TELEGRAPHIC.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1759, 5 July 1888, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

Coal has been found in the vicinity of the copper deposits near Woodville. The Hon. Mr Oliver returned to Wellington from Sydney on Tuesday. The hu k Spec, which was sunk by the Roiamnnd at We lin fc »ton, Ins beou floated. Major Steward is moving to have the Liseusing Committees Eleciion Bill considered »gain on the 19tl>. A fine meet'ng house at the Maori Pah at JS'gawakapura was burnt down on Tuesday night. It is not known how fie fire occurred.

Mr John O'Nrill, the well-known cattle dea'er, of Woolston, died suddenly it sbout 12 o'clock ou Monday night. Ilotirt disease is supposed to bit the cause of death, The New Zealand Native Land Settlement Company met at Auckland yesterday, the Hon. Dr Pollen presiding. They passed all the resolutions on the notice paper except the appointment of a liquidator, which was deferred. Two miners named Geo. Snelger and' Alfred Newdick, in ths employ of the Saxon Gold Mining Company, Thames, sustained injuries of a severe nature last Tuesday night by a quantity of mullock falling on them. Snelger had his leg brokan while Newdick was badly bruised.

The s.s. Richmond, which arrived at Auckland from Fiji on Tuasday,, brings news that the Auckland echooner Julia Price went ashore near Raratonga on Sib May. Captain Clark was not able to get her off, and the ship was sold to Natives, who floated her. She is to be brought to Auckland to be repaired.—Passengere by the Richmond from Fiji include the wife and fauily of bis Excellency Mods. Lacaseade, Governor of Tahiti, who are ,tn routi for Poria.

Curry and Jas. Paiine, the French convicts were again brought before the Auckland Police Court on Tuesday morning, on a charge of larceny of the yacht Martinet at New Caledonia. Mr Williamson, for the prosaoulion, stiied that while it was not proposed to abandon tlio old charges, there was another charge of having been convicted in the French Republic of penal "rimes. The French Consul had represented this to the Governor, who had issued the warrant for their arrest on the further charge. He asked fop a further remand of eight days. Dr. Giles, who was on the Bench, whilst; granting a remand, said he should have no hesitation in dismissing the charge of larceny if it wore not that an officer would be here in a few days from Noumea and that a new wairant hud been issued. He had a doubt whether to grant A remand, as the course was contrary to the spirit of our laws. An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in the Endeavor inlet Antimony Company, in liquidation, was held at Wellington on Tuesday night, Mr Mt.cdonald in the chair, The memorandum from Sir W. Butler issued to the shareholders of the Company was read, and considerable discussion took place respecting it. The former Directors of the Company, Messrs Reid, Crease, Wallace, Willeoton, apd ipogan expressed themselves in strong terms respecting the inaccuracy of the statements indulged in by Sir W. Buller with reference to the Company. A resolution to the effect " that aftey having heard the views of the Directors and th« manager of the Company the shareholders are of opinion that the s'atements by Sir W. Buller were inaccurate and request the Directors to issue a memorandum giving the true vertion of the facts," was carried unanimously, The liquidators, Messrs Macdonald and Crease, imde a statement respecting ihe progress of liquidation, and pointed out that it was impossible to close it until they hs>d received the balance of £4OOO owing by the New X'aland Antimony Company,

"When an absconding Chinese banker is captured his head is always carefully removed to make sure that he has none of the missing gold hidden away in his hollow teeth. His favorite mania was for locks of hair. He had quite a collection, and when one of the fair ones was going to get married, and wrote to him to send her back the lock she had given him, he wrote her a long letter reproaching her and saying that he had no objection to returning it. "It is ihe only pledge of the kind which I ever asked from a woman. I thought that it meant something; but you can burn it." She wrote in reply; " I send you back the lock of hair. J do not wish you to believe that I meant nothing. You can keep this pledge. It isn't mine. Please look tor one about flvfrihades darker."