TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1820, 24 November 1888, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

At Cadrona, Otago, Robertson Brothers banked 271 bof gold. A small rush has set in. Payable ground is being taken up for a considerable distance.

The strike of coal-miners employed at Ngakawau, West Ceast, was satisfactorily settled on Wednesday morning, and the men have gone to work. The collapse of the Freethought Association at Dunedin has been followed by the sale of tbs Lyceum Hall, which cost £SOOO, for £2OOO to Mr D. 0. Cameron. The officers of the Scottish Rifles, Christchurch, have decided to request Colonel Lean to order an enquiry into the independent and volley firing of their company on Saturday last, A young man named William Frost, living near New Brighton, died suddenly early on Thursday morning. He went to bed the previous night apparently well, and was taken with a fit at about half-past two o’clock in the morning, and died before the doctor could be fetched,

A. man named Timothy Byan was seriously injured while bush-falling at the Wm. Tell claim, West Coast, on Wednesday afternoon, A tree splintered and knocked him down the slope, causing severe wounds to his bead and bruising bia body. He was unconscious when found by his mates. Ha is now apparently better, but concussion of the brain is feared.

Mr and Mrs Agnew, who were recently bound over to keep the peace for insulting behaviour to members of the Government, were given into custody at Wellington on Wednesday morning for insulting the Premier. When the Agnews were placed in the dock on Thursday on a charge of insulting the Premier, the man broke out into a fearful torrent of abusa bplh of Sir Harry Atkinson and tfye magistrate, Mr Robinson, palling them infernal rogues and was impossible to go on with the case, and the constables were ordered to reiPQVa them. Mrs Agnew defended her husband violently, pushing him into tha corner of the dock and screaming loadly, while aha kept the, policeman at bay. Agnsw continued his imprecations, aud ifc was not for some time their struggles were overcome and the pair, were ho,rue away by main force, shouting to the hat.