TELEGRAPHIC.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 752, 30 July 1886, Page 25

TELEGRAPHIC.

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Thames, July 22. A young man named Thomas Graham, ■while working in one of the mines yesterday, waa very badly hnrt by earth falling ou him. Ho received severe wounds, his leg being broken in five places. He is not expected to ■recover, _ _ ' Christchurch, July A man natrel John Henry Wood was killed this morning in Mr Wilson Fisher’s bush, East Oxford, by a tree falling on him. He leaves a widow and nine children. Sydney ClotOD, the inebriate who escaped from the Hospital, was retaken early this morning. Mr Beelham, 8.M., ordered the gaoler to take him back to the Hospital. The Hospital Board is determined not to allow the man to be admitted again, and the affair seems likely to result in further trouble. , . , The Hospital authorities having remained firm ia their refusal to receive the inebriate who was recaptured this morning, the difficulty has been temporarily got overby sending the man to Addiugton Gaol. The affair bas caused some excitement here m consequence of there being no place suited for the reception of such cases, the Gaol, Hospital, and Lunatic Asylum all declining t> take tbe mas. Auckland, July 22. Government have authorised the Resident Railway Engineer to take on the unemployed ■on work at Mount Edea in filling up a pond there. The Newton Birough, by poll, has rejected the proposed loan of £5300 for borough drainage, water, etc. Dunedin, July 22. Mr John Hyde Harris is reported to be ■ dying. Robert Smith, aged 16, died at Tuapeka suddenly, it is supposed from eating poisoned rabbits. A barn, with contents, on the farm of Mr McCarthy, at Dunuobin, was destroyed by fire this morning. There waa no insurance, and the loss is over £-100. The inquiry into tbe fire at McFadgtn’s boot shop is not concluded. The evidence showed that the fire had been put out when it broke out in the afternoon, but nothing was elicited to show how it broke out a second •time, Feildisg, July 22. Mr Roche, stationmaster, being under orders for another station, business people here are are petitioning against his removal. Fowler, a railway porter, was seriously injured by falling off a truck yesterday afternoon. Dunedin, July 23. A four-roomed house belonging t> Mr Orr, of North-east Valley, has been burned down. It was insured in the Union for £l5O. The bodies of Cameron and the boy Hansen, buried by the fall of tunnel at Kawarau Gorge, were recovered. That of the man was not disfigured much, but that of the boy was fearfully crushed. The dress of Mrs McDonald, wife of a ship carpenter, caught fire while she was burning some rubbish, and not noticing it, she went outside when it blazed up, and burned her so seriously that her recovery is doubtful. Auckland, July 23. At the inquest to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the destruction by fire of Rigby’s Hotel, at Titirangi, on the 19oh ult., a verdict was returned to the effect that the fire was purely accidental, but that gross care leasness was shown by tbo barman in leaving a pan with fat on the fire unattended for quarter of an hour. Tbe house was insured for £650 in the Norwich Union. The whole of the crew of the Petrel are now discharged. The mate, Foley, remains in Auckland, Mendoza now becoming fi.st mate.

The City Council last night, with reference to the Contagious Diseases Act, resolved that the consideration of the petitions and letters on the subject be deferred, pending the result of the Appeal Bill, now before the House of Representatives. W. H. Fenton and Co ’a bankruptcy accounts sfiow unsecured liabilities amounting to £5333. The assets are stated at £6117. The firm bad an extensive bat* era’ business. Christchurch, July 23. Mr Robinson, of McKeone and Robinson, contractors for the first section of the Midland Railway, arrived here to-day. He is awaiting instructions from Home. A man n amed Jame 3 Favquhar was committed for trial to-day for damaging his brother-in-law’s pioperty of tbe value of over £5. At a meeting of the Moa Creek Gold Mining Gompany, held at Rangiora to-day, it was decided to wind up the Company. It is pro bable, however, that another company will be found to work the reef. Woodville, July 23. T. F. Ruewand, charged with arson in connection with the fire iu Sowrv’s block, was brought before Messrs Carlile and Hall, Justices, yesterday. Nine witnesses were examined, and the case lasted . till 7 p.m., when the accused was committed for trial, bail being refused. Dunedin, July 24. Mr John Hyde Harris died this morning. Some excitement has been caused iu commercial circles by the publication iu the Otago Daily Times of an article charging Mercer Bros., contractors for grocery supplies to the Benevolent Institution, with systematically giving short weights to outdoor relief cases. It is alleged that their overcharges ranged from 50 to 70 per cent. In one test case, in which goods were sent to the offices of the trustees, on being weighed there it was found that the value was 5s 7d, while 7s 7d was charged. July 25. The Pfccenix mine, Skippers, fortnightly return is 3520 z of retorted gold from 400 tons of stone. At the City Count to day, Mary Jane Doherty wa3 charged with setting fire to the house of Louis Thompson, at Hillside, on the 28th ult., and Louis Thompson was charged with abetsing her. Oa the application of the police they were remanded until Thursday next on bail. A four-roomed, bouse iu Melville street, owned by Patrick Casey and occupied by Thcma3 Brayshaw, was burned down this morning. The Louse was insured in the

Equitable office for £275, and the furniture for £136 in the same office.

Christchurch, July 25

It appears that tbe documents stolen from Mr George Hall’s house with Mrs Wakefield’s jewellery were in the boxe3 found in Mr rtackett’s paddock, though a portion of tbe jewellery was missing. The boxes had not been concealed, bat were lying broken open by the side of a small creek. Tbe inebriate, whose detention has been the subject of so much controversy between the hospital and gaol authorities, was released today, two doctors having certified to his having recovered.

Auckland, July 26. Two firemen cf the Mararoa have been fined for smuggling tobacco ashore. At a meeting in the Auckland Athenreum to-night, Professor Po3nett delivered an inaugural address. Thomas Chambers has been committed for forgery. Margaret Ryan attempted suicide at St. Joseph’s Convent. Surrey Hills. She will probably recover. Ghe is a domestic servant, and has been laboring under mania. Among the through passengers by tbe Mararoa were the Hon Mr Baring, of Baring Bros., bankers, and Professor Chaney, a spiritualist. The Mararoa is to be fitted with a new propeller at Sydney, the present one being too small. She made the run seven hours under the contract time.

Christchurch, July 26

It is stated that a Christchurch man who went to the Kimberley diggings has transmitted to his family here as an instalment, the sum of £4OO.

Mr Robinson, of tbe firm of McKeown and Robinson, contractors for the Brunnerten section of the Midland Railway, leaves for the West Coast to-morrow.

Dunedin, July 26

There was a large attendance at the funeral of Mr John Hyde Harris which, as deceased had been Provincial Grand Master, was a Masonic one.

Thirty-five of the unemployed are to be given work on the Otago Central works. The death of the boy Smith, at Lawrence last week, resulted from natural causes. Masterton, July 26.

John Bridge, a Frenchman, employed as a railway navvy, died yesterday at the Masterton Hospital of inflammation of the lungs. . Christchurch, July 27.

The Lyttelton Borough Council has decided to borrow £3OOO from the Government Insurance Department. Charles Smith, a fellmonger, for 30 years a resident of Woolston, who came to the Bay of Islands 45 years ago, died suddedly this afternoon, from apoplexy, while sorting wool in his son’s yard. George Brown has been committed for trial for having stabbed Thomas McMahon in a fracas at Brown’s boardinghouse. Dunedin, July 27. In the Compensation Court, judgment was given in the claim of Smith and Fotheringham for £5500 against the Caversham Borough Council for £2690, and costs about £IOO. Land had been taken for street-forming purposes, and it was claimed that a tramwaysiding which claimants possessed had been injured. The Council has given plaintiffs a license for a tramway-siding. The inquiry into the suspicious fire at McFadden’s boot-shop was resumed, but the evidence gave no clue as to how the second, fire originated. As five witnesses are yet to be examined, the inquiry was adjournedA somewhat peculiar point has arisen nnler the Bankruptcy Act. A bankrupt’s only assets consists of furniture, &c, valued at £2O. Some £l6 is due for rent, and the point is whether the landlord has a prefeieutial claim, as, under the amended law, goods to the value of £25 are exempt from seizure. Auckland, July 27.

At 2 this morning a fire broke out in an unoccupied house iu Nelson-street, one of a closely-built block belonging to John Parker. One house was destroyed and three others gutted. Mayor Waddei’s stables were also damaged. Mr Parker’s insurance is £3OO in the South British, and Mr Waddei’s £SO in the New Zealand. The damage is far in. excess of the insurances. The origin of the fire is involved in mystery. At tbe half-yearly meeting of the Taupiri Extended Coal Mining Company, a* dividend of 2s 61 per share was declared, and £740 was carried forward.

William Reid, of Cambridge, hss been committed for trial for alleged indecent assault on a girl aged 11. At a meeting of the late membeiß of the Auckland Benevolent Society, it was decided to resuscitate it, and commence operations to relieve distress.

Mr A, Saunders, sharebroker, having written to the Minister of Mines, requesting the Government to assist in an inquiry as to the best methods of treating New Zealand auriferous and argentiferous ores, has received a reply that the Government recogm.se the importance of the subject, and will give the request consideration. Mr Saunders sug. gests to send to America to make inquiry. Wanganui, July 27.

In an adjourned case to-day in which the Singer Sewffig Machine Company were the plaintiffs, proof was given to the satisfaction of the Resident Magistrate of incorporation, Masterton, July 27-

Frederick Symonds, a man who has been for the last two years supported by the Benevolent Institution, was to-day committed by Mr Stratford, R.M., to the Wellington Lunatic Asylum. _ The Wairarapa Poultry and Pigeon Show was opened to-day, and is a great success.