NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Hastings Standard, Issue 83, 1 August 1896, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

GENERAL ITEMS. Auckland, July 81. The woman who attempted suicide at Biases' hotel, Oxford, Mary Elizabeth Poynton, aged 50, was formerly in domestic service in Auckland. She is recovering at th 6 Hamilton hospital. No cause is assigned for the rash act. There is no clue yet as to the fate of the young man Richard Gilletfc, assistant teacher at the Coromandel school, who mysteriously disappeared at Coromandel. A great search party has been called for Sunday, when the district will receive a thorough searching* George Young, late nfghtwatchman at Tauranga, committed suicide by hanging himself to a tree in his own gardenl He had evidently premeditated the act, as he had put all his money (£3O), deeds, and valuables in a satchel and left it on the top of his bed. Young had been a resident in Tauranga for 20 years, and the fact of his being superseded lately as nightwatchman seems to have preyed on his mind. Hawera, July 81. The District Court has been engaged for a long time hearing a case in which M'Crae, owner of the stud horse Morpheus, sued Hunter, farmer, for £BOO, value of the horse destroyed in anger by Hunter's servant. The jury gave a verdict for £250. New Plymouth, July 81. A Taranaki Herald representative visited the Waitara works on Thursday to witness the new thawing process invented by Mr Peck, chief engineer of the works. The process is an entire success, and promises to revolutionise the frozen meat trade. The meat after thawing has the appearance of being fresh killed. Mr Peck has seeured the patent rights for England and the colonies. Palmebston North, July 81. A young man named Herbert Scott was committed for trial this afternoon on two charges of sheep stealing. A similar charge against Hilders Bergersen is now proceeding (10.30 p.m.). Wellington, July 81. Mr Wm. McLean, who formerly represented Wellington, will contest the city at the general election. The weather continued showery all day.* In the Wairarapa district there has been a heavy downpour, and some parts are flooded. At Featherston, three and a-half inches were registered, and at Masterton five and a half were recorded. The rain, was at »times accompanied by sleet and snow. To-day a Maori girl, aged about ten years, named Te Urn Ngahina, was severely burnt about the hands, face, neck, and body through her clothes catching fire. She was putting water into a boiler at a house occupied by a native chief named Mahupuka, one of whose tribe she is, when her apron caught fire, and the girl rushing out of the house, was soon enveloped in flames. Captain Russell, M.H.R., was passing at the time and promptly took off his overcoat and wrapped it round her, thus smothering the flames, and by his decisive action probably saved her life. She is progressing favorably,

"While playing in a lower rcom attached to his mother's residence at the back of the Ternve School, Arthur Nancarrew. aged aho-r: 8 ye.ir-. down sharply against a wi »]mv pane, which gave way, and he v. a - >r<. J imitated a distance of some 30 f> : n 1 to a concrete path. The fore of his head was greatly injured, the sfciUl being badly fractured. His condition is serious but hopes are entertained of Ms recovery. August 1. Mrs Bowen, storekeeper at Levin, is bankrupt with liabilities amounting to C' 3,116, and assets estimated to realise These. however, include book debts to the extent of £BSO. CtiRtsTCKCKCH, July 31. At the annual meeting of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association to-night it was decided that the next championship be held at Auckland early in February, 1897. The balancesheet showed a credit of £lO, assets valued at £66, and no liabilities. Dunf.dix, .July 31. The Dunedin Electric Company paid £IOO dividend, besides providing funds for the construction of a second dredge at a cost of £4OOO. Mr Peterson, grocer, applied for a mam/awn* at the City Licensing Bench to-day to compel the issue of a wholesale license, which had been refused on the ground that it was not required in the neighborhood. The Judge said there was not ground for the objection, and granted the man/lawu*. At a meeting of the executive of the Women's Franchise League it was resolved :—(1) That the executive record its indignation at the childishness exhibited by the members of the Lower House in discussing Mr Kelly's Bill providing for a half-holiday for domestic sen'ants; (2) That while a halfholiday is a greater necessity for domestic servants than any class of male workers, this executive holds it to be most injudicious that girls should by Act of Parliament be driven from their natural shelter into the streets whether they wish it or not, and would ask the Legislative Council to expunge from the Bill the clause with this objectionable provision ; (3) That the thanks of the executive be tendered to the Premier for his successful efforts in raising the age of consent to 16 years, and his endeavors to repeal the C.D. Acts. The annual meeting of the gathering of the Gaelic Society was held this evening, Mr D. C. M'Donald presiding in the absence of Chief M'Kenzie, who sent a telegram regretting his inability to *be present. The annual report showed there was a credit balance of £33. A small rush has set in near St. Bathans. The sons of the local constable discovered gold in a branch of the Manuheri river, "and several miles of ground along the terrace have been pegged out. Good prospects of coarse gold have been found in the holes which have been bottomed.