TELEGRAPHIC.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1787, 8 September 1888, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

The Premier left Wellington for New Plymouth by train yesterday morning. He returns next week.

Tna Denniston (Westport) miners have voted £SO for the support of the Newcastle strikers, and will make further giants, At Wellington yesterday a firemaa named Riley was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment for assaulting Captain Barlow, of the steamer Tainui. At the inquest on Grove, at Auckland, the verdict was “ that he met his death by taking poison while in a state of temporary insanity." The Gisborne Independent, the editor of which was recently sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for libel, has ceased publication. A telegram from Auckland stated that the weather promised to be splendid for the football match to-day. Stoddart will captain the Englishmen. The visitors are the favourites.

At the Woodville Police Court, yesterday, three village settlers, John Jenkins, James Parker, and William Higgins, were committed for trial for killing and taking away the meat of a cow belonging to Mr H. R. Holder.

Mr Gallis, Secretary to tbs New Zealand Commission at Melbourne, writes to say that every effort was made to get mining exhibits, circulars being sent out all round, and every information afforded, but nothing but obstruction was met with. Mr Tolhurst, the Acting-Executive Commissioner at Wellington, writes to tbe Premier claiming that the fault, if any, is mainly doe to tbe apathy and indifference of tbe public, not to the Commissioners.