TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1543, 22 January 1887, Page 4

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

The action brought at Gisborne by the Herald against Baldwin for piracy of telegrams fell through, oa the objection that the telegrams did not come direct from beyond the colony, but bad been retransmitted’at Wellington. A case of sty-grog selling by a Native up the Wanganui River, was heard at Vvanganuion Wednesday. A penalty of £]o and costs was imposed, in default one month. W. ! Blit let* and J. Lewis, of the Native Department; have lately been on a trip to the'interior, completing, the purchase of the Waimariup block, and now that the only slimes remaining have , been bought the Native .Court will allocate the Government share in the block as soon as possible. • : • The Wellington Gas Company- piud dividends last year equalling 15 per cent. John Robertson one of the proprietors of the Phoenix Foundry, Wellington, had his arm badly crushed while erecting machinery. The ■ arm was iamputated, but Robertson died from the shock. ; The Presbyterian Synod deputation waited on - the Governor at Dunedin on Wednesday morning and presented an address to him, in which, besides conveying their greetings, a short history was given of the progress of the Church. They also presented a loyal address to be forwarded to her Majesty congratulating her on aitaining the jubilee year of her reign. The Helen Denny, • wool ship, sa’led from Pioton on Thursday morning. Her cargo consisted of 3783 ba’os, valued at £56,060. The Hon. l£. Richardson, Minister for Public Works, arrived at Hokitika on Thursday evening, and was entertained by members of the local bodies. The Otago Association have fixed the 24th, 25th and 26th February for the Itterprovincial cricket, match. They will send a fair: hatting, but rather weak bowling team. •, 0 k ! . A ;man named Alfred r. Livingstone, bond cooper, was charged at Dunedin on Thursday with stealjiig a bottle;of; sauce from the goods of hte employers, and a fine of 20s was infl’oted, or seven days’ imprisonment - ,!! j .. . : m ; ;• The monthly escort, from thedOjago gold field brought down gold to Dunedin valued at over £30*000; ;■ !! . Notwithstanding the dull times* the Otago Education Board Ocoflld get no, tenders<for some of their painting work. On making'inquiries, the sberetary -was informed th«t:no painters .were available*. It 1 is reported tlVat a quartz: reef;, has. been discovered on Stewart Island, t and that’a test of the sample in Dunedin gave ten ounces to the ton. The locality is not made public.--The heavy rain bn Tuesday 'night' bas hot stopped the spread of bush fires in Auckland. Rangitoto Island,, ‘in the harbor, continues blazing and smoking like a volcano. ; .At Hejensyille a fire in Slater’s Bush destroyed over 100 acres of, scrub,, besides fencing, .several a cook house, and ai. large daw. , 1 The Aratapu sawmill and dwelliDg : house ftad a narrow escape from being coiisumed by a bush fire. said to have, been started by gum diggers. A commercial traveller named Wm. Martin, lately employed by Mr Dawson, ironmonger, was found drowned in Karori stream . (Wei igton). On his lodgings being searched a piece of paper was found containing directions ,as to whore the body would bo found. Undoubtedly the case is suicide. Deceased leaves a widow with five children; His was insured for £SPO. At the conference ot the Unit' d Free Methodist Church at Wellington, the third list of stations was read as follows; Addington, Rev. J, Parker ; Auckland, local supply ; Christchurch, Rev. H. R. Redstone ; Rangiora, Rev. A. Peters ; Richmond, Kev. F. B. Dutton.; Napier and Waipawa,. .Bov. P. Edwards ; Westport, Rev, E. O. Perry - Reeftoo, Rev. W. Worboys; Wellington, Rev. C. Penny ; Supernumeraries Revs, S. McFarlane, M. Baxter, and P. O. Pen drake. ; , . . At the .Wesleyan Conference at Auckland on Thursday the name of the Rev. T. O. Wills was dropped from the list of names for failure to comply with church discipline, : : v At a meeting of the Working Men’s Club at Auckland on Wednesday night, J P. Dignnn was re-elected President. A resolution passed to boycott. Hancock’s. beer because, of. ’ a., derogatory article on working men appearing in the local paper of which Hancock is one of the owners, .was rescinded and left open for considers- f tion. . James Mcllhoney, a gum digger, died : ■very suddenly while sitting at the door of a boarding house in Queen street, Auckland, on Wednesday night. Deceased sustained internal injuries a few days ago while assisting to suppress a bush fire at Mercury Bay. By a lire which broke out in Siiftdn’s produce stofeSrifl"the "Borough of Nowmarket (Auckland) on Wednesday night damage to the amount of £SOO was done. A very serious fire was narrowly escaped. It xb Wobth A Tjbial —"I troubled' for many years with kidney complaint, gravel, &o.) my bl ,od became thin, I wa» dull and inactive, could hardly crawl ab.ut, and was an old worn out man all over, and could got nothing to help mo until I get American, Co’s Hop Bittern, and now my olood and { kidnryi are all .ri/jht, anti I amae aotive a» a man of ' thirtyalthough seventy-two, end I have no doubt it will ’ do as well for‘other* of my 'ege. ’ It’ i* worth the tri»lv—{F»theV). Notice Advt. The, contractor of the Kuhu galley railway (Auckland) has . vr ived from Sydney, and means to start operations at once, giving employment to 100 me», . 1 ‘'EoVGiet'oir Oatabbh : iUrroo'v of | fehsive ddbre at'onoei’ ©onuiletr cure of worst chronic cases, alsounequalnd as girgle for diphtheria, »dre'throat, foul breath. Sempthorne, Prosser and, .Agents, j Christchurch, 4 . ’ A shop in Ponsonby (Auckland) was entered on Sunday night and a cashbox containing £3O stolen. The detectives so. far have be.n unab’e to find any trace of the robbers. “Rough on Pilbs’’—Why suffer P.I« ? Immediate relief and complete cure guaranteed. Auk for “ Rough on Piles.” Bure cure for itching, protiuduig, bleeding,‘or any form, of Pile*. KLmpthoroe, P.ojaer anil 00,, Agents, Christchurch. 4