TELEGRAPHIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3445, 26 February 1890, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

Destructive fire,

' ■ ' WooDviLLßi'Wednesday. A sawmill, flourmill, aud seven stacks of oats wove destroyed by fire on Gaisford'B Oringi station, yesterday. Tho five is. supposed to have originated by a spark from an engine, i The insurances' are unknown.

HOBMBLE ACCIDENT AT PAHIATUA.

A LAD T'ORN TO PIEOBS. Woodvihe, Wednesday. A horrible accident happened yesterday to a lad ten years of age, a ,son of Mr A. Yule, sawiniller, of Pahiatua, The lad was • holding a liorso in a paddock, with a rope tied round his arm, wlion the horse took fright, and rushed off, tearing away thoboy'sarm at the elbow, The unfortunate'lad died an hour afterwards.

Further Clerical Defalcations,

Dusedin, February 25. James Denny, accountant of the Standard Insurance Company, has been arrested on a number of charges of embezzlement. The amount .involved is supposed to be about £UOO. Tho defalcations are said to haw extended over some time. The New Gold Discovery. ■ Auckland, February 25. During tho week several gentlemen from Whangarei" and the Thames have visited tlie prospectors' mine at Puhipuhi, and they report tUat the reef on which the winze.issunkis still improving in width and quality. A number of experts friim other parts of Now Zealand, and also from Australia, have, it ia said, made arrangements for pegging off raining leases when the field is opened.

An Outrageous Slander. Napier. Feb 20. It is reported that a- sensational notion for criminal libel is likely to occupy the Suproma ■ Court soon. Charges of the grossest immorality were made against a young lady assistant in a country school, and after an inquiry before the Committee I and the Inspector she, as well as tlio headmaster, resigned. She stoutly averred her innocence, and at the suggestion of friends consented to an examination by a Napier medical man. The result was a certificate from the doctor showing that the charge? made could not lie true, and her friends are considering the propriety of endeavouring to punish the authors of the slander.

Freezing Operations-

Auckland, Feb 25.

Tho Waikuto Farmers' Club aroj considering an offer from Nelson Bros, to provide a freezing hulk if a guarantee is given that 12,000 sheep per annum will be supplied from tho Waikato, the Tauranga county also guaranteeing 12,000. The directors

of some large companies, who are interested, are to bo interviewed on the subject.

A Remarkable Case.

Auckland, February 25.

A man named Jaines Maxwell has been found in a weak, almost dying condition, near Dargaville. He was carried into the township, and is now recovering, His own statement is an extraordinary one. He says he left Dargaville on the 25tli January, to walk through the valley, but on his way was suddenly attacked with weakness, and lay down on the outskirts of the bush, when he rapidly became worse. He remained there for twenty-four days without food, and though he heard people passing 011 the railway track near by, he was too weak to call out. Eventually he crawled again into the open, and was discovered as stated.

Death From Natural Causes

Napier, February 25,

On Suuday an unmarried woman named Macauloy was found in a garden at Porangahau with a newlyborn infant cli-ld, which was dead, At tho inquest it appeared evidont that tho girl did not expect the birth for some time, and'a verdict of death from natural causes was returned,

The Dunedm Leper.

Duxkdin, February 25,

Dr Alexander having made representations to tho Government as to the conditio)) of the lopcrat tit Clair, lias received a telegram intimating that Di McGregor lias been instructed to arrange for tlio immediate isolation of the man and providing attendance, Tlie Exhibition Orchestra.

Dl'xedis, February 25. The Exhibition Orchestra propose touring tho Colony at the dose of the Exhibition, giving concerts in all the centres.

Accidental Death.

Napier, February 25. An inquest was hold to-day on tho body of Simon Uuptil, master of the steamer Fairy. On Saturday, as somo bales of wool wero being unshipped, tho tackle broke, and tlio bales struck Otiptil, injuring his neclc, He diod at tho hospital to day. A verflict of. accidental death was rotiirned.

CAPTAIN RUSSELL ON FEDERATION. Auckland, February 25, The Minister for defence (Captain Rusaell),' ono of the New" Zealand (Jolegates at the federation Conferaiice,' yetoi'Jjed to-day fromSydnoy. When interviewed wjtli regard to the Conference, Captain Bussell said it was very evident, from tho nature of | tip speeches of tho Australian delegates! throughout tlie Conference, that they scarcely gaye any thought to New Zealand as a political factor in a mutual federation, and iivfact almost totally ignored the colony's claim to be considered in the matter. Whenever N.Z. was meutioued they referred to the country in very gracious terms, but evidently did not place any great consideration upon its power and iufluenob; Politically speaking, they - did not. consider, taking it'air in all, that New Zea|andA?as likely tq pi $ federatipn sobenie, aiid practically left the placo qut.. in ; flwir reckonings,.' Captain liussojl further staled piat he thought New Zealand would not; qoii)o into the cjrcje of Australasia!) federation, but that, on tlio tsoiitwy, she would stand out and become a distinct nationality, He considered that, our deifenoes; were more effioient than those ofViotoria,