TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1545, 27 January 1887, Page 4

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

A bouse it Denbigh Rond, between Waipuka and Mid hurst, near NewPlymoulh, was burnt down on Saturday afternoon. The owners were iu New Plymouth at the time, and a child of theirs left in the 1 house was burnt to death. Hugh Storey, Joseph McCormick, and Thomas McWilliams were arrested at Auckland on Sunday charged with assault and robbery. Two of the accused were recently in gaol for a similar offence. The man said to have been robbed was also lately discharger! Mount Eden gaolOn Monday morning, Leonard Thomas Pavitt, aged 17, a son of Mr T. Pavitt, merchant, Christchurch, was drowned in the Heathcote river, while bathing nenr Wilson's bridge. He was unable to swim and was washed off his legs and carried into a deep pool. The body was recovered half-an-houf after, but life was extinc*. Two fires took place at Archill (Anckland) on. Sunday resulting in damage amounting to over £2OOO. The first was at 2 p.m., when a four-roomed cottage in Russell street, owned' by Mr Monaghan and occupied by Mr H. Chappeil, was burned down with the contents. Tl>e second outbreak wns at the Spur, on the now North road, when five shops with dwellings attached were destroyed; An inquest was held at Dunedin on Monday on the.bodies of the four men who lost their lives at the fire at the Iron and Woodware Company's premises. The evidence was to the effect that has already been telegraphed, the witoesees speaking in admiration of the conduct of the rescuerp. The fourth body has . been recognised as that of Robert Paacoe, seaman, and the yerdi6t' was that H. E. Esquailant, Robt'. 1 Willis, Andrew Miller, and Richard Pascoe met their deaths, by an accident. A rider,was; added expressing sympathy with Mr, and Mrs ; Esquailant, and expressing a hope that .Francis McEwnn, Fireman McKenzie, and .Constables Chisholm and Clark would receive some fitting reward, ,|hoir conduct being; deserving of great.praise. i' The Dunedin Iron aod Woodware Company have decided.to dofray all the costs of the funerals of,thq four men who lost their lives at the fire. A girl named, Jessie Bammier, living near Stratford, Hawkes ;Bay, died under very peculiar circumstances. She was about nine years ; of agp, lining with her UDcle (Blair)', .and was sent to another Mr Blair's, a few chainß, off; for a pot. The Blaira, by wboin sbe.<waß ;sent, thinking she was a long time, went to see whore she was, and discovered her quite dead with her neck under a window sash. The peopJe,to .whose house she was sent were away at church, and the supposition is that she was getting in .or out of the window when the sash came down. . " " A holiday was generally observed at Greymouth on Monday, on the occasion of turning the first sod of the Midland Railway. The sod was turned at the Junction, about t»6 miles above, the Brunnerton station, by the Hon. Mr Richardson, who congratulated the colony on having such a company to construct the line. He dwelt on the strenuous opposition the Government hnd to overcome before the line could be obtained. He considered it aredletter day in the annals of the colony. At 6.30 p.m. about 200 sat down to a banquet, Mr Brod'e Hoare occupying the chair. Very few natives were at Parihaka to meet Te Whffci on his arrival. There is % rumor, however, that on the 17th of next month there will be a large muster. The s.B. Alameda left San Francisco for Auckland via Sydney on January one day late. The Mariposa arrived at San Francisco on January 22nd, one day before, time-table date. , A flour mill at Papawai, Greytown, owned by the natives, has been burnt down. The loss is about £250. On Tuesday morning Peter Schourup, photographer, Christchiirch, was found dead in bis shop. A medical measure containing small white crystals was lying beside him. He purchased chloral hydrate the night before. The action, James Halwell, v. Felix Monaghan, for £SOO damages for the seduction of plaintiff 8 daughter, was heard at the civil silting of the Supreme Court, Auckland, on Monday, and resulted iu a verdict for plaintiff for £3OO. POLITICS IN NEW SOUTH WALES. ■ Sydney, Jan. 24. Id the Legislative Assembly to-night Sir Henry Parkes delivered bis Ministerial Statement. ? if be first duty of the new Ministry, he said, would be to extricate the Government from the deplorable condition in which it is at present. They intended to obtain revenue from the sale of a portion of: the, public estate, due regard being paid to the interests of those already settled on the land. A Board would be appointed to work the railways efficiently on commercial principles. A searching inquiry would be made into the Civil Service. They intended to introduce a Local Self-Government Bill. They would maintain the princip'es of freetrade, an J would seek to reduce the Customs duties. No income tax would be proposed, but instead a tax on property would be introduced. In conclusion, the Tremier declared the issue before the country waß freetrade or protection, and on the former the Ministry would stand or fallii

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