TELEGRAPHIC.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 753, 6 August 1886, Page 25

TELEGRAPHIC.

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, July 29

A man named Michael Lenny has been committed for trial for shooting at Geo. McGuire. The barque ltebecca, which arrived this forenoon, cornea here to bare her bottomsighted. It appears she was condemned at the Islands, and was sold on account of her owners, a German firm, to Mr Gray, of Tonga. A Samoan boy, aged 12, who was described as a stowaway on the Arawata, has been adopted by a benevolent lady. ’vfotwithstandiog the depression, there was quite a number of applications at the Police Court for him. He stited that he ran away from Fiji through ill-treatment.

•John Humphries, aged nine yearp, has been committed for trial ou two charges of stealing letters from Post Office boxes. The boy appears to be a kleptomaniac, as he acted entirely on his own account, and had no object in stealing. The Waikato Cheese and Bacon Factory suffered a loss of £193 last year, and the capital is exhausted. It has been resolved to wind np the company and hand over the business to a co-operative company. Henigtn, a Waikato settler, who has been to the Hot Lake District, while erecting a house was badly scalded ab®ut the leg by the crust of the earth near a hot spring giving WftV» Dunedin, July 29. Information has been received that James Wyllie (Herd Laddie), champion draught* player, leaves England at the eud of August on a visit to Australia and New Zealand. Some time ago the Harbor Board dredge came into collision with the barque Othello, damaging the latter vessel. The Board, alter inquiry, find that the dredge-master was to blame for not leaving sufficient room for the vessel to pass, and have resolved to make him pay the costs of repairs to the dredge. Two hundred pounds have been offered to the owners of the Othello.

The New Zealand Refrigerating Company report the profit for the year to be £2024, out of which it is proposed to pay a 10 per cent dividend, and carry forward £209. The number of carcases frozen and shipped at the Company’s works was 100 981. The Shaw Savill Company have intimated their intention to charge freight at If 1 per lb, which is considered excessive. The Roslyn Tram Company are able to declare a dividend of 5 per cent. The reduction ol the accident account has absorbed most of the profits hitherto. Wanganui, July 29. A shop in Guy ton-street was burned down last night. Great delay having occurred before the alarm was given, an inquiry is to be held to-day to ascertain if the nightwatchman was sleeping at his post. The building was gutted. The insurances are £125 in the 'Victoria aud £l5O in the New Zealand. A man, whose name is unknown, died iD the train from the South last night. He had been brought ou from CLaki for the Wanganui Hospital with a broken leg. Christchurch, July 29. The Lyttelton Harbor Board this raorniog passed a resolution to the effect that they are prepared to co-operate with the Wellington Harbor Board in endeavoring to obtain endowments for Harbor Boards generally. Included in the manifest of the Tongariro, which left Lyttelton to-day, for London, are 13 boxes of gold, shipped by the Bank of New Zealand, and containing 15,0970 z valued »t £31,111. Dunedin, July 30. Prosecutions for sly grog-selling are to be taken against the person who sold drink to John Law, who was killed by falling over a precipice on the Otago Central Railway. An unusual claim was made in a case at the Resident Magistrate’s Court, under a statute of George the Third, by which parties removing furniture fraudulently to evade paying rent, are liable for twice its value. The case was against the owner of the furniture and a firm of auctioneer# for removiog the furniture to prevent the landlord from distraining. Judgment was given against the owner of the furniture for £2O ; but • the Magistrate said that, although the circumstances were suspicious, the auctioneer did not appear to know that rent was due, and only ordered costs to be paid. Auckland, July 30. At the Police Court this morniDg, James Milne, charged with stealing a gold watch, was committed for trial. The prisoner was released ytsterday from Mount Edeu Gaol, and committed the offence within 12 hours after his liberation. When arrested last n : ght by Detective Walker, he resisted violently, but was soon overpowered. AUCKLAND, July 31.

Two bouses were destroyed by fire last night in Karaka-street, Newton. One be* longing to AJr Hurley was insured for £l5O ; tbe other, owned by Mr Harding, was insured for £2OO in tbe South British, the furniture being insured for little was saved. Ernest Moore, a respectable-looking young man, has been arrested on a charge of -uttering. The City Engineer started a number of the unemployed ro-day on road w<>'k3, selecting needy men with families. The Government have offered a further advance to the unemployed on Btrike at Mount Eden works, but they refused to accept it, desiring 4s 6d a pay, as the Southern relief work**. Blenheim, July 31. Mr S. J. Macalister, Chief Postmaster in this town, and twenty years in the service, ratires to-day in order to enter business as au auctioneer. He is greatly respected, and his retirement is regretted. Mr Grubb, Assistant Inspector, takes temporary charge till Mr Macalister’s successor is appointed. Christchurch, July 31. A four-roomed cottage on the Ferry-road, belonging to Mr Peter PetersoD, was burned down at 2.30 this morning. It was insured in the Colonial office for £l5O. The fire was caused by the explosion of a kerosene lamp. This afternoon Messrs A. Pinewell and J. Ambrose, of the Deeds and Land Office, who are being transferred to Dunedin and Wellington respectively, were presented with -valuable testimonials by the legal profession of Christchurch. Mr Pinewell received a stiver inkstand aod binocular, and Mr Ambrose a diamond ring and other articles of jewellery. Christchurch, August 2. A private letter received h-*.re states that the Kaiapoi Woollen Company’s manufactures

attracted much attention at the Indian and Colonial Exhibition, and that the Prince of Wales had ordered a suit of their materials from a West End tailor. The Mayor of Christchurch sent a congratulatory telegram to the Mayor of Kaiapoi on the subject to-day. Mr Avigdor, another partner of the firm of McKeone and Robinson, the Midland Railway contractors, in expected to arrive in New Zealand shortly. Mr Robinson expressed himself agreeably surprised with the character of the country he passed through on his trip to the West Coast.

Dunedin, August 2,

An unoccupied house near Lawrence, insured in the Colonial Company for £IOO, was burned down this morning.

His Excellency is expected to pay a prolonged visit to Dunedin in January. The funeral of the late Mr James Patterson took place to-day, and wa3 largely attended.

A hou-*e situated in South Danedin, owned and occupied by Mr George Lamb, was burned down last eight. The house wan insured for £ls t in the Union Insurance Office, and the furniture in the Victoria. Patrick Kavanagh, Maurice Baxter and John Patrick Davis were charged at the Police Court to-day with passing spurious coins at the races on Saturday. They were remanded till Monday next, small bail being accepted. Gisborne, August 2. The brigantine Aratapu was successfully got off the beach yesteiday afternoon. She has received no damage. Her cargo of coal wa3 taken out of her, and some 18 tons are now on the beach. Captain Worsp, the Marine Surveyor, superintended the getting off of the vessel, which is now moored in the river.

Blenheim, August 2,

A meeting of shearers, at which a hundred were present, bound themselves not t) work for less than 17s 61 per hundred. The principal Marlborough runholders have notified a reduction from 17s 6d, at which the pay has remained for some years, to 15a. A general strike is probable, if the reduction is insisted upon Nelson, August 2. Mr James Moorhouse, an old resident, died suddenly last night, aged 59.

Invercargill, August 2. An eight-roomed house, between Tee and Dee-streets, occupied by W. Allen, a dyer, and owned by K. Sloan, was burned down this mornirg. It was insured for £IOO in the Liverpool, London and Globe. Auckland, August 2. _ A fire occurred at Arch Hill at 1.30 this morning, and completely destroyed a shop and a five-roomed house occupied by Mr Christian Kjer and a three-roomed cottage occupied by Albert Grover. Mr Kjer’s stock and furniture were destroyed, but Mr Grover’s furniture was saved. The insurances are £250 in the Union office and £l3O in the New Zealand office. It is suppose l the fire was caused by drying clothiDg before a fire in Mr Kjer’s house. Charles Henry Humphries, one of the heroes of the Tarawera disaster, has been compelled to file his schedule. He was a storekeeper ac Wairoa, and on the Dight of the disaster his whole property was destroyed. His total liabilities are £541 7s 9d. Dunedin, August 3. The National Bank of New Zealand has declared a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum, for the half-year. The Lake County Council have passed a resolution, that unless the clerk produces a missing note book within 20 days he will be criminally prosecuted, Legal proceeding are also to be taken to recover £95 collected as rates, unless it is paid forthwith. Christchurch, July 27.

At their meeting to-night, the Drainage Board pretested against the proposed rifle range across their sewage farm, and declared that they were not prepared to grant a lease of the necessary land. '• A house belonging to Mr John Dowdl°, at Styx, was burned down yesterday. Insurance House, £175 ; furniture, £125. The cause was a defective chimney. Feilding, August 3.

A petition to Government, praying for a reduction of the railway tariff with respect to timber for transhipment is being signed by the sawmillers and settlers on the New PJy-mouth-Foxton line. Palmerston North, August 3.

The Manawatu and West Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Association have decided to hold their first show on the 9th November, it being understood that the line will be opened through to Wellington on that day. The Sire Horses Parade is to be held on 11th September. The Society promises to be a grand success. There are about 200 members already, and several more lists to come in. Masterton, August 3. Benjamin Hobbins, alias Horne, aliaß Brummy, wa3 committed for trial to-day charged with having robbed Robert Kershaw of his watch and pocket-book containing £9 17s. Accused is well-known in Wellington, where there are two convictions recorded against him. Duncan and Sons, storekeepers, of Masterton, have filed a declaration of insolvency. Auckland, August 3. At the inquest on Richard. Moore, of the North Shore, a verdict of suicide while of unsound mind was returned. The deceased was a Freethinker, and separated from bu wife on that account. In conversation ten days ago, deceased said he was not afraid of death, and laughed at the stupidity of Christians in that respect. The eu.cide was shown to be deliberate. The cocking of the gun was effeoted by rebound after firing. A case is proceeding at Rust-ell to-day in which Captain Fisher, of the American whaling barque Alaska, is charged with a breach of the Customs regulations by landing goods at Pitt’s Island, Chatham Group, that place not being a port of entry. He is further charged with landing calicoes, prints, tobacco, rum, &c., the duty on which was not paid. In the divorce case Lambert v. Lambert. Mr Justice Gillies considered the wife’s adultery proved, and granted a decree nisi. In the afternoon at a meeting of the Auckland Presbytery, Alexander Thompson of East Takaki, au elder, was seized with a fit of apoplexy, and died in two minutes. The Presbytery at otce adjourned. The golden wedding was celebrated a week or two ago. -i i Six inmates of the Lock Hospital, who

escaped last night, have been sentenced to a month’s imprisonment, and the ringleader to two months. Motions are before the Citv Council to abolish the institution or take a poll of the ratepayers.