TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 6690, 26 September 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Christchurch, September 25. A man named Harding was committed for trial to-day for robbery with violence, and sentenced to sir months for stealing £7 from a man who had befriended him. A shock of earthquake is said to have been felt in the Spring field (Malvern) district this morning. ..... A woman died in the Malvern district m childbed on Saturday night. Death is said to have been hastened by brutality on the part the husband, and ignorance of the person who attended her. An inquiry is to be held. On Friday last a young man named William Carter climbed a tree (paitly cut through fo» falling) to attach a rope, when the tree end* denly fell, throwing Carter against a sod fence. He was picked up insensible, and is in a very precarious condition. Mr J. H. Clayton, late manager of ths “ Telegraph” newspaper, having purchased ths “ Patea Mail,’’ was on Saturday presented with a farewell testimonial by the employees of ths “ Telegraph.” Steps are being taken to form a company to construct a branch line of railway to Littls River, probably via Cashmere. Timabu, September 24. A four-roomed hous'i belonging to John Hore was bnrnt down at Waimate yesterday. The inmates lost everything, and a very narrow escape. The building was not insured. A special thanksgiving service for British victories in Egypt was held in the Jewish Synagogue last evening. The weather is very unsettled, and heavy rain is falling to-night Oaharu, September 25. The child burned at the fire which took place at Dray’s house on Saturday night succumbed to its injuries this morning. Feildino, September 25. The Maori Chief Takana te Kawa, of the Ngatikawhata tribe, was buried yesterday amid great ceremony, 400 Europeans being present A great feast is to be held on Tuesday and Wednesday. Maoris from Waikato, Napier, and Otaki are now assembling and food for 1000 persona is being prepared. Gisborne, September 25. Mr Weaver, the newly-appointed Manager of the works for the South Pacific Petroleum Company, arrived in Gisborne, and has proceeded en route to the scene of-operations to-day. He has had about fifteen years’ experience in the work of boring tor oil in Canada and Pennsylvania. Mastebton, September 25. At a meeting of the Wairarapa East County Connell on Saturday, at which representatives of other local bodies were present, it was practically decided that the Wairarapa Bast and West Counties be reconstituted into Wairarapa North and South, with the Waingawa and Ruamahunga Rivers as a dividing line. Balolutha, September 25. A stable belonging to James Bell, settler. Inch Clntba, was burned early on Sunday morning. A large quantity of harness and farin implements were destroyed, also four horses, valued at £lB5. The total loss is estimated at upwards of £3OO. There was no insurance, and the origin of the fire is unknown. Dunedin, September 25. It is stated that Mr Dalgleisb, Clerk of the Court at Cromwell, succeeds Mr Stratford as Warden at Greymouth. In Winton v. Winton and Joseph Patrick, the decree nisi wag made absolute, with coats against the co-respondent. Mr Massey, late Town Clerk, has accepted the offer of the City Council (first made to him seven months ago) of the sum of £275 in full of all demands. This is a matter which has been several times before the Court,

Auckland; September 25. The Harbor Board has received a cablegram stating that the Harbor Board debentures supposed to be in the burnt portion of the Alaska’s mails were iound all safe. The Harbor Board has also received a letter from the Directorate of the Sydney Sugar Co announcing that Mr J. O. Birth has been invested with a power of attorney, authorising him to act on behalf of the Company in all matters connected with the establishment of a sugar refinery in Auckland, and in the lease of harbor frontage sections required. Silvered pennies are being put in circulation here as florins. William Lyttle, committed for trial for bigamy in marrying Miss Williams, of Wanganui, his wife being then alive, has been admitted to bail. Mr James M. Tinney, late Provincial analyst, died yesterday. Two semi-intoxicated men, named Daniel Wintle and Henry Goodward, had a row in the Aurora Hotel on Saturday afternoon, when the former drew a loaded, capped, and cocked revolver and sheath-knife, and threatened to shoot the other. The bystanders were too alarmed to interfere, and the ■ consequences might have been serious bad not -Detective Brennan, who was passing and heard the noise, rushed in and succeeded in arresting Wintle, who was charged with the offence at the Police Court and remanded.

Elizabeth Allen, wife of a respectable draper, was arrested to-day on a charge of .stealing a web of cloth from another draper, named Varnon.