LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 58, 11 March 1881, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

- r- r - ~— — : • : r , - , '|rJNIT*D PRESS ASSOCIATION.! < - Auckland, 10th March. ~ The -Harbor Board has jinsytfctSd the secretary to wait on the Attorney-General -and ask -him to' authorise Mr 1 . BlacKetfc to report: to" the Board the beethjlace for a site tor a dock, with and without dredging. " 'Mr. Whitehorn, R.M. at Kaipara, has died in' the hospital from typhoid fever. At the inquest on the body of .Emily Barnett, a verdict «f "suicide, while in a state of temporary, insanity, was returned. An old settler named Tiller dropped dead on the Beach road, at Devonport, from heart disease:" Samuel Brown, a well-known citizen, was again brought up to-day on a charge of felony, after' being discharged from the Lunatic Asylum, and has been remanded till Tuesday, on bail. l ! r. Harvey, master of the Industrial Home, has reported to the committee cases of immorality between children, alleged to have occurred, during the previous master's management. The committee are investigating the matter. Ohristchurch, 10th March. The man who had his head crushed by a roller is recovering. The case is unprecedented. Some large yields of wheat are reported from Leeston, in one instance 71 bushels to the acre. Timauu, 10* March. The express train from the South, when close to the Timarn station, to-day, ran into a team of bullocks, killing one and injuring two others. The Canterbury Association have chartered a ship to load direct for London and Timaru, and are making arrangements for others to follow. The success which the Association has met with exceeds the most sanguine expectations. Ditnedin, This Day. Threanew insolvencies were filed this week, including McGill and Forrest, contractors, Dunedin. McGill's liabilities are .£11,2<30. assets £8,792. Forest's liabilities .£11,590, assets j£9,258.