NEW ZEALAND.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2065, 1 October 1885, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[BY TELEUU VI'H.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] INVERCARGILL, Tuesday. A fire broke out in the stables attached to the Carriers' Arms Hotel, Dec-street, at three o'clock this morning- Four horses were deiitroyed. The flames spread, and completely demolished the hotel and shop adjoining. Insurances : — Hotel, £SOO in London, Lancashire, and Globe ; stock and furniture, £350 in New Zealand, and £350 in Colonial ; stablei, £200 in Norwich Union. Total, £1700.

WELLINGTON, Tuesday. Bacon's flour-mill and timber factory at Masterton were destroyed by fire *t two o'clock this morning. They were insured for £800 in the United otficc, for £000 in the Union, and £SOO in the Colonial. The quarterly Criminal Sessions of the Supreme Court conmence on Monday - next, when the following cisc» will be heard :—George Skinner, forging and uttering ; Charles Edward Watson, lar*" ct-iiy ; John Cummings, breaking into ft warehouse and stealing ; John Ale*. Willctt, attempting suicide ; Joseph Moore, administering poison ; George Smith, hrceny from the person ; Charles | James, alias Jones, larceny ; John Alex. Gordon, l.ucuny as a bailee ; George l'cirse, horse stealing.

TIMARU, Tuesday. A number of sacred vessels, stolen from the Roman Catholic Church a considerable time ago were discovered yesterday, in a fUx bush. The house of Mr J. G. M.iclcay, near Pleasant I'o.nt, was burned down early tins morning. The inmates, including several children, had a very narrow escape, and saved nothing. The hou»e was insured, but in what office is not known.

CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. A t.ad accident is reported from Leeston. Three children of Mr Douglai were playing on a straw stack this after* noon, and one of them who had com« matches, set fire to the straw. Though assistance was close at hand, and two of the children were dragged from th« burning btraw, the flames had got too great a hold for it ti be possible to save the third child, n, little boy three years old, who wat burned to death.

DUNEDIN. Tueiday. Up to the present, about I*2oo square feet of .«p.ice has been applied for by the local manufactures, at the Indian iwi Colonial Exhibition, in London. The Manufacturers' Association ha\e renewed their efforts t» induce Mr Graham Berry, of yictoria, to visit the colony, and expect>a favourable reply. _ Mr Fernley, of Nelson college, hasJl been appointed Rector of Tort Chalmeni School.

. Drutv; the greater part of the Penin* hul.ii War the British Army was unproi ided with tents. A ntoHUTMi sensation has been excited in Berlin and Vienna by the appearance, ma well-known German newspaper, of what purports to be a "True account of the death of Prince Frederick Charles." This journal asserts, in plain terms, that the Red Prince did not die of apoplexy, l)ii t that he was shot dead by his wif«. A riuvtTh letter received in New York, describing the royal wedding, says : "Prince Henry of Battcnbunj is one of the handsomest of men, superbly healthy and soldier-like in his appearance, and; Ins a rare charm of expression, and he took the greatest pains to smile and nod to the crowd. Princess Beatrice seemed to be madly in love with him, and during the drive irom the church she had eye* only for him, and they chatted and laughed, almost ignoring the crowd." Paius advices announce that Cora Pearl, the retired leader of the demimonde, supposed to be dead, now cornel to thr fiont by selling the Villa Beauscjour, on the River Loire. Cora acquired this historic feudal residence from the last Baron Beaunejour, her pro* fP tector. After retreating from Paris life, she filled the house for years with the l>est society, but high life ruined her. Cora, in her decline, fascinated a commercial upstart, the son of a contractor of bouillons, named Duval, who spent his fortune of £700,000 under Cora'a guidance, and thon committed suicide, C ra'a o\tra ii.,mces, however, have continued tunb-Ued, but she has at laaV come to the euu ut her tether.