Telegraphic.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3008, 20 September 1888, Page 2

Telegraphic.

Another Disastrous Fire: Nabton, Thursday. .. Goebel's -flour mill and twelvo bundled sacks of wheat were burned last night. The loss is £I2OO above the insurance. Pahiatua Town Board. Pauiatua, Thursday,, The Town Board election yesterday was as follows: W. Stewart 97, A. W, Sedcolo 76, McCardle H, Reese 72, Briggs 60, Nayler 59, Crowe 67, H. Sidcole 55, Burrowa 53, Wakeman 46. The first seven were elected.

Fatal Accident ; Dunedin, September 19. A young man named Henry D. Plante was killed on the Edslyri cable tram this evening.. It is supposed he was'walking, up the hue, through the cutting on the Town Belt, and thewind being strong and the dust blowing,, that. he was stooping so much that he'did.not 'see' 1 tho approaching tram' coming down, which ran over hiin. He was taken to: the Hospital,, and died Shortly afterward, ; He.was a compositor in the Witness Office, His parents- are believed to be in Timaru, " ■<■ •'•■.'■ ' ';' : 'IiATEBi :: . ■ ''■> It appears that the; parents of the young man Plante, MM-.on. the. tramway line are dead, ,It is his uncle who is in Timaru. From further : information it appears that Plante was caught by a gust of wind just as he was emerging from the cutting, and before he could .recover himself he was blown on to the line and struck by the car... He had been walking alongside. •

Deputation. . Ddnedik, September 19. The Colonial Secretary arrived in Dunedin to-nigliti Mi- Fergus has delayed his departure to Melbourne for a week, A deputation waited on the Minister of Justice to-day to urge that the normal school site, which is found unsuitable, as there is no playground ;and children are forced into the street, should be exchanged for the purposes of the police offices and courts. Mr Fergus said he had looked into the matter, and found the site unsuitable for the; purpose; but he could hold out no hope of an exchange. Auckland News. Auckland, September 19. The Mayor of Auckland, Mr A.E. Devore, was a passenger to-day for Melbourne to visit the Exhibition, The Bev Dr Hannay and Mr Lee, delegates from the English' Congregational Union, left for Sydney today.' ( , : ., ;'.■..'• , ..''. The'laoehorse Paddy has.been shipped to "Sydney. _••' Supreme Court. ••■■., ~<~ .■ Hokiiika, September 19.,;. An interesting case was heard at the Supreme Court' to-day, ■- The Government sold some leases on the coal reserve, at rDobsontown, by auction. In the action, Okie v. Griffiths, for ejectment, the title of the plaintiff (one of the lessees) was attacked on the' grounds .that'' very, important, concessions,' were, made shortly'after.the,sale,' calculated to defeat the intention of the Legislature, 1 and having the sale by ■■ auction, as it was known the leases could be obtained 1 under less stringent conditions there would probably have been better bidding., The ; Judges that probably the Validation Act would be necessary. In Hallenstein v. McKinty, also an ejectment suit-tbe lessee and sublessee in the Maori Reserve at Grey-' mouth—judgment was for plaintiff with costs, Notice of appeal was given.