The Cromwell Argus, AND NORTHERN GOLDFIELDS GAZETTE. Cromwell: Tuesday, June 2, 1885. SPECIAL TELEGRAPHIC.

Cromwell Argus, Volume XVII, Issue 842, 2 June 1885, Page 2

The Cromwell Argus, AND NORTHERN GOLDFIELDS GAZETTE. Cromwell: Tuesday, June 2, 1885. SPECIAL TELEGRAPHIC.

(FRO.U OUK OWN COKHESPONDBXT.) DUN ~lt~D I N . • Monday Evening. The body of John Aitken, farmer, was found in a small creek on his farm near Outram, on Saturday. He was lying with both hands under his breast. No evidence was forthcoming of how he got iuto that position, and the jury returned a verdict of " Found Drowned." It is stated that a quantity of blasting powder and a piece of fuse was found inside a barn at Maungatua, where a wedding had taken place the previous evening. The fuse had been lighted but had gone out before reaching the powder, John Ayres, the Auckland jeweller, who had been charged with stealing from a pawnbroker's shop goods to the value of £IOO, about a year ago, has been discharged without a stain on his character. The police have made two arrests in connection with the jewellry robbery in Wellingtonone at Lyttelton of a man named Appendale, who had been employed at the Te Aro Hotel. On the room which he occupied being searched a couple of key-hole saws were found and also a gimlet, while in a carpet bag lying in the room was some of the missing property. The man'arrested at Wellington is John Davis, a mul- ' The Colonial Treasurer has received £l4O from some person in New South Wales, who states that many years ago he wronged the Government to that amount. There will be about £14,000 for distribution m the estate of Waring Taylor, which will give about 3s in the pound to the creditors. Thos. Howe, formerly time-keeper on the Lyttleton railway, and eight other employees, are charged with defrauding the Government by means of Howe giving the others credit for doing work which they never performed. The exact amount of the defalcations is not known, but is believed to be some hundreds. Howe was arrested in Wellington. An undertaker at Bulls has died from inhaling the effluvia from the corpse of a Maori chief while placing it in the coffin. A chess match by telegraph has been arranged between the Canterbury club and some Dunediu players. GABLE HE¥S, London*, May 30. The reply of the Russian Government to the proposals of the English Foreign Office was received yesterday and made public. An arrangement has been come to that Maruchak and the Zuliiikar Pass remain in the possession of Afghanistan, and the work of the Commission will only include the details of delimitation, the main points having already been fixed. The project which was set on foot to establish a hospital at Port Said as a memorial to General Gordon has been abandoned. The committee which have charge of the subscriptions are now considering to what use the funds will be put. The latest bulletin in regard to the health of the Emperor William states that he is decidedly better. General Graham, in his despatches, commends the general order maintained by the New South Wales Contingent, and states that by their action a bright example lias been shown of the latent military strength of the empire, and that the soldierly spirit shown by them was a theme of universal admiration. INTERCOLONIAL. A large and enthusiastic meeting was held in Melbourne on Friday to initiate a movement to erect a statue to the late General Gordon.

There were about 4000 present, and the project was approved, and subscriptions promised. The two men, Ross and Milne, arrested on a charge of being connected in the extensive robbery from the London Chartered Bank at Horseham in 1884, have been remanded. It is stated that the Queensland Government are in possession of information from an authentic source to the effect that Milne Bay, New Guinea, has been forcibly seized by a German vessel.