TELEGRAMS.

North Otago Times, 25 January 1906, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

'-; AUCKLAND.: ■;■'■.■' ] ,:•,'.' ... ;■■ ;"' "■ January 21. I In connection with; the Archill affair,-it 1 Is now stated that: a woman and two, ] pirls in a house were thrown on the , floorby the lightning shock,-and. in an- ■ otlipr house near a man was pitched off J chair -on which ho was sitting. In a- ■ third house a woman had a. knife in her hand; and the lightning ran up the .knife and blackened her face, .but no serious injury resulted,. ":■,-. ■■, ; - . A- 'young- woman returning-home .from collecting rents at ten last night at Ton- ■ sonby was seized by the throat uy a man from behind' in a side street, and, robbed '.' of a bag containing;!., large sum oi money and cheques. The man, made off ..into thoi adjoining park, and escaped. / ; '/' The itfcfucs't on Hie todies recovered after the collision between the Claymore and .: the Kapanubwas continued to-day. In the course of'Ms evidence Captain Soul%ato, of the Kapanui, stated that he could hot ho' inside ibe Gael on the day of the collision as he would have to'pass over mine 3 fields, against which the Wellington ■■:'■ authorities- had warned master mariners. e The coroner : remarked that ii this state- ; ment had been made at the liii'rineih- •. quiryit might have had an important cfs feet on the decision, - The division of educational districts hi-, ■ to three wards, as provided': by the, I'ltlu- .: cation Act amendment on*the basis of, the average attendance .for the purpose ot 1 ; (he election ot a new 'board in August next came up. for some adverse criticism by members of the Boaryl of Education this morning, Mr Parr .said it seemed to im to he a most retograde step, and ' would lea* to jealousies and endless \ grievances such as existed in the city lieI, fore wards were' wiped out. He moved ri thai the Board express .the opinionthat the legislation was a retrograde step. Mr j M'Kcnzic said it was the,law, ami hecon- :'; Kidcred that the system should have a 1- (rial Mr Pcacccke agreed that it was r. ;o retrograde step, but it did not perhaps \ 0 bceome the Education-Board to abuse the law at present on the' statute book. Mr ut Parr only wanted to ventilate his 'Views a and so withdrew his motion. 1,, ■ Captain P. MacclWain and the crew of the s'.s. Kawau had an exciting-time in the early hours of Tuesday. The K'awau s was "moored alongside the Mangawai ,g wharf, ami at half past 2 a.m.. Chief EniS ejneer Long was awskencd by dames and Miioke entering bis cabin.; He promptly gave the alarm, and the captain, oS'.ccrs ,1 aiVl crew were soon hard at work trying to. suppress tho flames. As at lirst it was impossible- to get into the engine room, the fii'e hav.ng, - as it was aitcrwards ascertained, originated in one of the starboard coal bunkers, a bucket, brigade was formed, When the fire in tho engine room Sl) iiad been-got under by this the la ilonkcv encine was got into work, piimpr ~, ing .water, which was drcctcd on to'tiuis scat of the fire, sooirsubduing it, The 1 extent of the damage will not be ascer- „',• taincil until -a survey has been made.

NAPIER. .January, 24. At the inHjuest • on the native woman Matiria Rarca, who died in the hospital yesterday, a verdict of death from meningitis was given in accordance with the medical testimony.

HAMILTON,

■ January 24. Riehaivi Hotden, a settler, has discover«(l in a small limestone cave near . the Waitomo'.Cave's the well-preserved skelston of a moa. The. bones are slightly coatwl with carbonate of lime.