NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7304, 16 April 1885, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[FROM ODR OWN CORRESPONDENT.! . - J ' " ' ; THAME?, Wednesday. At the annual meeting of the' Hospital Committee, Captain E. P. Wildraan was elected President; Mr. Win. S. Greenville, Vice-' President ; and Mr. James Renshaw, Treasurer. . , . ; , [press' association.] GISBORNB,, Wednesday. One thousand votes were polled in favour of the harbour loan, and only five against. The Board has decided to commence preliminary operations for raising the loan, and will discuss the appointment of an engineer at the next meeting. ' Tamai Mahe, a Maori has poisoned himself with tutu, which he boiled and drank as medicine. ' ; WELLINGTON, Wednesday. The question of appointing local boards under the Government Insurance Association will probably come before the Central Board' next week. V - ;• A charge of assaulting the chief gaoler has been laid against; the prisoner Demmons. CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday. A twelve hours' go-as-you-please match yesterday, between A. Cosack and A. Fosse, for £10 aside, resulted in'; Fosse / winning easily with 62 miles 2 laps. DUNEDIN, Wednesday. : Seventeen prisoners , were charged at the Police Court with misconduot and insubordi-. nation in . refusing to work- at the Heads. Vices, the ringleader, was sentenced to eight days' bread and. water, and to forfeit 50 marks, and the others got five daye' bread and water.- . . - •. . In a local option polling for the city to-day the majority waii about four to.one against an increase of ale licenses. There were only about 300 votes polled,- however. _ Mr. Larnach : leaves for the north this morning. ■ • < ■ A fire at Otakio on Monday destroyed a stack containing 200 bags of oats, the property of Mr. ".Thomas Sband, and valued at £70. The oats were uninsured. This is the second fire'on the. same farm recently, and incendiarism is suspected. . , % A lad about 16, ' named Smithson, son of a hotelk'eeper at Anderson's Bay, died! very suddenly to-night. /.'He returned from school apparently : quite* well, was.; taken ill about j I half-past v five, i and died within an hour, I Ad inquest will'probably be held. .