TELEGRAMS.

Auckland Star, Volume XVI, Issue 3807, 21 October 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(FROM OUR O'A'N CORRESPONDENT),

CAMBRIDGE, this day.

The case of hcu:e breaking against Terakahi, who was accused of haviDg broken into, aud siolen mouey from Rose's Masonic Hotel, was brought befoie the 1-5.M. Court yc-terJny. Att.r hearingevidtnee, the Magi^trate dismisjed the case, considering tuafthe witnesses were too positive in iden.ifjing coin.

TE AWAMU rU, thia day. Much indignation has been manifwted among iet»lt*s hero or»r the enss of Wok* a»d otheri and Patker, of alleg*d arson. From wbat I learn, Jhe accused mtendu lo impuan the impartiality of tbe Rasldent Magistrate.

TH-»MKS, tbisday. MARROW ESCAPE FKOM DItJWNING.

Two brotbers, about 15 years old, Lamed i Campbell, had a narrow escape fiom drowning this morijiog Tbey were pulling ott'to a | ! boat la a small dit£;y, aud seas came over j 1 and filled her, Tne boja held on lil a boat I from the schooner Marion picked tUtm up. : o j i (PER PRtS* ASSOCUIIONON.) '

NEW PLYMOUTH, this day. WEATIIKR BOUND.

Captain lieniedy, of the steamer Hawoa, reports the following vessels weath«r bound at Tonga anchoraer, Blind Bay, jeaterday evening: - Steamer Umapere, achooners Jilibant Custle, W asganui, Zion, William and Jaue, Wild Wave, and ketch Annie.

WaNGaNIJI.

Friday.

ACCIDENT AT THE RACES. Mr Kiclmd Watt, eon of Mr W. H. Watt, M.H.K , was thrown off Diantlius, in tho Hack Hurdle Race, to-day, and sustained concussion of the brain. He is in a precarious condition.

WELLINGTON, Friday. THE RIFLE ASSOCIATION MEET. Tien

Up to this evening the secretary of the New ZealaDd liide Automation has reccivcd the following entries :—Auckland, 14 ; Taramki, 3 ; Patea, 1 ; Wauganui, 20 ; Matton, 2 ; Wellington, 51 ; GreytoWD, 1; Napier, G; Gisborne, 2; Tbaine?, 11; Nelsou, 14; Mailborougb, 13; Cbrislchurch, 9. There are a large mmbw of eatricß fiom Oaiuaru, tieLakts, Invcrcargill, &c. The entries will not finally close until the 28ih instant. THE TRANSIT uF VjEXIS. The Government are making arrangements for tie observation of the tiam.it of Venus. It is probable that tb< re ■will bo three stations in Wellington. The KngJißh observation party are expect«l to arrive in Christchurch early in Notemher, and will probably fix upon JBumbam as their ttation.

CHRIS fCHORCH, Friday. ROW WITH HALL'S COMPANY.

The. Hall Company left this evening for Wellington by the Araw«ita—that is to say, some of them did—for at the lo«t moment Mr Wall and hi* pirtuer (Mr Wiltnott) had a misunderstanding of some kind, the remit being that the latter withdrew, ai>d soroa of the company, aidisg with him, r»turned to Chr stchu-'ch, lea*ing Sir Ball and his followers to proceed on their journey alone.

REPORTS ABOUT THE LEVANTER,

Among the many rumours pr»raient in town with regard to the doiogj of trie absconder Hempton, is one that he was teen at *mberley a few days ago. It is also stated on good authority that a person called at M»»am Lioch'sua Lewis's »tables on Sunday evening, and took »wt a bugyy, payi»g Mr Hempton would p*y for it, and that be \v»* going f»r a, shoit drive, 'ike buggy was not brought back till Monday morning, .Another report of a more sensational nature is that H»mpUn was known to hare a pack*t of piusaic acid with him in his flight.

This day,

A heavy fall of rain occurred last nigkt. It was b»dly wanted for crop?, and fariasrs will be immensely benefited by it.

It is proposed to form a league among the public bodies of Canterbury to agitate for the construction cf the West Coaßt railway. The Diocesan Synod yesterday pasred a resolution favourable to free kitliogs in churches wherever practicable, The young Ladiea' Clnb, which bow numbers 160 members, will op*n a new ball In Herefoid-itreetoa Monday ntxt.

DUNEDIN, Fiiday, FATaL ACCIDENT

A fatal accident happeied on Wednesday, at Adam's Flat, near Malton, At about 8 o'clock in the morning John Psskell, a settlor at that pltco, wai at work stripping a seam of coal. He had r». moved a large quantity of earth, leaving the embankment 10 feet in haight, when his son, who wis working a little diatanca off, »b»er»od the earth suddenly fall upon his father. Death mint hare brcn instantaneous, as the skull was literally shattered to fragment*.

This day.

Tbe store and dwelling of Georpo Bell, pcßtmas'er, at Itch Glutha, has been burnt down. It vtui mured ia the Colonial for £900 The loss U estimated at £300 over insuranc*.

BLUFF,

this day.

Sailed : Wairarapa for Mslbourne. MAN MISSING. A man named Coggings, late chemist at Oamsru, who has been staying at the Bluff in ill health, disippearrd on Sunday l«st. All efforts to trace him »inco have failtd. He showed signs of weakened intellect. It is presumed he committed miclde, as he tht(MtcseA to drovn himself last weclc.