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

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2129, 2 March 1886, Page 2

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

WKi LIXiiTON, Monday. .Mr 1-it/iihu: -.it, mrinljer for the flutt, will luvci )iisi'lfi,i!):u opposition at next eii-itiiiii Sir W V >\, Messrs Wakefleld I and Mcesuu are all iiieutiOQcd u candidate-,.

DUNEDIN. Monday. Xigoti itions weiv afoot to match Xclb'j'i ami NeoUaee to xin the Dunedin Cup (lntincc it the same wfightt for C I , oO ) to £2,000, hut it came to nothing, though it is sUted that Major (luoigo \\.\s anxious to make the (takes li»M'l money, ami gave Necklace's sup* poiti'rs tlu-ir own time for the race. The City Licvnsin » Co.tirnittee haa yranteil 11 o'clock licenses throughout the city, to take rfK-ct immediately. A recent at rival named Bruce Garrett committed suicide at the Hospital last m^'ht by hanging himself. He had only been a patient for a few dayt, and developing symptoms of insanity he waa locked up in the strong room, pending committal to the .asylum He effected self destruction l>y tying the bolt he wa» wealing and i sheet t> tin 1 window ban.

CrIRISTCKURCH, Monday. Tlie wife of a lab Hirer natne<l Sudeil*my died yesterday from the effects of a blow received in a drunken quarrel a fortnight ago, either from her hmband or through a fall.

CARTE RTON, Monday. What look's like a ciae of deliberate incendiarism oocuired on Saturday night. Shortly after 12 o'clock Donald's ttore was discoveied to be on fire, and a kerosene tin full of blazing tar .and surrounded by burning shavings and rubbish wu found underneath the flooring. The fire was .soon extinguished.

WEST PORT, Monday. A youne fiiri named Dinah Emanuel was di owned on Saturday afternoon while bathing in the Buller river by guttiim out of her depth. Her com* panion had u narrow escape from & like fate.

BLENHEIM, Monday. A btrike of cu-pontera lias occurred ag.iinst the action of employers in in« creasing the hours of work from 46 to 48 hours per wpc.