TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 6691, 27 September 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(UNITED press association.) Lyttelton, September 26. Seventeen racehorses recently purchased at Mr Stead’s sale by the Auckland Stud C ompany were shipped for Auckland by the Hawea to-day. The Lyttelton Borough Council have decided not to co-operate with the Harbor Board in electric lighting. They prefer to let some other place try the experiment first. Christchurch, September 26. Two cottages ic Windmill-road, the property of Mr J. G. Gilbert, were destroyed by fire last night. They were insured for £430 in the Liverpool and London and Globe office. Recent freshes in the Waimakariri have cut a new channel over the bar ten to twelve feet deep. The barometer is extraordinarily low, and fears are expressed of a heavy storm brewing. Last night it fell to 28'54, and slowly rose to 28'65, at which point it has remained. The tail of the comet is now much longer, and grows more brilliant every morning, but the little stranger hides itself altogether by day. OaMABV, September 26. A four-roomed cottage on the town boundary, belonging to Mr Wm. Collins, and occupied by a family named Lennon, was burned down at 4.30 this morning. The occupants barely escaped in their night-clothes. The building was insured in the Scottish Imperial for £9O. The furniture was uninsured, and was all burned. Dunedin, September 26. Twelve cases, including the Papakaio murder, are set down for trial at the criminal sessions which begin next week. The following notice of motion baa been given for the next meeting of the City Council: “ That the Mayor and Town Council, on behalf of the people of Dunedin, desire to convey their hearty congratulations to the Imperial Government on the (success which has been achieved by Her Majesty’s forces in Egypt, and that this resolution be sent to the Colonial Government with a request that they will be good enough to transmit it to the Imperial Government.” Two young men named Fidler and Mitchell, a draper and a clerk, were charged at the Police Court to-day with obstructing the police. The evidence showed that the constable was arresting another clerk on Sunday morning for drunkenness, when a crowd of persons assembled and seemed determined to take the prisoner out of custody, on the ground of wrongful arrest, but some gentlemen passing kept them in check. The defence was that Mitchell, who lodged with prisoner, wished to bail him out, and Fidler, who knew him to bo a respectable man, offered to take charge o£ him, but the constable refused. The Magistrate dismissed the case, on the ground that there was no evidence that the defendants were active in obstruction. Considerable interest was taken in the case.

The Taieri Agricultural Society held an entire parade to-day. There were nineteen entries. Nemos’, September 23. A remarkable robbery has come to light, but where it was committed is a mystery. Ob

Friday last Messrs Llghtbaud and Co., of this city, received, ex steamer Glendower, nine cases of the best class of English boots. They paid for them and took delivery, but on opening out found that no less than sixty-seven pairs of the most expensive had been abstracted, and the trunks filled up with English coal. Auckland, September 26. The entries for the Spring Handicap and Hurdle Race at the Auckland Spring Meeting close on Friday at 8 p.m. _ At a meeting of the creditors of W. J. O'Brien, baker, Parnell, the Trustee reported that, with the exception of not paying proper attention to his books and running away to avoid his creditors, the Trustee was aware of anything to interfere with his getting his discharge. His liabilities were about £IOOO and his assets £IOO. On the motion of tbe Chairman (Mr B.JEllingham), seconded by W. Burton, solicitor for the debtor, and three of the creditors as well, the resolution was carried recommending the Court to grant the debtor his discharge. Judge Gillies has presented 130 volumes, relating to the political history of New Zealand, to the Auckland Institute. Elizabeth Allen, formerly wife of an officer in the British army, has been charged with larceny of a quantity of dress cloth, and discharged, but a conviction was recorded. Joseph and Sons* shop, at Fonsonhy-road, was set on fire by the capsizing of a kerosene lamp. The damages are estimated at £6O. The building was insured in tbe South British office.

Amongst recent admissions to the hospital is a young man named Christian, a Norfolk islander, and great-grandson of Christian, one of the leaders of the Mutiny of the Bounty. Mr B. Tonks has ■ been appointed Director of the Mutual Insurance Company. The share-list closes on September 30th.