TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1818, 20 November 1888, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

The Richmond has arrived at Auckland from the Islands with a cargo of pearl shell and fruit. She reports that the British flag is flying on all the islands of Harvey group at which Bhe touched, H.M.S. Hyacinth having visited the group for that purpose. S The show at Oamaru on Friday was more largely attended than during any previous year, and the exhibition of draught stock WBS an improvement on previou? years. The Dunn-Tiffin match came off at Ttiylorville, West Coast, on Saturday evening. A keen contest resulted, both seeming very equally matched. Dunn was ottering 6 to 4 that he would win, Ee won the first, third, fifth, and eighth falls. Tiffin «on the second, fourth, sixth, seventh, and ninth. There was only one false fall. 411 the others were remarkably clean. Several times Tiffin extric&ted himself from most difficult positions with astounding cleverness. Dunn seemed to hold his man too cheaply. A considerable amount changed hands on the result.

It has been decided by the Marine Department that no magisterial inquiry I is necessary with reference to the wreck of the scboonsr Lizzie (iuy. Thomson, the mate of the iil-faled schooner, says if a rocket life-saving apparatus had been kept on the station the crew could all have been rescued without any difficulty. William Christie, lite District Land Registrar, Dunediu, was taken with a .tit early on Saturday morning whilo ou hie way from a hottl, and died on reaching bis house. Jj'rom the evidence it appeared that he bad been drinking a good deal of lute, and tha medical evidence showed that probably nValh was due to the uilure of the heart's action from exhaustion brought on by excessive drinking. A verdict in accordance with the evidence was given by the coroner s jury.

Another fatal accident is reported from Wairon. A little girl, the daughter of Jas. Fletcher, died on Monday morning, from the effectsofher clothes having caught ! fire. This ia the second similar fatality within a short period in that district. The bodies of Andrew MoFarlane and his wife, who weie drowned a month ago with three others while fording the Mataura, were recovered on Friday night about ten chains below where the drowning occurred. It was said at the time that McFariane had lost hid life in attempting to reach his jwife, and the fact that the bodies were found together entangled on u snag would indicate that he had got hold of her, and that they had perished together. Malcolm McPhee, formerly a farmer in the Longbush district, afterwards a hotelkeeper, and during the last few years a Siiwmiller, met with an accident. laßt ■e/'k which has caused his death. VJcPhee recently removed his mill to 'Jlenomaru, Cat'lins, and on the day mimed fell on a circular saw in motion, lacerating his head. McPhee leaves a widow aud a young family. At a committee meeting of the Canterbury Chess Club at Christchuroh it was decided that the secretary should communicate with the secretaries of the nrtncipai Chess Clubs in the colony as to [lie most convenient date for holding the proposed New Zealand championship tourney, Christmas week being suggested. J.t was !il-fo resolved to give a cup to be competed for at the tourney. The Operative Bootmakers' Union at Auckland have resoived to allow Cullen one week to pay the fiQe of £5, which they imposed on him for having gone to M'ork at a shop declared to be "on strike."

The well-known thorouhgbred stallion Libeller, by Traducer—Yotterina, died o'd Friday nt Psora, Auckland. The horse was receutly purchased by Mr H. Deaken.

The Colonial Union Company are insulating the steamers Oxford and Worcester for frozen meat. Tyser and Company will also probably fit up Sir l Villiam Pearce's steamer Batavia. There will then be plenty of tonnage for frozen meat.