TELEGRAPHIC.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1765, 19 July 1888, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

The Suva, ashore nt Westport, has been handed over to tho underwriters, and will be sold by nuutioa on Friday. Mrs L'lly, honorary secretary of the Kindergarten, Auckland, was yesterday presented with a purse of sovereigns and a complimentary address. The stock and goodwill of the old established firm of Owen and Graham, softgoods merchants, Auck’anl, have been purchased by Messrs Saigond, Son, and E«en, for about £OO,OOO. A Society was formed at Auckland on Tuesday night for the prevention of Slate regulation of Vice, Sir Wm. Fox has been appointed president, and a public meeting will be held on the 30th. Tho Dunedin City Council have despatched tlie Mayor (o Wellington to protest against the proposed amendments in tho Municipal Act, especially against the existing vexatious system of audit. At tho inquest on the lute fire at Hawera, the jury returned an open verdict. There wasnothingtoshow how the'firooriginated. Inspector Pardy stated that all those whose premises were destroyed wore heavy lowers by the fi-e. Cury and Gaspurine wore taken before the Deputy Governor at Wellington yesterday morning. No evidence was taken and the escapees were remanded till 11 on Friday morning when the case will be fully gone into. Yesterday a murderous attack was made by a prisoner on Warder Rutherford at. Mount Eden Gaol, Auckland. A convict named Brown struck Rutherford on the head with a hammer, but was at once secured. He is believed to be insane. Tho Cable Company have rocaivod information that the cable repairing steamer Recorder has picked up the Port Darwin end of the cable, and spoke to that station yesterday morning. The woik of splicing the broken ends, it is expected, will commence immediately. The Native woman murdered at Waiap’J, was named Mere Kapa. Her husband, who fired at her, is named Wm. Tusei, son of the Rev. Mohi Tusei. Tho woman’s ribs were broken in by the stock of the gun, and part of her head was shot away. Ten charges for breaches of tho Beer Duty Act have been laid against W. J. Suiter, brewer, Auckland, One case was called on yesterday, and adjourned till Friday, as Suiter was giving evidence at a meeting of creditors in tho bankrupt estate of Suiter and Co. At the Wanganui Police Court yesterday, Charles Euderby, farmer, was fined the maximum penally of 9 guineas and COS'S for cruelly flogging a boy named Barton who was in bis employ. The boy is a>md 14, hut is very small for his age and was very much cut and bruised. The Bench severely censured Enderby, and when the latter would not give up a atilch of the boy’s clothieg, Mr Krull, J.P., ou the Bench, said that had the Bench known the defendant’s real sentiments they would have sentenced him to two months’ imprisonment without the option of a fine. The Court was crowded, and loud applause followed Mr Krull’s rental Its, which were regarded as well merited.