TELEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume XVI, Issue 219, 14 January 1892, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

UNITED PKESS .-ASSOCIATION. . Auckland Jan. 13. Adtnon Chapman, of. Norman's Hill, Onehunga, committed s&cide afc 1.30 1 brains out. The neighbors heard twc ,per cent was adopted. Wellington, Jan. 13. I The mortality in Wellington last ; year wa3 109 more than in 18S0, the • , deaths being 592 against 433. The ;• excess of births over deaths wn.3 730, ' but tha births sh.iwad an increasa of , only 17 on the previous year. } As Friday draws uear interest in the • election, thickens, and the contest pro- | mises to ba as keen as ever seau here. ; McLean held ths last of his meetings ; at the Opera House last night, tha ' Premier and !.-teeve3 speaking as wall j as himself. He addres3os a miS3 meet- j ing on the reclaimed land to-morrow j night, for which great preparations jxre \ j being made. Ball addi-e3se3 two moat- j ings to-night. Gigantic committee 1 meetings of both candidates are being j held pretty well every evening to clear i i decks and get everything in fighting ! j trim. Both side3. profess the utmost j i confidence. . j A man named Jno Poriermari was killed at Eketahuna to-day through a log rolling on him. A warrant has baari issued for the ! arrest of a man who attempted to stab IDr Grace. On Monday night a man j with whom the doctor ivvl a law saib ! some years ago, visited the. .surgery, : demanding monay, and baiug refused drew a pocket knife and attempted to stab Dr Grace in the abdoman. The total revenue of the colony for the quarter endiug Daoamber last was £1,044,^80. The Government ha 1 ? asked Lord Knutsford, Secretary of State for the colonies that the names of possible appointees to the Governorship of New Zealand should be submitted to them before the final selection is made.