VERY LATEST.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3490, 21 April 1890, Page 2

VERY LATEST.

[by ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH] j Destroyed by Fire. Woodtille, Monday. Ftiss' Mongatera Hotel, at Danevirke, was destroyed by fire on Saturday. The insurance is L2OOO on the building and L6OO on-the stock in the New Zealand office,.

THE HEMP MARKET, Wellington, Monday. A telegram from the Agent General dated 19th., says:—Hemp better tono fair to good, Auckland, L2l to L2B;' Lyttelton, L2O to L 22; Wellington, Ll9 to L2l; prime sorts, L 24 to L 26; manilla, firnior, L 3-4 to L 35; sisal, about L 25. The New Plymouth Murder.

Niiff Plymouth, Monday An inquest on tho body of Stephen Muloney, who was murdered in the Recreation Ground, was opened this morning, More Mr fettle, coroner, ,Mr Samuel appeared for the prisoner, andMrStandish for tho Cronn. The evidence of Mrs'Oarnell, who lived near deceased, is being taken as to the habits of deceased, There is a largo attendance of tho public,

Sad Case of Drowning. (Jußisiciimicii, Monday, With reference-to the drowning of Eeginald Alexander, it appears that lie, together with Lis brothers William and Victor, went down to Wairaakariri in a sailing boat, when a squall upset tho boat, and Reginald, being very weak from influenza, was carried away by the current, though the brothers made a desperate attempt to save him. No trace of the body has yet been found. Deceased was 11 years of age. IMPROVED STATISTICS.

Wbllingtok, Monday. The Statistical Department has been taking steps to improve the vital statistics by including the population Burrounding largo boroughs. They find, however, that tlio Local Bodies are an obstacle in the way, and at present matters are at a standstill. Complaints are often made about the vital returns not being a real guide as to the actual state of affairs, but tho Department seem powerless to improve matters, The expense is the principal causo of the obstruction.