NEW ZEALAND. [BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2045, 15 August 1885, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND. [BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Tlf VMKS, ThuiMlaj. Thorn \s Buowv, a bushmau, v\ ho was lnjmed at Faeau's hush, died in the Hospital to-day. WELLINGTON, Thuisday. At the City Council to night, the Mayor gave notice to mo\e at tin- next meeting, th it the Contagions Diseases Act hu Ivoujhttnto opeiation in W'dling ton. The lcsiilencc of James 0 Shea, metchant, in Bidwcll sheet, was totally destrojed l>y (iieat midnight. Thcfuinituie 'va.s saved. The file was caiisid by a cm tain nei ldcnfnlly coming in cont.u t nith <i lighted candle. No insurance. The fioveinment have ngieed to giant Mr W. Couitney, of New lMymouth, £ for £ up to €-.")0 to go home to lecture on New Zealand. Mi Couitney pioposes to leave by the Kaikoura on the 7th of next month. It is undeistood that he has received numerous promises of subset iptions fiom the public. The object of his lecture will be to induce small farmers to come out to the colony, not mechanics. BLENHEIM, Tlnusday. Piofessor Rice, thought leader, and Mr Cullimo c, pianist, weic driving from Renwick to Blenheim on Tuesday night vv lien their trap capsi/cd in etossing a shingle bed, and both weic tin own out a distance of twelve- orfouiteen feet Mi Cullimoie was unhurt, but I'iofessor Rice was severely biuised and shaken, and has been confined to bed e\ei since. DUNEDIN, Tlnusday. A young man named Jas. O'Connor, an ested for passing a valueless cheque, made an attempt to commit suicide while in the lock up by taking chloroform. He was noticed by a detective, who knocked the bottle out of his hand. A foreman at the jam jactory was find for i»ai)diiur a lad under him with a bianding non. He held the lion undei the other's dun and binned him rather se\ erely, but tepenting, he offered the lad the branding-nun, and su fluted him to retaliate.