwßsarieß ofUife. A lunatic named Reuben Scrimshaw, residing at the Lower Rutt, Wellington, made a murderous attack on bis mother on''Saturday morning. He "was subsequently secured and committed to the Asylum. Mrs Scrimshaw was severely bruised. The Retrenchment Committee of the Dunedin City Council rtcomraonds redactions of £4OOO yearly, iuc'uding £IOO off.the mayoral salary. The Dunedin C ty Auditors have refused to pass the Corporation accounts, ton account of a charge for' refreshments,spirits, peaches, etc., partaken of by the late Chairman of Reserves. Committee and otfojfcrs when on a vis't tft.tbe Botan oil Gardens. It is understood that steps will be taken to have this money refunded by the parties. The new Opera House,: Wellinctoo, has just been completed, at a coat, including site, of £20,G00. It has accommodation for about 1300 or 1400 persons, and h splendidly .finished. Colenel Whitmore inspected the North Otapo Battalion of 'Volunteers, to the number of 460, on Tuesday a.lernoon. He expressed himself pleased with their efficiency. The' Mbsgisl Woollen Factory have declared a ten per *ent dividend for the past tea*. 'The Chairman of Directors in his remarks said that competition was getting very keen in the woollen trade. . A singular phuse of trade unionism has been developed in Auckland. The Medical- -Assoctafion-has-notified-to-the Friendly Societies that ifter the Ist January the medical attendance fee will be'£J per member per annum. Some of the Bocietif s are paying only 12s 6d. Tbe societies contemplate resistance, and continuing to import medical men under engagement. : Grace Graham and a sister of Perm went to the Auckland gaol with an order frdrinPenn'B counsel, Mr Napier, and endeavored to get ao interview with Penn onmatters connected with tbe case. Mr gaoler, declined to accede to the wishes of Graham. The tender of Messrs Carmichaei and Sons, of Christen urch,'has been accepted foVthe new •Govermreot Printing Office, MitigYbn. ,Thjb price is under £12,000. Tbe-Governor and suite returned to Wellington from Chriatchurch on Tuesday. At a'meeting of the Wealeyan district meeting at < Wellington i the Rev. W. Bahmber ' mas .appointed! Secretary, an 4 the Rev,' J. M. 'Buttle; reporter to the New Zealand) Methodist.

Mr'j; D. Lance,'M.H.ft. for Cheviot, lssj' 1 Monrtsy: "night addressed his constitbeots at and received a unanimous vote of thanke and confidence.

The Siltrer Pdak bridges masonry contract for abutments and'piers to bridges o?er Big Mount All»n,i Little Mourt Al!»o, add Christmas creeVa, Otsgo Central Railway, is let to Messrs Watson and Cu|bbert, of : Oam»ra, at J£l 3,057. The work ie <o b« finished iorioly, 1887. Fotir the foogariro named Ohi*'PbrM J fred: ; -Wiwon, Jas. Brady, and Oecar Moss were each sentenced to two months' imprisonment at tbeAuckCourt on Tuesday for seriously assaulting J.' B. T. Dines 1 on the Bth met. Ttrr-ifeircrr chirffctßTtßeTj~the--aflßairit as brutal and unprovoked, sod said that had Bines been killed all of them would hate been indicted for murder, Porter, Wilseof and -Biedy were sentenc d to one «iobtE>additi6nnl for resisting the police.