NEW ZEALAND.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 8075, 24 January 1887, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND.

[Pbb Pbbss Association.] AUCKLAND, Jan. 22. Jane Horne, wife of Steven Horne, attempted suicide by throwing herself into the dock, but she was rescued. A boy, Albert Jones, seven years old, was killed at Manukau by a falling tree. He had followed his father unobserved. When his father inspected the tree after it had fallen he observed blood, and a closer search revealed the mangled body of his son. Patrick Doolan, a labourer, died suddenly at Arch Hill last night, through the bursting of a blood vessel. After tea he had a violent fit of coughing, and vomited a large quantity of blood. Thomas King, Charles Coleman and Peter Hardy were arrested to-day charged vrith robbing Hughes, a returned Kimberley digger. Tne remainder of the property has not been recovered, but the police state that two of the prisoners have confessed their guilt, and that the gold dust vss sold for £6. NAPIER, Jan. 22. The valuation of the Borough is £76,432, being £BOO4 above last year, notwithstanding flie loss of £IO,OOO worth of buildings in the recent conflagration. ■ r The stables belonging to theKaikorai

Hotel were burnt down at an early hour this morning. The fire was discovered by one of the lodgers, who was awoke by a glare of flame. An alarm was quickly given, and a bucket-chain of fifty men was formed, which saved tbe hotel from destruction. The stables were insured for £250 in the South British. The estimated loss is £340. WANGANUI, Jan. 22. Yesterday was observed as a close holiday. The Caledonian Sports passed off successfully. Troy cleared sft 9in in the running high jump. WELLINGTON, Jan. 23. The United Free Methodist Conference closed last night. Fraternal greetings were received from the Wesleyan Conference sitting in Auckland, and a suitable reply was sent to them. The Government has received a cablegram from the Agent-General notifying a shipment to New Zealand of four Nordenfeldt guns. The Telegraph Department has recently been advised by the cable authorities to act upon Clause 47 of the conditions under which, according to the Convention, cable messages are to be transmitted. This clause absolutely forbids the receipt or transmission of cable messages composed entirely of secret letters, such as B.K.L.M. In accordance with Clause 10, however, messages for Australia partly formed of secret letters are receivable, and ordinary cypher messages may be sent anywhere without restriction. DUNEDIN, Jan. 22. The Governor and suite will visit the West Coast Sounds at the end ef this month in the Hinemoa. She then proceeds to Wellington for repairs, after which she brings the North Island competitors to the rifle meeting at Christchurch. INVERCARGILL, Jan. 22. At the sitting of the District Court, held to day before Judge Broad, twenty-three orders of discharge were granted. Two bankrupts appeared for public examination, and,a third did not appear, stating that he had no means to pay his fare to town. The Judge was about to deal with him for contempt of Court, when the debtor’s client pointed out that the necessary documents had not been lodged in Court by the opposing creditors. The application for the public examination was, therefore, struck out. On Monday, His Honor takes the civil business, seven cases being set down for hearing.