SECOND EDITION. GENERAL TELEGRAMS. [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Evening Post, Volume XLV, Issue 1, 3 January 1893, Page 3

SECOND EDITION. GENERAL TELEGRAMS. [ UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Chuistchurch, 2nd January. Bishop Julius will leavo for Wellington to-morrow to catch tho Dorio, in order to proceod to England. He intends to bo absent six months. Nelson, 2nd January. On Sunday afternoon Mr. H. D. Jackson, an old resident, formerly Provincial Auditor, died suddenly, it is bolioved from heart disease, from which ho had boon Buffering. This Day. On Sunday morning tho stable and cowsheds belonging to Captain Clonaton, in tho Maitai Valley, wero destroyed by firo, it is supposed by spontaneous combustion from green hay which was recently placod thoro. Thero was no insurance, and tho loss is about Napieb, Tina Day. A middle-aged Maori chief named X arena, rosiding at Omahu, in a fit of jealousy fired a revolver thrice at his wife, but missed each timo. Tho police have gone out to arrest him. Westport, This Day. The total output for tho yoar was 198,190 tons. Dunedin, This Day. A number of shopkeepers are to bo proceeded against for not giving a half holiday to their assistants in the week preceding Christmas. This Day. A sorions firo ocenrrod at Akaroa this morning, which destroyed , tho wholesale storo belonging to Daly, together with tho Akaroa Boating Club's shed. Tho storo was insured for .£3OO, and tho contents for £X>o, in tho Liverpool London and Globe oflico. The working apparatus of the Sports and Regatta Committee, and four outrigger boats were destroyed. Tho insurances on the boats and ahed amounted to .£SO, in the South British. The los 9is estimated at £60. New Plymouth, This Day. Inspector Pardy lott hero en route to Dunedin to-day. Before leaving the district, ho visited all the out settlements, aud on returning from Pungarehu ho was mot by a lareo cavalcado of natives, undor tho leadership of Kahui. They saluted tho Inspector by taking off their hats } and then Kahui, on behalf of tho others, wished him a happy New Year, and expressed sorrow at his transfer lrom tho district. Tho Inspector made a few remarks to the Maoris, who then gave threo cheors for Paro (Pardy), the friend of the Maoris.