TELEGRAPHIC.

Otago Witness, Issue 1834, 14 January 1887, Page 22

TELEGRAPHIC.

AccujLfWD, January 7,

Informaliou luis been rectived v? a frtfeh outbur.st of the little known hot springs at' the Great Bairier Island,

Acckland, January 10.

A gang of water-rats arc infesting the harbour, robbing boat>bt'xla, boats, &c. In Hobsoh Bay the yacht; Tarnm-j, owpeil by Mr E Mitchelsou, M.H X., was boarded at night, thiugs smashed übtmt 1 , aud an attempt made to burn the yacht

Auckland. Ja

unr? 11

Over 200 le^s arrests, for drunkenness were nvide in Auckland in 18S6 thanin the preceding year

Wakgakpi, January 10.

A li' tip r.laori boj', aged seven years, the son of Hiroki the niurderer, who had been lost in the Moiaohnki bu-sb, near Waverley, for 12 days and wa* believed by his tribe to be dead, was found by come Europeans on Sunday. What the little fellow lived on is a mjstery.

Wkt.uxgtox. J inuatv 8.

The total nun ber of claims received by the Lqiul Claims Commi-sirn in 1830, bufcahe proptrtiun imported, on favourably will. not bo iir;]e. . . .■ '■ •' ' "■" ■ - . . :• :s 'V' I

ing the appointment js nptifiedtpf Mr Alexander Mackay, _of W.elfingionf as commissioner under the .Native. _Lan,ds._Ad_raini!jtrati»ra Acfc of last session for the Middle Island district, including Stewart and Chatham Ihlands. ,' '■>'•'» ' . • January 9. Chas.\Hercoct, aged 70, committed suicide at DsleQeJd yesterday by drowning. Deceased was recently married to a young woman about 20 years Of age. -- 7" Wellington, January 11. Information has beeu received by the Minister of Ikuds that the tourist traffiVduring the present Keaßon js { 6njy about one-fourth of the average before me eruption of Tarawera. -: There ateonly three Ministers here, but they all disavow any knowledge of the rumour to the effect that -oneofthe' Cabinet! intends to resign. • . >•■■.'_' ..7 ,-, . . Hokitika, January 7. Antonio Zula, the prospector, has turned up all well. - He had been prospecting on the dividing line between Canterbury and Westland. The.B»nk'of New Zealand's monthly purchase?, including Christmas gold, amount to49lloz,and is valued at; £19,644. •';'- Hokitika, Jaunary 8. Some excitement has been caused in district by an affiliation case, the defendant being 1 a recently dismissed country school teacher, and the plaintiff a pupil. The information was >thrown out, the case being held not proved. Five informations for perjury havo been laid, ' two on behalf of defendant and three on behalf of plaintiff. ;. .' ■ ■ Invekcargill, Jauuary 10. The Rev. Mr Gordon, of St. Paul's Prebbyterian Church, delivered a sermon on Sunday night; ,'on" Faith-healingr-What is it?" with reference io the Rev. Mr Dowie, of Melbourne, now on a faith-healing mission here. Mr Gordon asserted his belief that Mr Dowio's so-called healing power was -simply animal magnetism, that ' Mr- Dowio's arguments were blasphemous, and expressed the opinion that Mr Dowie's socalled mission -was not free from a suspicion of selfishness."" To-night Mr Dowie announced that he would reply to Mr Gordon. The Wesleyan Church was crowded, and the procecdings-'were of a very lively order, the rev., gentleman being unguarded 1 in his references to those who interjected remarks or asked questions. One of- the audience, who said Mr -Dowie's mode of procedure was all bounce, was characterised as " a lying BCQun3rel." Another gentleman, who asked Mr Dowie" when he was going to the hospital to heal the sick there, was ordered out of the church. No cures' effected by Mr Dowie's agency here have yetbeen i made public.