NEW ZEALAND.

Press, Volume L, Issue 8544, 26 July 1893, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND.

(PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAMS.) AUCKLAND, July 25. The nomination paper for the election of Mr W. L. Rees was lodged with, the Returning Officer this morning, accompanied with the necessary deposit of £10. His proposers are Mr Thomas Gee, coachbuilder, and Mr W. H. Worth, Chairman of the Trades and Labour Council.

Miss Jackson, of St. George's Bay Industrial School, applied to have the fees for the hospital treatment of a child under her care remitted. She stated that such cases were treated free in the South. As the question raised was considered an important one, further consideration was adjourned pending the receipt of more definite information. At the inquest on the woman found on Takapuna beach, an open verdict was returned. The body was not identified. A new Rifle Association has been formed by Auckland Volunteer shooting representatives. The Association is for the promotion of competitions in rifle practice with Australian colonies. Provision is made for sending teams to England if needed;

NAPIER, July 25. Hitherto not much has been heard of the unemployed in Hawked Bay, except in the large increase of swaggers in the country districts. Now, however, there are many vi the towfr. ?^ v Tfa& Borough Council has decided to start at once laying mains for the new waterworks plant. Thirty men were put on-, being drawn by lot from double that number of applicants. WELLINGTON, July 25. At a meeting of the Benevolent Trustees the Secretary reported that on Thursday last four men came by train from Wairarapa, and were sent to the Benevolent Home. One was in such a terrible state of disease that they dared not* put him in a bath, and the doctor ordered him to be sent to the Hospital, certifying that he was not in a fit state to be allowed at large. The Chairman said they had heard a good deal of how benevolence was dealt outiin Wairarapa, , but if this was a typical case it reflected j little credit on the local Board. It was a j disgrace that a man in such a state should be sent in a train withbiher travellers. The master of the Home said the mattress and bedding used by the man had to be burned and the waeh-liousefoiriigated. The Secretary was instructed to demand an explanation from the Wairarapa Board. A public meeting was held at Johnsonville last night to consider a statement published by Mr H. W. London thai one of his children hud died from a cold contracted through being made Jlo sit near a broken window in the State school. Several speakers thought the wliidow should have been repaired without delay, but the Committee explained that the new glass had been broken while on the w&y from Wellington. A motion was carried exonerating the Committee and teachers from blame. At a meeting of the Executive Committee of - the Municipal Association to.d&y, the Municipal Corporations Amendment Bill, introduced by the Premier, was considered, and it was decided that the Secretary write a strong letter to the Government on the subject. The action of the Dunedin City Council in reference to the proposed electric tramway in that city was endorsed. Two young women named Maude Estall and Rebecca McNaughlin were sentenced to three months , imprisonment for attempting to hold communication with the prisoners while marching through the streets and for assaulting a warder in the execution of his duty. ; Ernest Gundalach has been committed for trial for stealing a cloak from a local hotel. The alleged offence was committed in November, 1892, but the property .wag only recently discovered in a 'suburban hotel, and was proved to have been sold by the accused, who is at present serving a sentence on another charge, Although the Supreme Court criminal session will not open for a month there are already twenty-one charges against nineteen persons on the list. . The charges include arson, forgery, unlawfully wounding, assault, robbery, and rape. NELSON, July 25. Oa 18th May last Mrs John Limmer, wife of a settler at Motueka, left her home in the evening, and notwithstanding a con. tinned search no Vace of her was found until to-day. The woman lad been in a melancholy state, and kept her room for twelve months until the evening in question. Her husband, adopted son, and- a woman engaged to attend her and the household matters, lived in the house, but her departure was not discovered for an. hour or so, when search was made. This morning the husband found the remains concealed in a gorse hedge. The flesh was off the bones, but the clothing was identified. The jury returned art open verdict, with a rider that gross negligence was shown by those who had charge of her. HOKITIKAi July 25. A terrifio gale front the north west has been blowing all day, Accompanied by heavy rain. Old houses, trees, fences, &c, have suffered considerably) '•'■ The river is rising and a heavy flood is* anticipated, as the rain is warm enough to melt the snow.