TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1956, 15 October 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

An assay of the silver ore found at Puhipuhi, near Whangarei, has been made, and it has gone 154 ounces to the ton.

Charges of breaking and entering against Rangi, a young native chief w;ho has been assisting at Salvation and other religious meetings and conducting services, have been heard at 'Auckland. He was married only a few weeks before his arrest, and took apartments in the house of a Mrs Clarke. During her absence a quantity silk, value £26, was stolen. On her return he said he wanted to leave as the house was haunted and full of imps. The silk was found in Rangi's possession, and he confessed to several witnesses that he had stolen it. Rangi has been committed for trial. The steamer Staffa, which was sent to Three Kings to search for traces of the wrecked County of Carnavon has returned without finding any traces. An enquiry was commenced on Friday by the Auckland Hospital and Charitable Aid Board into the treatment of the late Mrs Howe, a patient, who died after undergoing an operation. The evidence of the medical staff was to the effect that there had been no consultation before the operation as required by the rules, whilst Dr Bond, who performed the operation, said that a consultation did take place. The enquiry was adjourned. With a view to making earty provisions for tourists, the Government have sent an overseer and a working piarty to Milford Sound for the purpose’ of making good the track to the Sutherland Falls, and over the saddle to Lake Te Anau. The Speaker of the House of Representatives has decided to declare the Waipa seat vacant at once. A boy named Meades, eight years old, died at Wellington on Friday. He was at school on Thursday, but after eating barberry leaves . went Home sick, and died. Joseph Taylor’s beach dredge claim, near Greymouth, yielded 81 ounces last week for six days’ work. The harbor works on the north bank of the river at Greymouth have been stopped by the Government, and thirty men thrown out of employment, i Thomas W. Ward, brewer, Oamaru, j was on Friday fined £SO and £7 costs by the Resident Magistrate; who also ordered the confiscation of all beer and plant found on the premises. The charge was of failing to keep a correct record of beer brewed. A bottle was picked up on Thursday near Ocean Beach in which was a slip of paper with a message in pencil, “H.M.S. Scorpion (sic) shipwrecked on Auckland Island (signed) (sic) Lieutenant G. Mansfield. Fred, sailor, come to help us.” The bottle was corked. The affair is regarded as a stupid hoax. The General Manager of the Bank of New Zealand, Mr John Murray, returned to Auckland by the Zealandia.

Past Masters of Lodge Tongariro, No. 705, 8.0., Wanganui, have forwarded a petition to Wellington protesting against the formation of a Grand Lodge for New Zealand. A resident in the Flaxbourne district, writing to the Minister of Lands, says that the rabbits there have taken to cutting down cabbage trees for food, and instances one tree no less than seventeen inches in diameter being.gnawed through. A fire at Halswell, Christchurch, on Thursday morning totally destroyed a seven-roomed house owned by Mr William Brick. An old lady, mother of Mrs Brick, had a narrow escape, as no one was present to rescue her. Insurances, £340. A boy named Davy was run over by the fire engine and killed on Saturday in the Karangahape Road, Auckland, during the practice of the Newton Fire Brigade. The wheels of the engine.parsed over the lad’s neck. The. town hall at Grey town was burnt down on Friday night. Insurance, £3OO. The Oddfellows and Methodists, are heavy losers thereby. The , best medicine known is Handisu and Sous’ Eucalypti Extract, Test its eminent powerful effects in colds/ influenza j the relief is instantaneous. In seriocs cases, and accidents of all, kinds, be they wounds, burns, soaldings, :.braises, sprains, it is the safest! remedy—no swelling—no inflammationi Like ’ surprising effects' produced in o roup, diphtheria', bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs,' swellings, &0., diarrhoea, dysentry diseasesicf the:kidneys: and urinary organs. In use,at hospitals rind medical clinics all over the. globe ;, patronised by His Majesty the Eng of Italy ; crowned with medal and' diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterclam. ‘Trust in thin approved article, and reject all others. John Mcßain, Crimean veteran, 63 years of age, died at Dunedin on Saturday of cancer. He belonged to the Royal Artillery and took part in the battles of Alma, Balaclava, and Inkerman, and held a medal and four clasps. Holloway’s Ointment and Pills.— Counsel for the delicate. Those to whom the changeable temperature is a protracted period of trial should reek the earliest opportunity of removing all obstacles to good health. This cooling Ointment, persevormgly rubbed Upon the skin, is the most reliable remedy for overcoming all diseases of the throat and cheat. Quineey, relaxed tonsils, sore throat, swollen glands, ordinary catarrh and bronchitis, usually prevailing at this season, may ba arrested as noon as discovered, and every syniptom banished by Holloway's dimple and effect,ivs treatment. This Ointment and Pills are highly commended for tbe facility with which they successfully oontacd with influenz*; they allay in on incredibly short time the distressing fever and teasing 1 cough.