TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume IX, Issue 1574, 14 March 1887, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION). WELLINGTON, March 14. Shaw and Saville's case against the Timaru Harbor Board for the loss of the ship Lytteltbn, claiming £32,802 16s Bel, began this morning,- and is expected to last three days. . Mr. Harper, in opening, said the .real plaintiffs were underwriters and some of the owners of uninsured cargo. The contention was that the ship was lost through the negligence of the xnan acting as pilot, who was not properly licensed by the Harbor Board. "•' AUCKLAND, March 12. As a result of the recent interview with the Hon. Mr. Ballance on the "sugar beet question, it is probable that another effort will be made to establish tbe industry in the Waikato. CLUTHA, March 12. At the Clutha County Council, Captain Mackenzie, mentioned that a recipient of the Benevolent Society's funds, who died the other day, had £200 to his credit in the Bank, besides owning a section of land, and his family being well off. CHRISTCHURCH, March 14. An elderly man, named George Wells, Jiving at Liinwood, committed suicide by hanging. He had baen oyit of employmepji for some time, and was depressed in spirits. —- _^_ -^_