TELEGRAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 5360, 3 December 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

[united pbess association.] TEMPORARY INSANITY. Dunedin, December 2. At the inquest on Simon Hodge it was proved that deceased- had been suffering from congestion of the brain, and the verdict was " temporary insanity." VALIDATION WANTED. Judge Williams has decided that the whole of the corporation leases are void because they purport to grant a valuation which isultravires. The decision affects a considerable^ amount of property, and a validation act must' be passed. A NARROW ESCAPE. Napier, December 2. The four Maoris of Wairoa, who were suffering from the effects of eating bread into which strychnine had been put by mistake for soda, have recovered. An inquest was held on the body of the fifth native and resulted in a verdict from accidental poisoning. . INQUEST. An inquest was held yesterday on the body of Margaret Nesler, an inmate of the lunatic asylum, who had persistently refused for 40 days to take food. The verdict was death from voluntary starvation. FIRES. Christohurch, December 2. A granary with a chaff-cutting plant and 1600 bushels of wheat, belonging to R. Daly of Swanpanoa, was destroyed by fire. The cause ' is not known. The insurance is £300 in the New Zealand office. Dunedin, December 2. Fearou's Opoho Hotel was burned down yesterday. Napier, December 2. A house at Kaikora occupied by W. Anderson, fellmonger, was destroyed by fire yesterday* It was insured by the owner for £7.00. in the National. The furniture was insured in the South British for £40 by Anderson. Owing to suspicious circumstances, Anderson was arrested last night. THE PREMIER LECTURING. ■ -...,. Wellington, December 2. The Hon. the Premier left for Masterton this morning, where he delivers a lecture to-night. OTIRA TOLL ABOLISHED. The Otn-a toll on the.Canterbury-West Coast road, against which there has been a good deal of opposition, has been abolished. ADMIRAL TRYON. Major Bodham, and Lieutenant Smythe (torpedo instructor), who are at present in Canterbury, have received order* to

proceed to Auckland to meet Admiral Tryon on his arrival there.

His Excellency the Governor has received a cablegram from the Admiral to the effect that he expects to arrive in New Zealand waters about the 15th inst. It is understood that Dr Von Haast has recommended to Government that Mr C. Keyworth, who was Assistant-Secretary for the New Zealand Industrial Exhibition, be appointed for the Indian and Colonial Exhibition. Government will, it is said, sanction the appointment.