TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1544, 25 January 1887, Page 4

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

On dit that an ex : Minister of the Crown contemplates proceeding against a certain-' Aucklond'Couiity* Chairman for £2OOO damages,' for libellous statements printed in % letter in a Northern 1 paper. ; . There is a considerable amount of infant mortality'at Auckland 1 , principally 1 owing tb diarrhoji'arid dysentry." The NewmMrket Sre is believed to have been the work'of an incendiary. The valve of the water main <was found to have been tampered with on the night of the fire. Thr TJoro""' nncil offers £SO reward for the detect; ... a the offender. Albert Jones has been killed by falling off a tree at ManukaU, Auckland. ' | Mr Tyson, an Australian milliooairej »is now on a 1 visiMo Wellington, i j The Wellington Court was occupied from jtwddh Friday afternoon until ten at night bearing 'tW case ( Rgainst ff Waters, charged ,with 'having,\at divers tirLe, embezzled rnoneyßand.securitieHbeiopging i to the Nor'therb ijnd|Jo'an,Qpii[i'pany; The present charges ( jnvolve embezzlement of £l9l)p. l ; pf ! badj been,;taken,...the, ,ca»ei t.-was,,.further,, adjourned,until Tfriday ipext,, r ibaU ,being, allowedJn.one.soMityiofdßlOQ.'O ,■, i ! The body,ofta uian about 35,years of Bg(y,-5 feeti:B inobes in netoutj light bair, was fouDdmtheiHeafcbcote at Woclston on ' Friday. "■ It v jhas- been, identified as 'hatidf "a man named j?redk; Clark, of FetialtonV'' ' - •' ■ : - ] John Hughes,' a' returned Eimberley. digger, reported' to the Auckland poljce lust Thursday,nigVjjti'tha,t he had, been robbed of '£ls and /ten' igold. He. : w'uß'drinking hi a.nqtej larrikins when hei i When he .recovered he fpundjbJitngeLf in a,, ditch .minus th*.epver*ign^nnd,gold-dust. Thomas, :iKing,„iCharJe6 GoJemaoi»uand, PetffcKardyi,were,anre»te4 for the crime and remanded.'tillWednesday-.next;* ,The-stolenpropertyhaS'-jiot been'recovered, but ; the 3 - polioe ! 'Btatei'«tbat' two- of '"the prisoners have confessed their guilty and thatilhe co'dduat wasisold for £6l» < Tlie,UnitediF*fe/Methodist! Conference closed at> (Wellington <in/]j!riday<->nigh.t. Fraternal greetings wjern r.-ceived-fromJue Wesleyao Confereocaisitting atiAuckland, and a auitable reply, was eetit.theraj- '■■ Government has received- a cablegram from the Ag«!nt-General. notifying the shipment to 2faw #ealaud of : foujt, jN.prdepfeldtguns. .. ~, ~ n ~. ~' ■ ■