TELEGRAMS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume III, Issue 296, 4 September 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

' [per united press association."! DUNEDIN, This Day. An important sale of runs took place on August 31st by the Government auctioneer. The total annual rental realised as tbe result of the sale was i' 9,000, or on an average Bd..per acre, which is about three times the amount they are at present bringing in. The runs are tbe educational reserves, and the sale was on behalf of the School Commissioners of Otago and tbe high school'?. Board of Governors. ; Mr. McGregor, C.E., dislocated his shoulder .by being thrown from his horse yesterday. AUCKLAND,, This Day. Dr. Richardson, who attended the girl Sarah Johnston throughout ber fatal illness, states, in a published letter, that he suspected poisoning from arsenic or corrossive sublimate from the first and treated her accordingly. The Borough Council has decided tb ask the ratepayers to sanction the borrowing of £'14,500, to lay another ; main from the reservoir to supply the demands for motive power. The revenue derivable will be about £800. The requests for water for motive power Lave outgrown the present service. At a meeting of the acclimatisation Society it was stated that Professor Sutton prononuced the fish recently caught iv the Wainrnkariri to be Californian salmon, and a letter was read from a resident in the Ashburton district stating that a salmon weghing 271bs had been lulled in the river with a pitchfork. A blacksmith, named Johu W. Lyttle, was charged with bigamy at the Police Court, and remanded for a week. Lyttle was married to his first wife at Belfast in 187G, and with her emigrated to New Zealand, and resided for a considerable time at Taranaki. He left iv quest of employment, and was supposed to have been lost in the wreck of the ill-fated Tararua. His wife, who believed that such was the case, accepted <'the hand of a mau named Baker, a settler, and was married, not dreaming that Lyttle was alive. Lyttle, becoming aware of the fact that his beloved wife had found another husband, wont to Wanganui, and made love to a j'ouug woman known as Polly Willows, whose parents lived at Newton. Polly induced her husband to take her and her baby to Auckland, where her friends resided ; and here he would fiud work. This, however, became known in. Wanganui, and a facetious paragraph appoaiing in a local j paper, led to the arrest of Lyttle here on a charge of bigamy. — Bail was allowed, himself in MoO and two sureties of £50 each. At midnight, a fire broke out iv the block of five two-storey shops iv Newton, belonging to Mr. Walker, a butcher. It commenced at Maniott's an auctioneer ; the cause is unknown. Marriott'B/(fancy goods), and Walker's (butcher's shop), were burnt down. Those burnt down were insured in the* Royal for £1200 ; and in the Colonial for jE3SO. Mr. Walker's furniture was insured for £50 ; as were also Marriott's goods in the Colonial for £300, being one-third of their value. Mr. Spinley was insured, others unknown. Two shops were saved, but damaged. They are insured in the Colonial Office for £750. Some of these risks are probably reinsured in other companies. Sarah Johnston's sister states that it was no fault of Cleaver's, that the marriage did not take place earlier before the birth of the child. He pressed Sarah to marry him. : Barlow's shooting affair is now exposed by the chiefs , Wahanui and Te Whitiora. Patnpatu, iMirlow's companion, confessed that he and Tv Tawhiao, son of King Tawliiao, were bribed by Barlow : Tv Tawbiao received a watch, a ring, and £5, and Pfttupatu received £4. Wahanui and Te Whitiora deserve great credit for the exposure. ' > Walters, the race-horse ownerj is somewhat better. A mau named Roy, at' Cmeiiunga, plowed some molten lead into a bottle of water. ' The bottle exploded, scattering the lead over his face. It is feared it will cause' total blindness. INVERCABGILL, This Day. At the inquest on Morton a verdict was returned " That he died from a dose of arsenic administered by himself, he being at the time of unsound mind." General regret is felt,*.but little surprise is expressed at Morton's death by his own act. He was a clever landscape gardener, and an enthusiast in natural historj', besides being more than usually learned in botany, especially in that of New Zealand plants. In these lines ■he was known' and appreciated by leading savants and amateurs in the colony and elsewhere. l TIMARU, This Day The body pf E. H, Tate, who has been missing since Wednesday, was found on- Saturday afternoon, about five miles north of Timuru, by tjvo little girls ; and word was at once sent to the police. The body was -close' to the top of tbe cliff overlooking the sea and amongst the tussocks. It was 'lying on its back, with legs extended and arms close to the sides ; one band grasping the tussocks. The face, was calm, and the whole aspect, with the exception ojf the bands, one of perfect repose. No signs of violence are on the the body ; in fact, nothing so far as to lead to any surmise as to tbe cause of death. He must have been lying two daysat least. The body was brought into town. An inquest will be held. Mr. Tate was formerly resident in Wellington, but had lived here for thirteen years. He was greatly respected by all classes of the community. He • was about sixty years of age , and leaves a large family. GREYMOTJTH, This Day.

The wreck was put up to auction on Saturday afternoon, but no bid was received. A large gang of men is engaged in out .her side, with view of saving the machinery and- boilers. ' , CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. A firo occurred in High-street this morniug, and made a clearance of some building's' which bad long been an eyesore in the centre of the city. The fire comruenced shortly after midnight in the shop occupied by the " Learned Pig" and" Aimless Lady," next King's furniture" 'shop. Efforts were made to rescue ' thelearned j pig, which, was in front of premises, but without avail! It was roasted dlive." The fire rapidly spread- southward, where the buildings were very old, and of very inflammable character 1 . The progress of flames northward was much slower, owing to King's furniture warehouse being plastered inside. • The fire brigades were very early at work, but before the flames were extinguished, the following buildings were destroyed : — On the south, a 'shop occupied by Mr. DToberty, tobacconist ; and Madam Lottie Wil- , mot's shop, occupied: by Mr. Crocker. The insurances are — Building occupied by King, £500 m the Standard office ; stock of furniture, i'IOOO in same office. Both these policies expire torday. Two billiard tables and furniture, belonging to Mr. Traile, were destroyed in a room over King's, chop ; insured for £400 in the Transatlantic-; policy expires on the 9th September. ]\lr,. Dougherty, tobacconist, lost £50 in stock,' and was not insured. Mrs. A. E. Thompson, the armless lady who was the 'proprietor of the learned pig,, estimates her loss, including the pig, at JBsooi aud'isnot insured. King and Hulberb'B stock was much damaged by removal. James Service, a butclier, who accident, ajly cut his thumb while killing a pig on August 11, died in the hospital to-day.