NEW ZEALAND.

Press, Volume XLIV, Issue 6657, 24 January 1887, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

I PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAMS.] AUCKLAND, January 22. Jane Horne, wife of Stepnen Horne, attempted suicide by throwing herself into the dock to-day, but was rescued. A. bov, named Albert Jones, seven years cf age, W been killed at Maukau by a tailing tree. He had followed his father unobserved, and.wben the father inspected the tree after it had fallen he observed blood, and a closer search revealed the mangled body of his son. ~ . Patrick Doohn, a 1 iborer, died suddenly at Arch Hill, last night, through bursting a bloodvessel. After tea he had a violent fit of coughing, and vomited a large quanCharle- Coleman and Peter Hardv have been arrested and charged with robbing Hughes, a returned Kimberlev digger. The remainder of the property hos not been recovered, but the police BtAte that the two prisoners confessed their guilt, and that the gold dust stolen * a 5 Eold for ‘ £6 ’ NAPIER, January 22. The valuation of the borough, is J-76,432, being JESOO4 above last year, notwithstanding the loss of 2010,000 worth of buildings in the recent conflagration. r. .. : The stables belonging to .be Kaikorai Hotel were burnt down at an early hour this morning. The t tables were insured for 20250 in the fcouth British, and the estimated hss is £340. „„ WANGANUI. January 23. Yesterday waa observed as a close hol£ day. The Caledonian sports P. BS6e “ successfully. Troycle red 5m 9m at the The United Free Methodist Conference closed last night, fraternal greetings were received from the Wesleyan Conference sitting m Auckland, and a suitable reply waa Bent them . - The Government have received message from the Ag-mt-Generel the shipment to New Zealand of tour Nord< The Telegraph Department has recently been advised by the cable authontie* to act upon clause 47 of the conditions under which, according to the Convention’ messages are transmitted. This clause absolutely forbids the receipt or transmission of cable messages composed ea-

tircly of secret letters, such as b k 1 m. in accordance with c ause 10. However, messages for Australia partly formed of secret letters are receivable, and ordinary cypher messages may be sent anywhere w.tho it re striction. DUNEDIN, January 22. The Governor visits the West Coast sounds at the end of February. . INVERCARGILL, January 22. A sitting of the District Court was held to-day before Judge Broad, when twentythree orders of discharge werelgranted, and two bankrupts appeared for public examination.