TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1863, 9 March 1889, Page 4

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

At the annual meeting of the (V-lnii! Mufii 1 Insurance Company ar. Dunedin, on Wi'duesdaj, the Melbourne directors reported that the new business for the past year amounted ( o £1,762.821. The annual income is now over £300,000, «nd the funds for investment exceed £860,300.

Quigl-y's Rainbow Hutel, situated in the suburbs of Keefton, whs destroyed by fire at five o'clock on Thursday morning. It was insured for £2OO in the Standard. It is estimated that the !o*s is £IOOO. The fire originated in a defective mantelpiece. The occupants all in their night clothes, and not a shred of anything was saved.

A young mm, named John Ponnell, died on Tuesday at Ohinemutu, from the effects of a fall from his horse.

Rinux, settler, missing from WoodviUe, turned up on Wednesday, A small rush has set in at Three Mile Creek, West Coast. There are payable prospects, but the fiel'i is limited. A farmer nerred Duncan Campbe"!, residing »t Hampden, near Oamaru, attempted suicide by cutting his throat on Wednesday. He is pxpected to recover. The crops in the North Otago district have been gathered in splendid condition. Tha yield of cereals will be good, but owing to the dry weather potatoes are not expected to yield heavily. The expenditure on outdoor relief by the Otago Benevolent Trustees is sstimated at £BO7 more than last year, the lotal beiu- £11.057. A m.m named Robert J. Smith sustained a fatal accident in a shaft at Hokitika on Wednesday. While engaged prospecting near the loop line, deceased and mate* found the rope used too short and borrowed one from a neighbor. The mute thought the rope not strong, but Smith resolved *o try it. When down 50ft the rope broke, and the unfortunate man fell the remaining 50ft to the bottom and was very much injured, fie was got out after some time, but died whilst being conveyed to the hospital. The Wellington branch of the National League has received a letter from Dublin acknowledging the receipt of £SO, and statin* that the Executive Oommitie had passed a resolution expressing the great pleasure it gave them to receive such evidence of interest taken by their fe'low countrymen in the most distant parts of the world in the struggle in which the Irish leaders aro now engaged. At u meeting of the medical staff of the Pnnedin Hospital it was resolved that it is desirable to have a system of trained female nurses.

A largely aUeadod meeting of justices at Ohria:church, convened by Mr Whitefoid, 11. M., considered the subject of juvenile crime. The general opinion v/as strongly in favor of punishing parents for neglecting their responsibilities, and of the establishment <A a training ship. A committee of the senior justices was appointed to draw up resolutions for presentation to a future meeting. T n . spector lender stated that in the past five years 271 children had been brought before the court, 6G of whom were illiterate. He objected to flogging boys, and pointed nut that out of 81 flogged 37 were re-arrested.

Richar-'i Lord was committed fnr trial at ChrH chinch on a charge of indecently assauHng-a gir! 12 y ars old.

Baxtkh's I/nxo Pbbsekykb has gained great, popularity i- 1 t his district as a spoedy find effectual remedy in the 'treatment of Colds, JjHOKcnms, and othet, ' and throat complaints, £ead advfc.