TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1528, 21 December 1886, Page 4

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

A protest against the election in the Waitemata electorate, on the ground that new names were added to (he .roll after the issue of the writ, will: beiffla.de a.t.-the declaration of the poll, and/will; be forwarded jo the Colonial Secretary. The contractoriorsthe new ,Ponsonby (Auckland), reservoir has agreed tto continue ,theT3ame ;qnder,a»nended ;plans v.-for the original .contract,price, thaembankment,has settled vertically tosome extent, remedial rneaaures are to be it once taken. ; Jo the Auckland iDivorce Oonrt, on Friday, a 1 rule absplutej was granted in the' 'case' of v. Fawcett and Browning, •Two Auckland boyß named, Wilson and iSpeaM ! wflre' .ordered on to be ■ wtiipped' 'for, 'stealing a parcel of socks from a draper's door. In sinking a well at Marton an auriferous stratum was discovered at a depth of 30 feet. Specks ofifina ecaly gold were found freely in black sand through-a jiyer two feet thick. It is suggested that" the Government should prospect the interior, as the,: gold; has evidently been brought down from the mountains; When ~ the Bteamer Mawhera was wrecked at Greymouth laßt month, the Nautical Couit suspended Captain Hill'p certificate for three months Subsequently a petition was got up praying Governor to restore the certificate,', and the request has been acceqdedi to. :■ On the 13th at Aohangu,; a settlement between Cape Turoagain and Castlepoint, a Maori girl about 10 years age, daughter of.Hofi Takej- was burnt to death. The child wa»t lifting' potatoes off the fire, when ber clothes caught, and before they were extinguished,, Bhe whs so eeridußly burnt as to cause death,. The Union Company has announced its intention to suspend operations at the end of the year at thej;Koira&M juiine,. Weetport. Hewy;, Walker, a fireman, belonging to theitflame'r Wareatea, while going aboard fell,, off the,gangway intouhe river,;at WeStport, add was'drowned. The body has not yet been recovered. The captain of the South .JDanedm Volunteers being of opinion that many; of the main beta of >ia ,compaby are not deair|bjg members, has called upon about 20 men to resign and hand in their arms; Thesßoslyn Borough Council have resolved to impose a special rate 1 of 3d in the £ in order to comply with the demand of tbe Cbariiable Aid Board for their contribution, The papers demanding the rate are to be headed " Poor Rate." Wmli-McLennan, aged 16, was killed at Coulihait's sawmill, Pupakara, Auckland. His« head was jammed by the machinery. A native named Thomas Periri, 'has been sentenced by the Auckland Magistrate to bread and mater? for seven days,for mutinous conduct at Mount'Eden gaol, f ; The Executive Commissioner for this colony has forwarded to Government a report of the sub-Committee of the .London Chamber of Commerce on the tobacco exhibits at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition. New Zealand does not appear to Ijave been an exhibitor in this department, Bnd Australia was represented by New South Wulea alone, the report on its exhibits being that they were similar to American (Kentucky) in growth ] and appearance generally; 'The 1 ' 'Committee think thßt the exhibits show that with due care and cultivation tbe British and possessions can produce even the highest and best qualities of tobacco. The ne# (Mayor, of Auckland, yMr Devon, has declined to take the chair at a public meeting called to express sympathy with the St. Catholic parishioners amL to start a public subscription to rebuild tbe church. Mr John Buller, a brother of Sir Wajt?r i Holler, wssrfound lying dead at the door ! of his stables at Mount Desert, Wellington, on Saturday morning. The deceased left WaDganui for Mr Abbott's residence atmidnight od a vicious horse, and as the animal was found in the morning saddled and bridled, it is evident that Mr! Buller had, been.r thrown;-at- When r discovered' at five o'clock he had evidently been dead some time. The deceased was about forty-three years of age. j