TELEGRAPHIC.

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7996, 29 January 1887, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Dunedin, January 28. The Premier will leave for Wellington to-morrow. Auckland, January 28. A resident in Grafton-road found two men stripping his fruit trees. He rushed out and caught one, who was - tied with ropes and taken in a wheelbarrow to the police office. He gave his paipe as Thomas Floyd, and at the Court tjras sentenced to three months! hard labor. * Hie companion was identified in Court, dragged into the box, am} received tjie paine sentence. The .residence of Corns, a laborer, was blirued at Avondale !to-dayi It was insured for £6O, and the fprnitare for £4O, in the South British office. The French w ars h>P Scorpion, Captain 4e Cbpipbisc, six gone, has arrived from Hew Caledonia, She leaves in a week for Tahiti. The Government iptepd to tpke proceed, legs against Rotorua leaseholders for arrears pf rent. The Natives are clamoring for payment . ; William Anderson has been arrested for the larceny of a wacoh and gold ohain. This |s the man who waa discharged throngh the pon-appearance of witnesses against him at the recent Criminal Sessions. Through a misunderstanding the witnesses were absent and were fined in a total amount of £4OO. Mr Reliance, as the result of his visit to

Rotomahana, lelieves the White Terrace still exists, though perhaps it is buried by 50£6 of mad. He will get cross bearings taken and trial borings made to ascertain the site. Ho thinks there will be ne difficulty in removing the mud, if the White Terrace exists.

Christchurch, January 2S. Margaret Lloyd, alias Fanny Mills, was committed for trial to-day for obtaining goods worth £7 from Strange and Co., drapers, on false pretences. This afternoon a fire broke out in the upper story of Richardson’s Empire Hotel. It was confined to the floor where it began, and the total damage was about £3OO. The building, stock, &c., were insured in the Equitable office for £7OOO. The fire ie supposed to have been caused by a defective fine. The damage to the hotel and furniture amounts to about £IOOO, mainly caused by water. A good deal of the insurance is reinsured.