TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1550, 8 February 1887, Page 4

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Major Atkinson will probably deliver a public address in Auckland before next session.

Mr Ballance, Minister of Lauds, has arrived at Auckland from the North. He had. several satisfactory meetings-with spe .ia! village settlers, tie was astonished at the large quantity of fine rich land which he saw lying idle. He predicts,a great future for the North of Auckland and holds that progress of the districts will be wondirfuliy augmented by the success of village settlers. The Tahepere Hotel, store and houses at Rotoiti (Auckland), were burned down last Thursday night and 'nothing was saved. The loss v. a * ov< r £470.

The Whangerei Hotel (Auckland), was burned down, on Friday afternoon. .It was insured—The building in the Victoria for £6OO, the furniture and stock in the New Zealand for £2OO.

The ship Invercargill, from London to Wodington, has brought two six-inch Elswick guns. Hon. E. Richardson returned to Wellington from the West Coast on Friday. Dining January last estates of eighteen deceased persona were placed under the charge of the Public Trustee. The values varied from £1 to £4OOO.

The Press gives currency to a rumor that Sir Wm. Filzhorberl, Speaker of the Legislative Council, is to be asked to represent Now Zealand at f ho Imperial Conference, and that his place will be filled by the Hon. G. M. Waterhouse. Tho Governor has given fifteen guineas to the'fire relief fund at Dunedin.' The Hons. - J, Larnach and W. H. Reynolds waited on the Governor on Friday, and it was expected that a meetingof the Executive Council would be held to consider the case of the Barrier Island murderers, but no such meeting was held. It is - understood that all tho papers and opinions of members of ths Ministry have not yet reached Dunedin, but as soon as they do the case will be taken into consideration.

An attempt is to be made in a small way to establish a public market in Dunedin.

i Mr James Mendry, B. A., of the Normal School, Dunedin, was unanimously chosen for the office of Assistant Inspector of Schools for the Southland district. There were forty one candidates, over twenty being graduate*. A million and a-half of white fish ova arrived at Auckland per Alameda in good condition.

! George, the clirmpinn long distance runner, nnd Costello and Mmtiu, Auurcjm pugilists, w.-re Ihiough passengers by the Aiauicd-i to Sydney. i'h.j new Commission of the P- ace lias he' n sent to the Governor. It excludes the names of bankrupt Justices and dtlims \vbo have In-omne unfi tad to hold ihe Omnmisnio'i. The list is to bo gizetted on ihe Governors return from tho South.

Two Auckland tidiermen named Hunt and Smith'had >i narrow escape on Salinday lact. They were capsized when ovei a mile off Mahinki. Smith struck out for the shor-j and w«! picked up hy a passing cutter when near y there. Hunt coud not swim m-d otnek to gome wreckage, on which lie floated to shore some horns later.

No fewer than four midden deaths recurred at Ulnistchii'Ch o.i Saturday. The infant child of Tho**. Shields, at Bradford, died suddenly at 1.30 a.m. Shortly after the three-ye.n-old daughtr of Thos. Arrowamith died before the doctor could be, fetched. At 7 p.m., Mrs Sophia S o th, an old widow ruaid ng at Linwood, was found by her son in a dying slate in her room ut 8 o’clock. Hinoali Lee, an elderly woman living at St. Alhan’s, was fmmd dying by a neighbor. She had been drinking lately.

A heavy gale was experienced at Wellington, Greymouib, Dunedin and other places on Saturday. AtGreymoulh trdes were uprooted, hundreds of fences and onttiousos were broken down, and a niimber of cliimneys in town were demolished. At Dunedin fences were blown down, windows wrre smashed, and afourrobmed house was complexly destroyed. At the Wellington Police Court on Saturday, John McCarthy was committed for trial on a charge of robbing C. Zalil, an architect, 0f.£155, in the, Duke of Edinburgh Hotel, Prosecutor statedthat since prisoner’s arrest he had found £139 in the inner breast pocket of the coat ho (prosecutor) wore at the-,time of the alleged robbery, but he would swear positively that he saw prisoner put his hand into the pocket in which, witness had his money. Three witnesses whosaw the scuffle contradieted Zahl’s evidence _ but he adhered to his story. He admitted having spent £5 iOs in liquor the previous night. A determined case of iuicide took place on Friday at Nelson. A woman named Jessep, in Washington Valley took “(Rough on rats” and- a quantity of arnica. v She had a comfortable home, and no reason is assigned for the act. When playing with a pet dog in the afternoon, she was heard to say. “ Poor fellow, you are going to lose your mistress soon.” She hud indulged somewhat in liquor.