Bishop Solwyn.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 4010, 12 January 1892, Page 2

Bishop Solwyn.

Auckland, January li, At a meeting to-night on behalf of the Melanesian mission a vote of sympathy with Bishop Selwyn in the breakdown of his health was unanimously agreed to. ' .. ' Occidents and Fatalities- • ■ Auckland, January 11, ' A little girl, four years old, daughter of Mr . John O'Brien, of Kuatunu, was si),sey ( etly;biirnfeclj her 1 clothes havmg caught; fir'e,-' died after lingering for tWiqurs...,! ■A-man named Glenny, wliilat on a visit to a friend at Helena Bay •district, died suddenly last night, • °

' "Wool Sale. Tnveroaroill, January 11, At; the first of the season's wool sales to day, about £OOO bales were offered to a good attendance, buyers of Homo manufacturers being represented as strongly as at last year's sales. The sale on the whole was satisfactory from a grower's point of view. There has .been considerable J'"•, deoliae in values in London. Fine* halfbreds brought as. high prices as* last year, somo brands oven more.' This is duo in some measure to their, being lighter in grease, The top price' for fine half bred was lid, aud-tbe average from 10| to od. Fine orossbreds fetched Od to lOd; those of rongli description and sappy brought 7|dt?9d. Merinos were in poor demand, and most of the lots passed were of this description. Light in grease and good staple brought 8d; '■, other sorts, 6d to 7J*d. Tho Obtain of tho Dlawdeo. \ Auckland, January 11. The Dingadee, which arrived from the South to day, is in temporary charge of Captain Dawson, as the ! master of the vessel, Captain Stuart, ' is seriously ill at Gisborne. Bravery RewfuM. ' Auckland, January 11. For'his bravery in jumping into the harbour and rescuing another Auckland resident, John, from drowning, Police. Sergeant' "if Kelly, of Devonport, has been promoted to the position of secomkks Sergeant. Aalatorestißg lost Action.' Mabton, Jnnuorv 11, - Mr 6. L, Cook, engineer in charge of the Mungionoho railway contract, near Hunterville, having on behalf . of the Government given Mr A. Dalziell, owner of laud through which'tho. railway isbeingconstructed, notice of tlio intention of the Government to temporarily, occupy part of his pro - . petty for the purpose of a roadway, Mr-Dalziell intends to contest their power to do so, and has issued a summons against Mr Cook uuder seotion 138, Public Works Act, 1882, The caso has arisen out of the refusal of Dalroll to allow public access to the railway by his private roadway, Tbo- : hearing of the case has been adjourned for a uionth. ■

Tho North Island Trunls Works. /V. —. ' ft Auckland, January 11. v From 100 to 120 men are wailing at To Kuiti for the beginning of the work on the North Island. Trunk Railway line. The men Lave lmd some trouble because no provision was made by the Gsvernmont for the supply of food to them, and the local storekeepers would not give credit to those who were strangers.- • However, four hundred loaves were baked at Otbrohariga'for the men and sent to.Te Kuiti on Saturday.

A correspondent of the Herald, writing from Ohaupo, complains that the starting of the Government works has absorbed tho labour which would have been available at harvest time, and that there is thus a scarcity of farm workers.