TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1817, 17 November 1888, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

A dangerous lunatic escaped from the Wellington Lunatio Asylum yesterday morning by breaking through a glass window. Con■table Gleeson saw the man in the street, and «ave chase. The man made off in the direction of Evans'Bay, and, seeing the constable mining on him, rushed into the water, where, after a struggle, he was secured and taken back to the asylum.

A five-year-old son of Mr George Clark, of Whangspoua, Ooromandel, while playing.on the beaoh on Wednesday night was waahoa cut to sea by a receding wave. At the Police Court, Otahuhu, on Wedn* sday Samuel Bright was sentenced to six months for stealing hides from Ireland Brcs'. tannery at Panmure. The evidence showed that prisoner had for some time been stealing hides from the firm in whose employ he was and selling them again to the fiirm, who had paid over f 26 for their own hides before Bright was detected in the aot of stealing. At a meeting of the Philosophical Society, Wellington Dr Hector produced an exhibit in the shape of a piece of greyish stone called Alumite, whioh was found in large quantities in certain parts of New Sou'h Waleß, and from which by a simple procen pure alum was manufacture! A large pieoe of stone orystalised and turned inLo alum was shown, and exoiied much ounouty. An orchestra composed entirely of ladies ia preparing under the direction of Profeis>r Schmidt for a publie concert to be given at Auckland by it early next month. Miss B. Beeves is to aot as conductor and Miss 0. Chew as leader of the band. An elderly seaman on board the Piako, now at Napier, while standing on the deck. hoo«e on Wednesday attending to a sail, was knocked down by the sail and fell on the deck Though the distance was only eight feet 'he broke hit neck and died almost im The "plan* for the electric lighting of Wellington city will ihortly arrive. Two motors M* amot "° t 0 b 8 'S ote i Each dyamo is estimated to be oapable of SUSbJto* Bumoießt eleotricity to supply tm 1000 to 1200 lump- of 130 candle BoTer, whereas only 500 lamps are provided *„, in the prsient scheme. These are t., Dnoß ed to be placed throughout the oitj, P TKBaptist Union at Ohri.tchuich on Wednesday considered the position of he v/Jr Zealand Baptist Mi.sjonary Society. Tt was reported that the revenue for the put Jidw months was £507, an inornso of £45 in last y««- e cx,enditu:e had been *W4, The secretly announced that an unfnoJn friend hud promised £SOO for building «h7use for the n-itfimwiei in India. 3he Lv A North stated that an unknown EST. 3JK"Jp U» IMP* 'Poount of the expense.