Telegraphic.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3006, 18 September 1888, Page 2

Telegraphic.

A Financial Proposal, Wellington, Tuesday, Mr Westgartk has formally written to the Government. concerning his proposal for joint colonial three per cent loans, and the matter will be considered by the cabinet, f . The Railway Commissionership. , Wellington, Tuesday. The Railway Commissionership still remains in abeyance, but the Premier states it mil probably be settled definitely in a short time, Steam Sawmill Burnt. A Lunatic at Large* Auclkand, Tuesday. Best Bros.' Steam Sawmill. at Heleiißville, was totally destroyed by fire at an early hour on Sunday morning. The loss is £ISOO, of which amount they aro only covered by insurance for £4OO in the Colonial Office. The origin of the fire is unknown. ■ ■ Stephen Spalding, who fired the Eemuera biddings about three years ago, has escaped from the Lunatic Asylum. The Drowned PassengerWellington, Thursday, There is no doubt but that the passenger drowned at the wreck of the Colonist was S. Lear, potter, of Otago. Burns, a survivor, to-day identified his portrait, and a handkerchief has been dredged up from the scene of the wreck marked S. Lear,' making tlie identity quite certain, >- Charitable Aid. 1 Donedln, September 17. The Benevolent Trustees, with a view of preventing over-lapping in administrating charitable aid, have' communicated with clergymen; and others, asking for lists of persons relieved, which .will be compared with the books of the Trustees, and information will exohanged,