TELEGRAMS.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 278, 24 November 1888, Page 8

TELEGRAMS.

Wanganth, this day. CATHOLIC CHURCH BURNT. Tiie Maori Catholic Church at Jerusalem, 60 miles up the Wanganui River, was burnb down yesterday. It is supposed fchat fche fire was the work of incendiarism.^ Tho police are inquiring infco fche circumstances. Blenheim, fchis day. SKELETON FOUND. This morning, some excavators near Blenheim discovered a human skeleton believed to be fchat of William Reeves, formerly of Spring Creek near here, who was missed 17 years ago. GOOD GOLD RETURN. Afc Gome's claim (Mahakapawa), fche washing for the week produced 43oz_ of splendid looking gold. SEVERE FROST. There was a severe frosfc last night. Christchurch, this day. EMPLOYMENT OF FEMALES ACT. Ballantyne and Company were fined £3 for working girls after hours. The defence was that they stopped behind fco finish work in the absence of the overseer. Dunedin, fchis day. BOWLING TOURNAMENT. The Bowling Association baa fixed the annual tournament and Inter-Colonial matches in Dunedin for February, the date to be arranged. The resulb of the draw for the Association medals is: Wellington plays Wanganui, Auckland play? New Plymouth, Canterbury plays Balclufcha, Invercargill plays Oamaru, Christchurch plays Caledonian, Dunedin plays Timaru. SALE OF A MINE. The owners of the O.P.G. Mines ab Wnipori, on reconsideration, have agreed to accept the English oiler of £1,000 cash and . the remainder in scrip for their properties. INQUEST ON EARL. At the inquest on Wm. Earl, who was a manufacturing chemist, the verdict returned was—-"Died from natural causes." Dr. Alexander suid that death might, be fche resulb of an overdose of chloral, not necessarily intentional, as the. deceased had beet, abstaining from food, tho appearances were consistent therewith. LAND SETTLEMENT. One hundred and nineteen applications woro received ab Dunedin this week for Crown land selections in various districts. DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. John Mclntyre. labourer, employed n*> Purakonui Cliffs works, was seriously injured by an explosion of dynamite. FIRE AT GREEN ISLAND. A tour-roomed house at Green Island, occupied by Miss Jessie Gray, was burned down thia morning. Insurance: £50 in the National. Invercart.ilt., this day. SEIZURE OF SEALSKINS. Some months ago when the 6chooner Awarua returned fco the BlaC from a cruise in Bass Straits the customs authorities seized the sea'skins on board, and refused fco give them up until a satisfactory explanation had been given as to whore they had been obtained. A statutory declaration was made and the embargo on skins removed, but Mr Hatch was required to pay expenses. This he did, bufc under protest. The money was refunded to-day. ANOTHER USE FOR RABBITS. A farmer just returned from Great Britain states thafc afc Smifchfield .here were exposed for sale immenso quantities of rabbits from the Continent, and he suggested that it might; not be a bad plan to freeze rabbits in tho fur and pond them homo from New Zealand. Rabbits from Franco sell from lOd fco Is each wholesale.