TELEGRAPHIC

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 7778, 10 May 1886, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC

(ttftttSD f-SESS ASSOCIATION.) CfenisTCHDBCH, May 8. Alfred Osborne, formerly undertaker, died this morning, from the t-ff tcts.qf a fall on the steps of Hie Central H"tel on .12th April. Mrs Me : wife of fcne absconding publican, gave evidence this .morning at the Undent Mi*gm( rate’s Court,,U-id»r the Fugitive Offenders Act ito the effect that he hvd left her and tdx children unprovided for since February last. Constable Allen goes to Melbourne per Wairarapa on Tuesday next to bring Messenger back. May 9. Arthur Kenton was committed for trial yesterday for forging the name of Joseph Murgatroyd, wool scourer, to a cheque on the Bank of Australasia for £SO, which he cashed in Wellington, ■ ■ ■ Auckland, May 8. At a meeting of the creditors of B. C. Greenwood an amended mn-lement submitted showed a deficiency of £4807. Fkildikg, May 8. At the inquest on W. H. Bruoker, killed on the Paonui Kailway branch, a verdict of Accidental Death was returned, No blame was attached to the man in charge of the truck. Blenheim, May 8. The Supreme Court was occupied yesterday and to-day with an action tried before a special jury to recover £ISOO damages sustained by the Hon VV. Clifford, the owner of the Vernon Run, in consequence of an extensive grass fire occasioned by a defective brick kiln belonging to the defendants, Parker and Maddock, contractors for Daahwood Pass railway contract. The case is still proceeding. Hokitika, May 8. A large and enthusiastic public meeting last night, appointed a Committee to act as a Railway League, consisting of the Hon J. Bonar (chairman), Messrs Bovan, Seddon, M.H.K.’e, the Mayor, and County Chairman, Vlce*Chairmao, to watch over the interests of the district re route, and to get the district joined to the direct main line at a point in the Teremakau Va’loy.