TELEGRAMS,

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 2501, 10 August 1893, Page 2

TELEGRAMS,

{PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.! WELLINGTON, August 8. Burglars carried off a quantity of jewellery yesterday afternoon from tbe bouse of Mr Ritchie, Cbief Inspector of Stock, in tho absence of the family. All tba stolen property, except one watob, was recovered at a pawnshop this afternoon, bat there is no olue to the thief. Tbe long standing law suit between T. E. Maodonaid and tba Colonial Bank, bas been compromised by tbe latter taking £1500 in full payment. WELLINGTON, Anguet 10. The Wellington Knights of Labor have carried a resolution Btrongly protesting against tbe sale of any portion of tbe Cheviot estate, and urging that a special Parliamentary committee be set up to enquire into tbe acquisition of tbe Tamati and Umataroa blocks by Messrs Gadman 1 and Smith, and into Me Cadtnan having been said to have participated in tbe profits from the said purchase while Native Minister. AUCKLAND. August 10. A rrarße girl, Edith May George, aged 17, attempted suicide yesterday by dissolving match- heads in milk and drinking tb.fi contents. Sbe is believed to be suffering from religious mania. Sbe was removed to tbe hospital, and lies in a precarious! condition. The directors of tbe Coal Co. have declared a dividend of 7£ per cent, per annum. BLENHEIM, August 10. A vouDg man, aged 21, named Denis O'Leary, wbb drowned while crossing the Awatere river. His horse reared and fell in midstream, and also was drowned.