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Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2071, 15 October 1885, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND. [BY TELEGRAPH .— PRESS ASSOCIATION ]

[IIT CIIItISTCriURCH. Tmwlay. Post sessional tittci.inccs wcio opened last night by Mr .7. l>. L.inre, at Ambeiley. He avowul Innisilf .1 supporter of tho f!o\ eminent, and locened a \otc of tll.Ulkb.

NAPIER, Wednesday. The weather was favourable for the first day of the Agiiciiltiunl ami Pastoral Show at Hastings. There are 137 entries in merino, one of the piinctpal exhibitois being Roysc and Amleisnn. I" longwool sheep, thine aic 16.} entiies Mr Tanner was awauled six Hist piiies. Mr Reid, of Oainam, li.id 1(5 cutties in those classes. The \\ .uk-vto Land Association exhibit Downs

Shropshir WELLINGTON, Tuesday. Mr McKwen, of tho h'wn McEucn, Blown, and Kitto, uiuvowly esuipjd death tlnongh uml gad List evening. Mr McKwun, owin^ to the aniv.i! of some friends, \aoated liis bcdioom in favour of liia \ lbitoiN, and occupied a bed on the sofa in tho dininj,'-iooin. This morning at daybiu.ik Aha MoKuen, who had lisjen thus caily intending to meet her mother, who was expected to auive by the eaily steamer, went to the dmiucloom, where she found her husband lying in a comatose state, senseless, and all but dead. An in \e.stig,ition showed that the tap of the gasaher in the dining-tooni hid been kit open, and hence the cnusfi of what so nearly proved to be a fatality. The sen ices of a medical ninn weic availed ot, and Mr McEwen was soon lestored to consciousness. At tho R M Couit this morning, on the ease against Mitir beitg called, Inspector Bioiine said :—"I am instructed to state that theie was a complete misappichension as to the facts in this case, and that it has been found that there are no grounds whatever for tho accusation made." Mnir was discharged without called

being upon. DUNEDIN, Tuesday. Ficdeiick Kissler, chief cleik in the Victoria Insurance Company's office, wafi charged at tho Police Court to-day with embezzling £47. Other charges are to bo brought against him, his defalcations amounting to £500 A verdict of " Accidental death " was returned at the inquest on Alex. Kilgour, who was found dead in a creek at

Ashburton Hall Asylum. It was shown that deceased was subject to epileptic hts, and his father stated it was nothing unusual for him to go on Ins hands ana kneoe to obuin a drink from a creek. Wednesday. The Lind Board has carried the followin" .—. — The lioni d heartily agree with the suggestion, made by Mr J. Macandrew with legard to tiking energetic action in uivi'ig tftVcr to the homestead clauses of the Liiul Act. With a view to speedy action being taken, the Chief , Commissioner should communicate with tlu> Survoyoi General to choose available blocks in the Otago district. The opinion of members seemed to be that homesteads should be fixed near settled libtncti, and not in one block. At the Conference of the New Zealand ftiptUt Union, tins morning, the church statistics ueie laid on the tatle, which. blunted that up to August 31st there were in the colony H6 Baptist congregations, with l'» muusteis and 2271 adherents. 1 The returns show an increase of 107 | mcmbeis for the past twelve months. la addition to recognised churches there are ten preaching stations, also 35 local preachers, and 3610 scholars attending the Baptist Sunday-schools.