NEW ZEALAND. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2100, 22 December 1885, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

CHRIS ["CHURCH. Sunday. CoxsiiihßAiii.fc. interest is taken heie in the matter of the deid hind picked up on Sutnner JJnach last \\ ednesday. M Through a rrti^j which was upon it it has ' been indentilied as Howard's, who was drowned on October 10. The life insurance- offices interested have not paid the amount of the policy to the widow. Howard was insured for between £2000 and £3000 in various offices, including the Government. A laige number of medical men ha\e seen the hand, in order to gi\e aii opinion as to the time that has elapsed miicc death. An inquest is to be held.

Monday. Klisha and Fredrick Godfrey, the men who stated that they found the severed hand at T.«yloi's Mistake, near Stunner, were arrested this afternoon on a charge of conspiring to defraun the Government, Mutual and Accident Insurance Company of £2400 in the nggicgate, being the amount of the policies taken out by Howard, uho was supposed to be diowned in October last.

(JUEYMOUTII, Saturday. A twelve hours' go-aa you-pleaac match, for £2,"> a aide, between G. J. Haylctt ami Jai. McGregor concluded last night. They did (11 miles (i lapa in the time in * small hull, :U laps to the mile. There was ,1 good den! of excitement at the tininh. Huylett won by only a yard or so.

NAPIER, Sunday. Among the business disposed of in Chambers yesterday \va* a judgment of some importance as affecting trust estates. MrCarnck sued the executors of Kartitiana for £700 for sen ices as clerk to tha estate when Mr Sheehan was trustee. For the defence, Mr Downie Stewart, of Dublin, and Mr Finn, of Gisborne, contended that Mr Carrick was engaged by Mr Sheehan. and must look to Mr Sheehan's trustees for payment Thin vievvA^ was upheld by the Chief Justice.

WELLINGTON, Saturday. Ah Get, a Chinaman, has been committed for trial on a charge of attempting to defraud his creditors. Bail wu allowed.

Sunday. The cable steamer Sherard Osborne returned to port tins afternoon, having successfully spliced the broken ends of the Cook Strait cable.

Monday. Sir Julius Vogel is suffering from a 4 severe dull, but with Jive or six days A quiet rest Dr. (irace, hia medical attend- fl ant, expects he will be able to reiutne his official duties.

DUNEDIN, Sunday. Tho Premier will address lua constituents on Wednesday, reviewing Major Atkinson's recent upeech.

Monday. The Premier to flay agreed that tho request of the members of the Charitable Aid Board for free passes on the rail way • was roa&on ible, and has wired, recommending that they be gi anted.

A RH-tNT report of the French Minister of Public Instruction shows that in January last 22,222 schools had a savings bank and that 488,624 schoolboys wera depositors in these bags, and possessed there the sum of £451,400. A couRhhPONUfc.NT of the Chicago "Tribune, ' which is engaged in a special investigation concerning the temperance. work ot the South, writes that 37 out offlF the 117 counties of Kentucky ha\e adop- "*" ted absolute and total prohibition. OSant^Sav, a joung Japenese lady writer, has been taken on the editorial staff of one of the best newspapers iv Tokio. This is the first woman in the kingdom of the Mikado who has been admitted within the circle of journalism. Ak Lennox's book depot, Hamilton, will be closed for a few day* after the 24th, intending purchasers of Christmas cardi and presents aie requested to mate* their purchases as early ai possible,