TELEGRAMS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume IX, Issue 1699, 11 August 1887, Page 2

TE LEG RAMS.

[UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

WELLINGTON, August 10,

A girl named Maiten, waitress in a boaidiog house, was fouud insensible yfsterduy apparently suffenu" from the effects of poison. Slje bad nac n. few words with a fellow servant aud is supposed to luwe drunk some bella donua lotion wbieb she had for neuralgia. She is expected to recover in a day or two. The local licensing committee in whoss district the Hutt racecourse is situated recently grauted a license to a Wellington publican to sell liquor on the course. Exception was taken to this, as Hamilton, the publican had no house in the district and an information was laid to test the point. The bench to-day dismissed it, ruling that tbe licensing couiinittee could grant permits to anyone they choose. The Government have recived no information regarding the procf ediu»s of the Samoan Conference at Washington, which is supposed to have led to recent movements of various men of war. The Admiral is not subordinate to Colonial Governors, and hah probably received his instructions direct from Home. Neither has any offiei.il news yet been received regarding the Miillaud Ksiilway contract, although the Agent-General was telegraphed to on Monday. All that is known, so far, is contained in the words " contract settled."

PALMEESTO^, NNt. t August 10. At the Police Court yesterday Charles O'Connor, on six separate charges of embezzlement of various sums from 30s to £2, from W. Weekes, by whom he was employed as a cook at the Manawatu Gorge, was committed for trial ou each charge.

AUCKLAND. August 11. At an inquest on the body of the girl Clara Wimlser, who died suddenly at Hamilton. The veidict was that death was due to natural causes.

Mr. Udy has retired from the contest for EdeD, owin^ to domestic affliction.

James and Heuvv Cluna brothers, smd and Geor»e Clune, have been arrested on a charge ol'beeu concerned m the jewellery robbery.