LATE TELEGRAPHIC.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1194, 18 January 1895, Page 19

LATE TELEGRAPHIC.

Gisborne, January 16. A sudden death occurrod shortly after noon to-day which has caused quite a shock in tho community. Mr James Finlay, license© of tho Argylo Hotel, was ailing somewhat this morning. At noon his malady increased, and the doctors ivore summoned, but before they arrived ho had passed away. Death avrs duo to angina pectoris. Auckland, January 16. Tho crows belonging to the Auckland Naval Artillery and the Dovonport Torpedo Corps Avho eompetod in the late cutter race in tho harbour Avoro entortainod at a banquet by Mr Alox. Alison, manager of tho Dovonport Ferry Company, Avho officiated as starter of tho race. During tho evening Lieutenant-Com-mander Little took tho opportunity of stating that Colonel Fox, in his speech to tho Volunteer officers at Auckland, had made a serious statement in regard to a “round robin” being signed to have Colonel Goring romovod from the command of tho Auckland district. As one who know tho circumstances, ho covdd say positively that no such document ever existed. An undeserved slur, ho said, had been cast on the Avliolo of tho officers of tho district, with Avhom Colonel Goring was deservedly popular. Tho man Joseph Buchanan, charged Avitli tho abduction of Emily Young, aged IS yoars, the daughter of a sot tier at Mangapai, was sentenced to-day. MI- Nortlicroft, S.M., said that it had been shoivn that Buchanan avrs a partner and friend of tho girl’s father, and was living in the house, in virtue of this position, as ono of tho family. Ho waited until tho father avrs away from homo, Jind there was nobody to follow him, and then stole out, as the girl had stated herself, between 2 find 3 o’clock in the morning (having arranged to get a horse the day before from a next door neighbour) and travelled to Auckland Avitli the girl. Although he knew the family Avero trying to find her everywhere, and that an advortisment had been put in the papers, he still refused to alloAv her parents to know Avhoro he had put her. Ho had afterwards obtained a situation for her in a house where, as the girl had said, no ono had been as servant before herself. This place it had boon shown was situated near defendant’s homo at Mount Eden. Taking all thoso circumstances into consideration he thought it was a most painful case for him to go through. Ho could scarcely have imagined that a man, a raarriod man, could have been so base as tho defendant had been blioavu to be throughout this case. Ho sentenced him to nino months’ imprisonment Avitli hard labour.

Mr Gill, Land Purchase Agent, has concluded for tho Government tho purchase of extensive blocks of land, Rotomahana, Parokaranga, Okahu and ot her blocks of several miles frontage to the Rotorua Lake. Altogether 167,000 acres have been |pmohasod, for which about 4320,000 will bo paid. The Natives of the Great Barrier have reported to tlio police authorities that tho Walrarapa lias opened out and broken up, and that tho masts and hull have disappeared. Tho body of a woman wtis found near tho wreck a day or two ago, and was interred at Maori Bay. Dunedin, January 16.

Mr Chisholm has been re-olocted chairman of the Trustees of tho Benevolent Institution.

John Blackwood Howie has been committed for trial on the charge of converting to a use not authorised by the Trust a sum of J 832 received by him as liquidator of the People’a Journal Newspaper Company. The City Council lias doeidod to put a small amount of postponed work in hand to give relief to urgent cases among- the unemployed. * At the annual mooting of the Otago Railway Employees* Benefit Society, the receipts for the year wero shown to bo .£(515 12b 2d, and the expenses J 3522 8s (id. The balance now to the credit of the Society is M 2507 10s lid. ■■ The third convocation of the

Supremo Grand Royal Arch Chapter of New Zealand avrs hold to-night. The balance-shoot showed a sum to crodit of ■£74 6s 5:1, Avitli a substantial increase iu membership. Mr W. B. Scandroll Avas appointed First Grand Principal for tlio ensuing year. Lyttelton, January 16. Tho yacht Pastime, which loft for Wellington to take part in tho regatta there, returned this morning owing to the illness of ono of the crow. She made another start for Wellington to-night.