TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1968, 12 November 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

The week’s coal export from Greymouth 1 was 2392 tons. William Pollock was on Friday committed for trial at Dunedin on a charge of rape. At Nelson on Friday Henry Collins was sentenced to two months* imprisonment for stealing clothes off clotheslines. 1 A human skeleton has been found on a farm at Upper Waiwera, Auckland. It is; supposed to have been lying there for thirty years. James Kenyon, of Merton, near Waikoulaiti, Otago, was found dead in a paddock on Saturday morning. The police are investigating the matter.. A boy named Hardwick, ten years of age, was drowned at Mangowai Heads (Auckland) on Sunday, having fallen overboard frbm a timber scow. On Friday night, Sir Thomas Esmoride addressed a meeting at Hamilton.' The subscriptions and proceeds of the meeting amounted to about £SO, The'body of Donald Mcßae was picked up on Friday morning in the j Dunedin harbour. Deceased, who; was fprruierlydn one of the banks, had i latterly been selling tea on commission- He was unmarried; A band Contest at Christchurch last week resulted in a win for the Oamaru Garrison band; Christchurch Garrison second, Oamaru City third, Addington Workshops fourth, Sta riinore fifth, Sydenham sixth, and Timaru Garrison seventh. The Reef ton gold returns for the week are I .—-Globe, 1606zs of amalgam from 185 toils; Reform, lOOozs of amalgam from 10 tons; Drake, 87ozs of amalgain from 50 tons ; Inglewood, 120ozs of amalgam from 85 tons. Ernest L. Widdop, chief clerk in the employ of Buckley, Stafford and Treadwell, Wellington, was drowned on Saturday while out boating. He was knocked overboard by the boom, and though got out of the water in a few minutes, all efforts to restore animation were unavailing. Archer’s hotel and store, and Ferris’s store, Boatman’s, West Coast, were burnt down on Saturday. Archer’s is a total loss in buildiag and srock. Ferris bad a small quantity of stock saved, but the building and the bulk of its contents were destroyed. Archer’s was insured for £IOOO. Ferris’ insurance is not yet ascertained, but it is believed the total amount does not exceed £4OO.