TELEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume XIII, Issue 20571, 29 October 1888, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

» jiv eljsct&ic telegraph. Per United Press Association. Auckland, 27 The City Council have resolved to bring into operation the clause of the Pvating Act, 1882, and amendments. These deal especially with the recovery of rates, making* the occupant of premises primarily responsible, and after him the owner or mortgagee. Failing satisfaction of its claim the Council has the option to sell or lease the 'property upon which the rates are due. The Council will at once enforce these clauses iv the collection of rates. Chmstchurch 27. Thomas Farrell, a fireman on the Arawa, died in Lyttetlon casual ward this morning from injuries caused by accidentally falling dow-n the hold before leaving Wellington. Westport, 27. A man named Sykes died to-day in the hospital. He accidentally injured his foot on a locomotive a week ago, and erysipelas set in. Deceased was formerly a contractor »n Nelson and elsewhere. Christchurch, '27. Three lads, John Hitches, Herbert Fletcher, and Henry Holmes, ranging from 14 to 17, were committed for trial for killing a number of young pigs belonging to Hancock Bros., at Lyttelton. They went to the piggery on two consecutive Sundays, 30th September and 15th October and wantonly kicked and stoned the animals to death. They had no grudge agaiust Hancock, tbeir action being prompted by sheer cruelty. Dunedin, 27. Elizabeth Menzies, boarding-house keeper, died suddenly last night from hart-disease while bathing her neice. New Plymouth, 27 The Supreme Court wa9 occupied all day with the charge of arson against L. A. Langley, of Hawera, a storekeeper. There aro thirty wit>» nesses in tho case. Ifc is not expected to conclude till, to-morrow night. This is the last case on the criminal calendar. The civil business is heavy, including a case against the Victoria Insuranco Company, brought by M. S. Breach, to recover £3000 insugance on the Scotch Church, burned here four years ago. Auckland 27. Somo good-lookiug quartz is being exhibited at Hamilton, brought from a loader in the Waitangi district. It is understood that tho finder has entered into an arrangement with a capitalist to work the reef. It is computed that the Jubilee Steamship Company sunk nearly £4,000 in the competition with tile Northern Company. Mrs Burns, injured last week at Mount Eden railway station, died last night. Hokitika, 26 Father Walsh, parish priest of Ktunara, sustained a severe bruise by a fall from his buggy while going to Waimea. He was unconscious for threp quarters of an hour, and was subsequently conveyed in a buggy to Kumara. His injuries are believed not to be serious. Dunedin, 27. At a meeting of the Exhibition Committee it was decided to float a company with the capital of £10,000, in £ shares. A strong directorate was formed, D. Horace Hastings being appointed secretary. Over 2,500 shares were subscribed for in the room. Ib was dooided that the question of tho Exhibition colonial or intercolonial should bo left to the majority of the shareholders, but if it is to be inter-

colonial another £7000 was promised. John Roberts, (Murray, Roberts and C 0.,) President of the Chamber of Commerce, was appointed Chairman. Opinion is that now the matter has bacn taken up tho Exhibition will take place, and as a good many promises had boon received from- other provincial districts, its success so far as exLibits concerned is an assured fact. At the inquest on the body of Jessie Mcnzies who died suddenly on Thursday night, the medical man said death resulted fi'orn syncope, caused by looping with garments fastened rather tightly round tho waist. A post mortem was suggested by Dr Stenhouse for the satisfaction of the friends, and medical men. He said the public ought to know that tight-lacing, while stooping was sufficient to cause death. A verdict was returned that death resulted from natural causes, The Daily Times Las received a telegram announcing that McKeuzie, M.H.R., Pillans, McKinnon, and Fred. Muir arrived at Lutnsden, having performed the overland journey from Milford Sound to Lake Te Auau. The overland routo to the Sounds and Sutherland Falls will be practicable in summer when a track is cut. The falls have been measured, but the result is not announced by the exploring party. McKenzie says they look 1500 feet high, The scenery between Milferd Sound and Lake Te Anau is simply grand. A very good moa skeleton has been discovered at Green Island, near Dunedin. It has been presented to the Museum, and appears to belong to a species at present unrepresented there. Auckland, 26. A. Beany, of the Aachill ironworks, has completed an iron tower 30 feet high for the Courier island light- house. It is in three tiers, and the aggregate weight exceeds 80 tons. This is the first work of tho kind executed in the Colony, and is highly creditable to the local iron foundery industry. The work has been completed iv four months, cue month earlier than the contract time, to the entire satisfaction of the Government Inspector of Works. Henry Casey and Joseph Fairweather pleaded guilty at the police court to-day to firing at a kerosene tin on Suirey Hills estate, and were each fined £1 and costs. At the land sale sectious at Maiukua and Titrauga were disposed of. There was no great demand, and the total realised by the sale was £1001 10s.