THIS DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXI, Issue 192, 15 August 1887, Page 2

THIS DA Y'S TELEGRAMS.

New Plymouth, August 15. Day, who was reported to have murdered his children, proves to have only imagined he , had done the deed. The Herald correspondent rode over tp the man's residence and found the children and wife all right, only frightened at his conduct. He is well to do in a small way, and is a hard working man, but troubled with religious mania. In money matters his wife says they were never better off in their lives. He has never before been harsh or unkind to the children. He has a new house and every comfort of a small farmer about him. ! Auckland, August 15. On Sunday forenoon Thomas Herbert Biggs, a shoemaker at Parnoll, blew out his brains with a bull dog revolver. Deceased was aged 51) years, and had been depressed through brooding over money matters but was really well to do. He had been a teetotaller for 16 years. He formerly served in the 58th regiment. On Saturday night two houses in Stagfield road, occupied by Holt and Neal, were destroyed by fire. The total loss was £800, only partly insured. The Northern Company's si Clansman, while en route to Tauranga on Friday night, met with an accident to her boilers, and had to bo towed in by the ss Douglas The Island mail steamer Richmond, due here on Friday last, tins not arrived. Capt Bernoch, of the ts Ohau, reports passing a steamer believed to be tho Richmond bound South on Saturday. Possibly the Richmond may make Wellington hv first port of call this trip, \ Hokitika, August 15. Gold hai been struck ut Acre Creek, half a mile south of tho prospectors clnim. The wash dirt ia two feeb thick aud improving and yields two grains to the dish. TIMAEU, August 15. At the annual meeting of the S.C.J.C. the other night it was decided to consult the Timaru Racing Club with a view to amalgamation. The T.R.C. held a meeting on Satur - day night, and decided not to fall in with the suggestion at present. Dunedin, August 15. Mr Larnach speaking at Portobello on Friday said that not only was it the intention of the Government to severely taper off borrowing, but to keep the future spending out of the loan money nearer half a million than a million per annum. The Government were absolutely sincere in their determination to effect retrenchment.