LATE TELEGRAMS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume 24, Issue 1259, 13 January 1894, Page 3

LATE TELEGRAMS.

(By ElectricTelegbaph.) BY OUR SPECIAL~CbRRESPONDENT.

•Dunedix,, Ja'ri. 11. _ Bishop Moran is in a very critical state of health.

Some of the heavy crops in the Taieri district have been laid by heavy rains. Instrnctions have been received by vario :s post office authorities to the effect that the currency of postal notes is now unlimited. The order*datiiig : from-January 1, 1894, under the Post Office Act Amendment Act.

The term of the present Railway- Commissioners' appointment expires on the 27th inst. .".'-.

It is estimated that the purchases of butter, and cheese .in Taranaki, ■ during the current seasons, for the British market will total £20;000. The Wellington Post has authority for stating that.Mr G. J,ellicoe has been instructed to lodge a'petition-against the return _ of: M r H. D. Bell for one of the Wellington City seats on the ground that he made.improper payments in connection with his election csiitest. Rirmour says that steps are also to be taken-to try and unseat Mr J. Duthie and Dr. Ne»vman. The Chief [Justice and Justice Richmond ara the judges .before whom the petition -against Sir RobertStout's return is to>. .be iuqnired -into. The date of hearing has not. been fixed, but it will-probably be early in'.Februai-y. A sensatioual incident occurred at Fillis' Circus in Christcuurch yesterday. Cox, the animal trainer, was putting a Bengal tigress through :her usual performances. He -placed his head in the .animal's mouth,, when •she sud.leuly closed ■ her .-jaw inflicting painful wounds on the trainers.face. Gox retained great' presence of mind, and released himself without further injury.- The incidentcaused cosiderable consternation among-the audience. Despite the injuries he- received,' in the afternoon he went through .another performance with the tigress. At the circus in the evening, a lady was to have entered the lion's cage, but the police prevented her doing so.. The Times' Wellington correspondent learnt from private sources that movement is on foot among the leaders of the Labour Party, of New South Wales, both within and with-. <ont .Parliament,, to invite the Hon. W P. ißeeves to •the colony to deliver a series of addresß.to constituencies in the interests of Democracy. "-•'.■/ Doxkdin, January 12. The Rev. Finlayson and MrMarkCohen are candidates for the? Education Board. The Palmerston High School have nominated D. Borrie and the Hon. Joh.d-Macgregor. The Clutha Leader states that Mr Thomas Mackenzie, M.H.R.,.. leaves ifor Dunedin.on Monday to take the general managership of the Mutual Agency Company for a few months. -. .>-■.'

This morning the dead body of a man was ; found at Paheatua Creek. There was a cut over the left eye and an another near the mouth : . The deceased's watch and other belongings were picked up on the road near where the body was found. The deceased is a stranger, and is unknown here, but was seeu yesterday with a swag, which he .said was a valuable one. He appeared strange in?..his. manner,' and complained of having bjeeri robbed of a diamond ring. I -"The-Chief liairy Expert for New "who arrived «yesterday, says it is highly probible that a large syndicate will be for-ned shortly to run a direct Hue of steamers between Liverpool, Manchester, and New Zcala id. He is convinced that New Zealand w ill h ive to be brought into closer communication with the Home cousumer, as at present colonial products pass through the hands of too many middlemen. Mr Valentine awaits the arrival of the Minister for Lands and Mr Ritchie, and after conferring with them will start on a tour of inspection of the dairy factories and creameries of the colony. The New Zealand Pine Company's mill at Invercargill was destroyed by fire this afternoon, together with about £7OO worth of timber.