TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 6845, 30 March 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

(united press association.) Dunedin, March 29,

A man who came down country to apply for admission to the hospital, a few days ago. went there, and was told he had scarlet fever and was given a bottle of medicine, and was sent to the mayor. That gentleman found the man accommodation. The action of the hospital officials will be brought under the notice of the Government. At the Land Boar, i to-day, in reference to the report on the recent sale given in by the Government auctioneer, Mr Stout moved that before issuing the licenses to the purchasers in sections 1 and 3, block 11, and section 3, block 13, Strath Taieri district, the Chief Commissioner be requested to ask Mr Cargill, who acted as agent for the purchasers, the following questions : —(I) Were you directly instructed by the purchasers to bid for the laud, and if not by them, hy whom ? (2) When were you instructed ? (3) Did they pay you or your company the deposit, and if so, when ? (4) Are you aware of any agreement of any kind between the purchasers and any other persons in reference to land hid for ? It was decided, after a good deal of discussion, to let the motion stand over till next week, as two members of the board were absent.

Major Atkinson is to address public meetings iu the Princess Theatre on Monday ami Tuesday nights. The Waitangi Coal Company have declared a 10 per cent, dividend. A woman, named Mary Ann Lyons, aged 67, died suddenly from heart disease last night. The police were unable to obtain any statement from the lad Mair, alleged to have died from ill-treatment inflicted by bis parents, OPDNAKE. March 29. All the natives for ten miles round are going to Parihaka to welcome Te Wbiti and Tohu. It is said that four or five hundred from the kaingas on the Waimate Plains are expected up within the next few days. It is understood that the natives will not be permitted to remain long, but that when the tangi is over all will have to go back to their own settlements. A house belonging to a carpenter named Taylor was burnt a few days ago. The occupants lost nearly everything. Both parents were fast asleep, but the cries of a baby woke them, and they found themselves enveloped in smoke. The concrete chimney was that was left half an hour afterwards. The property was insured in the Northern Company for £IOO. Westport, March 29. The case Regina v. W. F. McLeod, a charge of larceny of partnership property, occupied the District Court all yesterday. The jury were locked up at 5 p.m., and being unable to agree at 10 this morning, they were discharged. The case was then postponed till the next sitting of the court. Napier, March 29. Messrs Hoadly, Lyon, and Co. sold yesterterday eight acres of suburban land at Woodville, cut up into quarter-acre sections, at prices equal to £219 per acre. Tawhiao and hia followers have left for Taupo. At the Maori pahs here no intoxicating drink was allowed, and Tawhiao appeared to advantage when seen there. When he cams to town, however, he invariably became blind drunk, and on the whole he did not create a very favorable impression. Haweba, March 29. A sharp shock of earthquake was felt here at 25 minutes past 10 last night. Auckland, March 29. Dr. Kidd, LL.D., has been appointed Registrar of the Auckland University. Te Riti, who was arrested on Saturday during the hearing of the charges against Mahuki and his followers, was brought up to-day and fined for drunkenness and riotous conduct. He pleaded in his defence that one of the prisoners was his brother. Constable Dunnett, lately transferred from Invercargill, died suddenly to-day. No inquest will be held, as the cause of death was consumption. Hia life was insured for £3OO. Bishop Luck has gone on a trip South by the Tarawera to confer with his brother bishops. Bishop Cowie and the representatives were also passengers to Napier to attend the Anglican Synod. A concert in aid of the sufferers by the floods in Germany, under the direction of Herr Schmidt, was very successful. The band of the German warship assisted. Patea, March 29.

A sharp earthquake, preceded by a rambling of some seconds’ duration, occurred at 10.30 last night. The direction was northwest to south-east. Geetmouih, March 29. Mr Wakeaeld speaks at Brunner to-morrow evening. One of Boss’ Keefton waggons was run over a steep embankment, on the Eeefton-road, this afternoon, by the fractiousness of one of the horses. The waggon was smashed into pieces, but the horses and driver escaped. Nelson, March 29. A fire is reported from Motueka Valley. It originated in a barn near Mr Bremell’s accom*

modation house, and the barn with contents, comprising the produce of forty acres oaten hay and about forty bushels of wheat, were destroyed. The sparks also ignited an unoccupied house, which was also destroyed. The latter was insured in the Northern office for £2OO ; hut the barn, &0,, were uncovered by insurance. Mr Bromell estimates his loss at £l5O. Christchurch. March 29. The bishop and other prominent members ot the Episcopalian Church left in the Manapouri to-dav to attend the General Synod at Nelson. The Jennie Lee troupe left for Wellington by the same vessel. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court to-day, George, William, and Sjdney Bowman, three fellmongers of Woolston, were committed for trial for having acted as dealers in arms without being licensed under the Arms Act of 1880. They sold a keg of shot to Robert Jones, commission agent of Christchurch, which they had indented for J. L. Fleming, a licensed dealer, whose bankruptcy threw it on their bauds. The case was got up by Harry Feast, a private detective. Several creditors ot the missing man Pinching have received notices, signed by Pinching himself, to attend a meeting of creditors at his house, at Kaiapoi, to-morrow. The identity of the signature is indisputable. It has since transpired that Pinching applied in person at the Christchurch office for the payment ot insurance money due to him. Later. It is since ascertained that Pinching called at the Kaiapoi branch of the Australian Mercantile Insurance Company, and not at Christchurch, as previously stated.