TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1946, 21 September 1889, Page 4

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Mr Goad's temperance, mission at Auckland is proving highly successful. 1 At a football match between Auck-' land and Nelson at Auckland on' "Wednesday, the home players won by 25 points to nil. At a meeting at Dunedin of subscribers to the Macandrew memorial fund it was decided to devote £SO of the sum remaining available (£236), to the erection of a monument over Mr Maeandrew's grave, and to allocate the balance to the erection of a fountain or other suitable memorial in the city. The Gulcher Electric Light Company have offered 'to light Dunedin by electricity. Mr J. W. Hislop addressed a large meeting of the electors of Oamaru on Thursday night, upholding the policy of the Government, and received a vote of confiddnce.

The Tailoresses' Union, Dunedin, are trying to get increased wages for the stocking knitters. *''■■'.- J. E. Scott, Masonic Hotel, Gisborna, manager of the Maori football team, has filed his schedule-

A man named Leslie Ireland was drowned in the Manawatu river on Tuesday through the capsizing l of a punt. Deceased was 24 years of age and is believed to be a native of Blenheim. The body is not yet recovered. ;, The: Sydenham Borough School Committee have leased the Oddfellows' Hall for six months to accommodate 200 scholars, who were till now practically crowded out of the school. A house and its contents, owned by Mr, A. McLean and ocoupied by Mrs Petrie, was partially destroyed by fire on Thursday at Invercargill. Insurances: house, £100; furniture, £6O.