TELEGRAPHIC.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2031, 10 April 1890, Page 4

TELEGRAPHIC.

The body of late Henry Talbot, the third officer of the Persian Empire, who was drowned at Auckland harbor on the 30th March in attempting the rescue of some people who had been capsized from a boat, has been recovered. It was found that his neck had been broken, and this pointed to his having been struck by the paddle wheel of the steamer. Owing to the circumstances of Talbot’s death a proposal is on foot to grant his remains a public funeral. A married woman named McKellar, living at Athol place, Dunedin, was found in an unconscious state at her residence ou Saturday afternoon, and died within an hour after admission to the hospital. The deceased had been suffering from influenza. At the inquest a verdict of death from natural causes was returned, and the husband was censured for nob getting medical assistance. In the course of Ins sermon in the Congregational Church, Wellington, the Rev, Mr Austin strongly advocated early closing, and said that if some of the shopkeepers remained obstinate of this point, the only thing for the Early Closing Association to do was to publish their names, and for the public to resolutely boycot them.