COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 382, 26 November 1889, Page 3

COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

(raoir OUB OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Nipibk, last night. Ah Yack’e body was exhumed and examined at the Napier Hospital yesterday in order to ascertain whether it was subject to violence prior to death. At first it was thought the condition of the vertebrae indicated that the neck bad been dislocated, hut upon close examination it was found that the suspicious protuberance was due to alterations in tbe surrounding tissues. As the examination proceeded it was considered by one of the medical men present that the intestines appeared to have been acted upon by poison, and part of the stomach and contents of the bladder were removed for future analysis. No signs of death by strangulation were apparent. The examination was conducted by Dr Spencer, in the presence of Drs Moore, Linney, Faulkner, and Menzies, Tbe statement of tbe estate of Major Slingshy Bell shows — unsecured creditors, £3.940; secured, £29.747; value of securities, £43,664 ; other liabilities. £903 ; total assets, £17,201; surplus, £l2 397.

Auckland, last night. A rush is already setting in to Puhipnhi, a number of prospectors, sharebrokers, and others interested in tbe discovery, having left for the field from Auckland and Kawakawa, and other districts. A meeting of the prospectors was held at Whangarei. It is said that as the result of the meeting the Government will not be requested to proclaim the field at once, as prospectors are anxious to secure their rights. The liabilities in the joint estate of Tonks and Co., auctioneers, bankrupts, amounts to £12.802, whilst the assets are estimated at £7,898. Wellington, last night With reference to the find of silver at Puhipnhi (Auckland) tbe Government state they do not intend to proclaim the field until in receipt of the official return of the assay. Christchurch, last night. Everything has been satisfactorily arranged in regard to the Kaiapoi tailors, and MBey returned to work this morning, Dunedin, last night. F The work of preparing for the opening of the Exhibition to-morrow is being pushed forward with great vigor, and Saturday witnessed a great change in the appearance of tbe courts. Work was continued till midnight. The appearance of the building lighted np was very pretty and effective, and from the bill surrounding the city tbe wbole 13 sores of buildings appeared as a blaze of light. When tbe colored globes are placed and all tbe banting is in position the various avenuss will look vary attractive. Tbe Gisborne bay looks very well, comparatively speaking. At a meeting of the Dunedin Jockey Club the rules of racing agreed to at tbe Wellington Conference were unanimously adopted. ■At a meeting of the Dunedin Pressmen it was decided to take steps to extend a cordial welcome to vieiting Press representatives. Invescabgtll, last night. A strong feeling has been excited by two bullocks suffering from cancer being sold at the Junction yards to a butcher. Unsightly lumps almost as large as a man’s head hung from the animals' jaws, but they brought £4 2s 6d each. The local Insnector wrote to his superior, but he was powerless to interfere, cancer not being included in the diseases mentioned in the Cattle Act. The matter has been reported to the Government.