TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1815, 13 November 1888, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Sir G-, Grey addresses a meeting at Auokland this evening on political topioi. A fire in Dublin street, Auckland, on Saturday night destroyed the reiidenoe and furniture of Turley, draper. The building was owned by Miss Daw, and was insured for £225 in the bouth British and the furniture for £225 in the same office. Turley's lois is £IOO over insurance.

Joe Sam Hee, a Chinese miner at Round Hill, Southland, was killed on Saturday through a fall of earth in hit claim. ' Walter Lennox, a very old resident in the Rom distriot, and well-known throughout the Weat Ooaat, who has been missing since Thursday last, was found dead on Sunday in a water-hole. He had apparently deliberately walked from his hut and jumped in, ai it was learned he had attempted auioide recently. Deceased was of eooentrio habits.

By a fire at Greymouth on Saturday night, the residence of Mr Blackmore, Brewer, and Mr Dobsofl, Surveyor, were destroyed by fire, A great part of the furniture was saved, but those burnt out estimate their loss at a very large amount. The fire smouldered some time until it broke into a mass of flames. Harry Little, a fireman, was seriously injured on the bead by a grappling book falling on him. Several others were also slightly hurt. The houses belonged to Mr McKinty a publican, and, with another not bumf, were insured in the Standard office for £4OO.

At Oamarrj on Saturday Daniel Brown wap fined £2 for selling trout, and Edward Pickett was fined £1 for offering trout for sale. For the defence Brown urged that he had caught the trout in his net when hauling for flounders, and as the fish were dead he gave them to Pickett. Pickett denied this. The Bench declined to confiscate the net. The fish were offered for sale by Pickett to the Vice-President of the Oaaaru Acclimatisation Society, Dr DeLatour. A great deal of poaching goes on in the district.