THIS DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XX, Issue 245, 14 October 1886, Page 2

THIS DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Wellincwon, October 14. A contract has been let for a temporary asylum at Porirua, A fair sized building will be erected at a cost of nearly £2000, to which able bodied patients will be transferred and set to work on the grounds. Mr Blackett's report on the Oamaru breakwater has been forwarded to the Board. Application was made to the Government to supply the money necessary for the repairs, the Board's fuuds being exhausted. The Government refused to do anything until one of their officers had seen it, and Mr Blackett's report is the result, The district will have to find the money iteelf. The concrete blocks have been undermined in plnces by the action of the sea and given way in consequence of there not being suf ficient better on the outside or any protection to the monoliths. Oamaktj, Octoper 14, At tht- inquest hold this morning upon the remains of tho child found by the police, evidence was givtin that a woman named Sorg. nson gay« birth to a female child two months ago, and a month afterwards remove] to another cottage, taking her two children with her. She remained at the latter placi about a week, and then went to Dunedin with only one child, nnd told her friends that the other was with a woman at East Taieri. The child had disappeared so suddenly that the neighbors suspected foul play. Dr Garland's evidence was that the body had been mutilated so as to destroy the sexual organs to prevent identification. The inquest stands adjourned for a fortnight to give time for further investigaciou. The womau is still at, large, Wellington, October 14. la his circular to the local bodies re the loan Acts of last session, Sir J. Yogel says he has determined to receive applications from todies which have only resolved to recommend borrowing to the ratepayers, but that no money will be paid until the statutory formalities are complied with. Woodville, October 14. C. H. Weber, an engineer residing at Napier, and an old settler, left this town for Pahiatua on Tuesday week to inspect the land in the Mangatamoko block, with a view to purchasing. He has not been heard of since, and grave fears are entertained as to his safety, as the river a were in flood at the time. A search party was out yesterday, but got no tidings, and another party has gone out to-day to make further search. Aockulnp, Ootober 14. The Stark enquiry commenced this morning. A long discussion took place ai to the order of business, particularly whether evidence should be elicited by the Vigilance Committee or the Government. It was ultimately resolved that the witnesses should make a general statement of what they know of the matter, and be cross-examined by counsel.— E. W. Alison was the first witness proposed to be called, but he lodged a long written/protest against giving evidence at this stage on the ground that he had been accused of conspiracy, and according to English law he could not give evidence against himself. It was resolved to begin with the evidence of Oliver Mays, and his examination is now proceeding. Wanganui, October 14. In the Supreme Court to-day the case of the National Mutunl Life Insurance Company!?; London, canvasser for the Government Insurance Association, commenced. The claim ia £2,500 for an alleged slanderous statement made by Loudon in trying to gee business to the effect that the National Mutual was not sound, aud must soon come to grief at the rate it was paying for new business, and further that it took lives without medical examination. Mr Chapman, of Wellington, appnnred for the plaintiffs, and Mr Barnicoat, of Wanganui, for defendaut. The evidence up to the mid-day adjournment was wholly for the plaintiffs, and generally corroborative of the statements made in the claim.