TELEGRAPHIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3072, 5 December 1888, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

Exrraordinsry Weather at '■:■•' Sydney..:;

' ■ -" Wellington, -Wednesday.' ■ 'A private letter from Sydney saya the weather on. Saturday-was the most peouliar ever seen in that' city. It seems a dry fog amalgamated with the smoke of the 'bash-'fires raging along the coast and enveloped not only Sydney, but the whole coastline from Brisbane to Melbourne. Itlasted all day, but late in the after, noona southeaster.accompanied' by * dust storm came up and chased the fog away. When it cleared, a large number of steamers, were found lying outside unable to make tho: harbour, During the day the thermometer was 02 iu the shade, and the sun shone down like a globe of molten copper.

, Want ot Humanity. CwusTciiußCH; December 4. "'. At the inquest-to-day oh the body of Fanny Alice..Parks, the evidence showed her to be abdiotbd.to drink, though not for the last; two,mohths. On' Monday she- had several glasses of brandy before going into Barratt's Hotel.. When..she got there she complained of illness., An old man took her-into a back.parlour, where she sat down. He asked her to drink. j She accepted' "some brandy, after which she had nothing j but sat down' ! some four ihours in. the room; She fell off a chair on to. the floor, aud sat leaning against the wall a'consider-; able time. 'Mr-Barratt's sister-in-law who serve's-in the bar, 'saw her,-and thought her drunk, and let her alone. When Mr Barratt oame down stairs he saw she .was dying, and sent'fora : doctor, who found life extinct. The post mortem showed'that she died frdm rupture of a fatty heart, The ,ury : expressed surprise that in a large hotel where females were employed Bucha want of humanity had been shown. The coroner 'concurred in this. , ;;

;.-.. Council Squabbles/ . , Timaru,,December i, ■■,' A special meeting of the Borough Council was held .this evening to receivo the report of tho committee on electric lighting,, The meeting broke up in great disorder, Tho .report, whioh was signed bj six mem-. bbfs, -five of whom were, prcsont, 1 recommended that the tenders offered for electric light ab JB2 17a 6d per j lanipon the : amended specifications, •be- accepted..: The Mayor * being. advised that the specifications havinjij been amended to tho extonttiWK fresh ord^^^^^^^^^^^^H Welungton,,Thursday, : , At a meeting : of soft goods, and boot importers, held iri , the! office of Messrs Sargood, Son' andEwon, Wellington, the;, undermentioned firms were represented :—Bing, Harris and Co., Macky, Logan, Steen and Co,, Whittem, Nicholson and Co., Kirkcaldie and Stains, Wilson and Eiohardsoh, James Smitb ; Sargood,'Son and Ewou. The following resolution was carried unanimously:—That this" meeting strongly protests against the appointment of Mr Shannon as soft goods expert, he not having the confidence of the trade.

Found Dead. Chkistohurch, Wednesday, At Harriettville, onMondayj tho wife of Mr King was found dead. At dinner she was in good health. The husband went to work, and when ho returned in an hour and a half, his wife was dead. Deceased was thirty years of age, and much respected. Heart disease' is supposod to liavo been the cause of death,

A Body Exhumed, CumsTCiimicH, Wednosdoy. The wife of Mr Beattie, at Colgate, died suddenly on November 25th, and a post mortem examination revoaled that the lungs were congested, and a verdict was given accordingly. _ Since then, however, other causes" for death have been rumored, and the body has been exhumed, and portions removed to submit to the public analyst. '

Paying the Wrong Mail. Namer, December i, A curious case oame before the Resident Magistrate to day. Among the applicants for relief out of the bush fires relief fund raised some time ago was one Buscke, but the committee refused to entertain his claim, and put nil opposite his name on the list and £lO opposite.the name of tho next man, -In making out the cheques Buscke's name was inserted instead of that of the next man, and ho cashed it, Mr Kuowles, tho. treasurer-of the fund, now brought an action to recover the #Q, The Resident Magistrate deferred judgment.

Eight days Without Food.. Westpokt, December 4. Three men who were lost for 15 days betweeii Karamea and Motueka 1 returned to tho former settlement yesterday, They were eight days without food, .and allayed hunger by killing and eating a -dog,' Tho men suffered great privations,

Important Decision in Bankruptcy. Cupraiußcu; December 1. _ Mr Justice Ward gave, a somewhat important decision in bankruptcy today. Some time ago, a debtor applied for his discharge, .which was not granted, Tl)on,. bepauso pertain wages owing by him had not been paid, the men to .whom they were due, released their claims gainst tlie debtor, whose oouusel contended that tho requirements of the Bankruptcy Act had thereby'jieen complied with. After consulting the other. Judges at the Court of. Appeal,: his Honor granted .the order of discharge, -