TELEGRAPHIC

Evening Star, Issue 7749, 22 October 1888, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC

HOME AND FOREIGN. fPBB Press Association.] OBITUARY. London, October 20, (Received October 22,1888, at 12 40 p.m.) Rear-admiral Shortland (retired) is dead.

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL London, October 20. Iron: Best Scotch pig (No, 1), 41s 9d.

The wheat market shows a general decline of 6d. The Continental market is depressed, but the American market is steady. Australian wheat (ex warehouse), 435. For cargoes of the new crop sellers are asking 435. New Zealand long-berried is quoted at 435. The money market is weak, owing to abundant supplies in the open market. New Zealand hemp has advanced from L3O 5s to L3O 10s. INTERCOLONIAL. [By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright.] [Per Press Association.] FATAL TRAIN COLLISION. Melbourne, October 22. (Received October 22,1888, at 12,40 p.m.) This morning a goods train dashed into a milk tram from Narrewarren. MacNamara, the driver of the goods train, jumped from his engine as he saw the impending collision, but stumbled and was cut to pieces by his own train. Considerable damage to the rolling stock resulted from the accident. IN TERPEO VIN Cl AL. :Pbr United Press Association,] AUCKLAND, October 22. Yesterday morning the stables at Archill, belonging to MrMaurice Casey, city nightsoil contractor, were destroyed by fire. One young pony wag burned to death. The harness and grain were destroyed, as were some Corporation carts. The total damage is LSOO. The insurance is L2OO, in the New Zealand Office. Blower’s stables adjoining were also destroyed, but the horses and harness were saved.

Two young members of the City Guards on Saturday afternoon set up a kerosene tin on the Surrey Hills Estate and began firing at it with rifles at a distance of 500 yards, A bullet whistled past a gentleman and little girl walking in Crummer road, and then penetrated the wall of a house, smashing some things in the kitchen. The police were informed, and put a stop to this extraordinary rifle practice in a thickly-populated district; and the youths, named Henry Casey and Joseph Fairweather, will be charged with a breach of the Police Offences Act,

Yesterday morning two residents of_ Onehunga named John M‘Mahon and William Hayter were arrested on a charge of being unlawfully at the reservoir, situate at One Tree Hill. This reservoir, which is to supply Onehunga with water, was lately found to be leaky, and certain suspicious circumstances caused the contractor to place a watchman on the premises. About 1 a.m. yesterday these two men approached the enclosure, burst open the door, and entered after doing some damage outside. The watchman fired his revolver at them, but missed them, and they made off. The police were informed, and within an hour had the two men named in custody.

Mr A. Boardman has given notice that at the half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders in the Bank of New Zealand, to ho held to-day, he will propose some alteration in the deed of settlement with reference to the appointment of auditors. At present no one other than shareholders possessing 200 shares can be an auditor, and the object in view is to abolish this qualification, so that shareholders may be enabled to elect gentlemen to fill the position of auditors whether they be shareholders or not. The report of the Point Resolution Commissioners has been forwarded to Wellington. Hone Te One, the well-known Maori chief, is dangerously ill at Kawhia. A gold prospector named Frederick Bourke has been accidentally killed at Waikorimako (Coromandel). Me had gone out to fetch water on Sunday night, and not returning, a search was made, when he was found in the creek, with his head dreadfully cut. He died several hours afterwards. It is supposed that he fell in accidentally. A large public meeting was held on SaturCoromandel, when a resolution was unanimously passed condemning Sir James Hector’s action re Mr Witheford at the Melbourne Exhibition, and calling upon the Government to compel Sir James to withdraw his imputations. Eliza Jane Cochrane, aged three years, died this morning at Parnell from scalds sustained yesterday afternoon by falling into a basin of boiling water in her parents’ house.

At the Resident Magistrate’s Court to-day Mr Button, on behalf of the Bar, bade goodbye to Mr Seth Smith, R.M., on the occasion of the latter leaving for Christchurch, Mr Smith, in replying, said he understood that his stay in Christchurch would be short, but he would not be surprised if he were removed permanently from Auckland. NAPIER, October 22.

The building used as a class room, detached from Mrs Heath’s boarding school, was destroyed by fire last night. Insurance: L2OO in the National. The main building was saved. CHRISTCHURCH, October 22.

The sentence of Wilson, the Salvationist, to four days’ imprisonment; the sentences for obstruction and annoyance having been made concurrent.

TIMARU, October 22,

The evening service at the Baptist Church yesterday was abruptly broken up, A paralytic, seventy years of age, fell off his seat in a fit, and from the excitement caused a lady in the choir went off into hysterics and then fainted. Two parties had to be organised to carry the patients home.