TELEGRAMS

North Otago Times, 15 April 1907, Page 4

TELEGRAMS

-J- - - 'Afett i& i <>«*; 'l'llail s&wii. a'&SM! ,'hi|sp-i iioiu oytlie I'M- ' r*»», wfeteh «ftUei tern Wtlha^lon r«fet«H» to {fee departure of Mr_»M'lnl.yto fey tlw Turafctot*, <bo I lie®. Hall-Jonas states tbc Gorctaaient know ot. Ms M'latyre's do I | parturc, but as &&thlsvs ot a crira»i..u tt&tura Was known against him, i.<i i attempt was made to detain, I un. Tht polico visited him on board tne vessel. Tho Acting-Premier said iliat ' so far, no absolute irregularities liajtl been discovered, 3mt several cases were being investigated. In Anyoaso the Exhibition finances would not suffer materially, and "there was no suggestion ol defalcation on a large scale. A fire occurrod in Brklgo street, Lower Hutt,,. at an early hour this mnrnitiff Tlti'/w civ.rAAmrul f rtflfto

mormng. Tunse six-roomeu covtaßts wore destroyed and oite was damaged. Thie fire originated in a house occupied by Donald Macdonald, ownedi by C, W. Tanner, and spread to "the houses on each «idc, one being occupied toy Mrs Hill and owned I>y C. Jenkins, the other occupied by P. Reld and owned by \V. Lumsd'cu. The fiousa damaged was occupied liy W. Somers and owned by M. G)o a scm. Tho in- ; surances aro : Macdcmald's isouse, £IOO on ilni EurnituiV) in the New 7,calaiwl OHlco, aiut .£2OO on tho houso in tlio Phoonix, Rcid'a 'house, £IOO on tho furniture in tho London and Lancashire Office, and £3OO on the house.

DUNEDIN. J 'April 13, ITonry Augustus Scott, a horse dealer, was fined £lO for playing " two-up " i on a suburban hill on Sunday. This is tho first conviotian of this nature here for the last four years. Misses Amy and Dulcte Murphy have joined Williamson's Opera Company, and will leave for Melbourne in June.; Tho action of Viclor Maurisc. | Braund against the Hon. G. M'Leaiii and P. O. Ncill, Colonial Bank directors, stands dismissed as regards the defendant Ncill, with costs against the plaintiff, owing to failure of the latter to (proceed with t'hpi 'trial at the' February sittings of tlio Supreme Court in Dunedln, as directed by the Chiet Justice. AUCKLAND. April 13. A wrestling match t-ook place 'between C. Mucker. ama>cenr champion of Austria (1902) and England (1901) and M. Leslie, champion of Now Zealand. Leslie won each of the two bouts. Though Mucker was not in condition, tho opinion was expressed that the, result would probaibly havo been the same under any conditions. It is considered probable that itito wreckage reported is identical with the wreckage from ttoa scow Vindex, which recently went ashore at Coromaadel, which wrccka<r© has since been picked up in tliq gulf and broucht to Auckland.

THAMES. April 13. The residence of Mr Edward K'Loughlin, Waikawau, together with stables and tarn, were destroyed by fire. The cause is unknown, but it is believed that the ftro was due to the overheating o! bav. The liousc was insured for £2OO in the Liverpool and London and Globe. Mr M'Loughlaa will be a substantial loser. NEW PLYMOUTH. 'April 13. A brother ot Coldrick. who was .killed, at the sawmill on tho ton Road yesterday, was brought to the hospital tie same afternoon, having sustained a severe, injury to oiva of his eyes. He is a ooaohbuildcr at Inglewood, and a splinter from a i>.ir of iron ho was cutting flew into the eye. T4k> rfcwa aacidents occurred almost at the same hour. OKAHUNE. 'April 13, The rails ate now laid 'to Ninia, 12 j miles nortli of TaHiape.

BLENHEIM. 'April 13. Mr W. H. Eyes, |whoso ihjath ■occurred at /Wellington yesterday moaning, was -the fifth Superintendent of Marlborough Province. He defeated Mr WcM (afterwards Premier) for Wairau in the General Assembly in and continued to represent "Wairau 'till 1870,, when Ire resigned in order to take up the position of Provincial Secretary and Commissioner of Crown lands. First and last, Mr Eyes held 12 public positions, ranging in importance from M.H.R. to Sheriff. He came to Wairau in the fifties, and became the owner of a sheep run near Blenheim, Ho was credited with gronifccxccutivo and financial ability, which faculties lie brought to- boar in the retrenchment during Uis period as Superintendent in 1865, He leaves a married daughter (Mrs Duckworth), who resits ft Blenheim, nlso two unmarried dauehtcrs and ? married son at Rai Valley, Marlborough, and another in the Civil Service down souttt.

WESTPORT. 'April J2. Messrs Greenwood, Hansen, and Hill, three roemlwrs of the Borough Council, arc announced as candidates <or Did Mayoralty ofWestpott. In connection with tire recent discushions regarding charts at dificrcntj parts, Captain Iltuusc, (or llw barque "Atmy, which recently arrived tore from Llveipool expresses tlio luilcsfc satisfaction with tlto fairness mid reasonableness of the charges ho has been called? upon: to pay hero, and apoatea in terms of praise of tiio attention received nt the hands oj the port authorities. Captain Httase has tradod to Newcastle, New South Wales, and, in comparing the charges, facilities, ami attention received at tile two ports, places Westpert an easy first from the shipmaster's point of view. Work is fairly steady alt the S«l----donvilSe State Colliery ait present. A good hard coal i-s being produced. The manufacture of briquettes from the colliery's soft coal is proceeding at the works 1 in. Wostjport,