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Temuka Leader, Issue 1838, 8 January 1889, Page 3

The two-year-old daughter of Fred. Horsman, Waitakerei, Auckland, was accidentally drowned in a creek on Sun* day. The body of a boy found floating in the harbor on Sunday has been identified as that of Ernest Winters, aged six years, whp had been missing for Beveral days past. George Ward, supposed to have come from Oamaru, was found hanging at nine o'clook yesterday morning in a stable at the rear of the Globe hotel, InvercargiH. At a meeting of the creditors of W. Clarke, draper, of Wellington, D. Clirkson & Sons, of Christen urch, proved for £9978, irrespective of secured debts. The debtors' furniture, valued at £150,. waa given back to him. The tender of Kircaldy and Stains for the purchase of the stock, at 13a 9d in the £, was accepted. The Swedish barque Orskar, which had trouble with the crew at Samoa, and came to Auckland for a new crew, is again experiencing difficulty. Three men named John ftiloy, Heury Cook, and Alexander Jackson, who were engaged to go to Europe, refused to proceed to sea, and were charged at the Auckland Police Court yesterday with a breach of the Foreign Seaman's Act, Accused alleged tlittt the veaael'a forecastle was not fit to live id, nnd was worse than a pigstye. Each was sentenced to 1.2 weeks' hard . Jahor,