NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5803, 26 January 1887, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[UNITED PRESS ASSOMiTION.J Wellington, January 24. Saturday and yesterday were, the two hottest days of the season, and- the thermometer has regiaterad 85 degrees in the shade. . * The pilice are still prosecuting , employers of females for ke aping , them . at work on Saturday afternoons, and another case will be heard on Wednesday. j A thick fog hung over the entrance to J the harbor this morning, and the steamers entering had a difficulty in ascertaining their position. One or .two of the vessels had a narrow escape, the fog only lifting when the steamers were close on the rocks. Though there was a brilliant sunshine in town all day, the fog was thick at Island Bay and at the Heads, and the steamer Botomahana, which left for the south this afternoon, had to anchor under the pilot station for a couple of hours. Whiteman's sawmill at Waikanae was destroyed by fire on Friday last. The building and machinery were insured for £500. Nothing was saved. The origin is j unknown. A visitor returned from Rotorua states that seed potatoes left in before the eruption are springing up vigorously from the overlying mud, though som9 deep digging will be required to gather the crops. The forest trees are beginning to bud again vigorously, and he thinks there is not so much damage as was at first believed. The country, however, still wears a general aspect of desolation. January 25, The comet was visible at Karorl, near here, last night. The Alameda left San Francisco for Auckland and Sydney on the 16th January, one day la'e. The Mariposa arrived at San Francisco on the 22nd January, one day before time table date. Napier, January 25. Public holiday was observed to-day on the occasion of laying the first block of the breakwater. Christchurch, January 25. Peter Schonrup, photographer, was found dead in his shop A medical measure containing a small quantity of white crystals was lying beside him. He purohased some choral hydrate last night. Auckland, January 24. Complaints have recently been made that individuals are in the habit of frequenting railway carriages for the purpose of practisiog the three card trick on unsuspicious persons, The police have taken proceedings against one supposed offender. Martin Scull on,"' alias A. Martin, was arrested on;two charges of forgery. The Chamber of Commerce have invited Sir Julius Yogel to give his views on the proposed maritime exhibition, to be held In Auckland in 1890. He consented willingly.-,, . It is stated a requisition is being signed for presentation to the Governor praying that the recommendation of mercy in the Barrier Island murder case by the jury may be given effect to. Kaikoura, January 24. The tail of the corned was distinctly seen here on Saturday evening, Before Mr C. Whiteford, R.M., and a J.P., an information was laid against R. W. Inglis under the Rabbit Act, for neglecting to destroy rabbits, wai dismissed on the ground that the evidence for the prosecution did not sustain the charge, the evidence for the defence proving he had done all that was possible. M'Lean, for the River Board, succeeded in capsizing thre6 informations against the board under the Rabbit Act, and finally In a fourth raised the novel point that the board could not devote any of its funds to the destruction of rabbits, as the disposal of the funds was governed by Act. Judgment reserved, though the bench thought the point raised was fatal.