Telegraphic.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3198, 7 May 1889, Page 2

Telegraphic.

Fatal Accident to a Bank 6lerk;

■""■ ';',j; .Ti'itAßu;;Miy6^ v W. F; Campbell, acoountaht at;

the Bank ■ of New Soutli...Wales, whilst racing with' a brother-clerk oil Saturday night ran.foul of a horse trough. He was carried back to the hotel and said lie -was not much liurt. The doctor , yesterday found no ayniptons of serious injury, and he took food and medicine freely, and appeared quite easy last night,: He' was, however, found dead this morning. An. inquest will he held this afternoon. Campbell hails from Wellington, v

. Tisuiiu, May 0.. At the inquest on Campbell, who met his death from injuries received through running against ahorse post in Main-street ou Saturday night|.tlie medical evidence showed that death

resulted from acute peritonitis. ,A_ verdict' of accidental death was returned.

Parliament to Meet'

.Wellington, Tuesday. It is decided to call Parliament together for the despatch of business on June 20th, at two o'clock, Earl Onslow andthe Quarantine 1

Wellington, Tuesday.... Earl Onslow, understanding that the: quarantine regulations. of ri ew Zealaud are very stringent, parted with his sporting dogs in Australia. , Poisoned with Wild Honey, Auckland, May G. The details of the poisoning case near Matata state that three Natives (brothers) left that place to hunt pigs in th 6 bush above TeHuinubika, One of them afterwards returned, almost naked and out of his mind, He could give nomformation of the other two. A search party was instituted, and from various sources it was ascertained thatthemen hadbfen poisoned byeating honey obtained from a tree. After some time the party tracked the two brothers down a Mil to a creek, where they found the eldest brother, Pere, in the creek, quite dead. About Iwo chains below they found the clothes of the other mau, Te Ngarara, and further on found his body, also dead.

Forgery and Uttering. Ohristchuboh, May 6. Henry Birmingham was committed for trial to-day for stealing a watch from the bouse oi Henry Kneedy. William Eex Rose was arrested on two charges of forging cheques in the name of Mr E. Grey for h and £5, and for issuing a valueless cheque in his own name. More Support Wanted. Dunedin, May 6. At' a meeting of the Exhibition Committee to-night, tho President, Mr John Eoberts, complaiued that while the Banks with their headquarters in New Zealand had given the project their support, the foreign Banltß had Eot moved a finger in the matter. He announced, that £12,000 had been subscribfed, and as'there had been a difficulty in getting more shares taken up, very few outside Dunedin having subscribed, and'as the Government insisted oil £15,000, it had been decided to take promissory notes for the remainder. These would not be called up until tho whole of .the - otlior capital had been exhausted. A number of those present gave, their promise to give support in this.form, the amount being about £SOO. ;

Six "Per Cent. Div..Dunedih, May 6.. The report of the Trustees Executors and Agonoy Company, states that the profit for the year was £ 854. The directors recommend a dividend of 6 per cent, and after wiping out tho sum standing as preliminery expensos, this will leave £152 to be carried forward. Arrival of the Coptic. Pout Chalmers, Tuesday. Arrived—This morning, Coptic, hum Plymouth, via Gape and Hobart. Sho has 61 passengers, 7 bags of mails, and 20 cases parcel post. The passage was an uneventful one. Auckland Items.

Auckland, Hay 6, : The Hospital and Charitable Aid Board have accepted the tender ol Hurst and Moody for £1169 for the erection of a Nurses' Home in the Hospital grounds.

The members of tho Hebrew community have presented an address to Mr D. Bloom, who leaves for Melbourne, -

The Waitoa estate, of 7496 acres, in the Wailtato district, has bsen leased to a settler from Victoria (Mr JVD. Adams) at a rental .of 1600 per annum, with the right of purchase. At a meeting of the To Awauiutu Cavalry it was decided to' ask the. Defence Minister to reconsider, his decision »ot to grant capitation to the corps on the ground that it i» below the minimum strength, It was pointed out that the troops have rendered.long Bernce. . The open sailing boat Weka has been missed from her moorings in Judges Bay, and, it is suspected that she has been stolen.