TELEGRAMS.

Colonist, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4171, 22 June 1885, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

Per Press Association ; CHIUSTCHUBCH, ; • June 20. \ ;At Kaipoi yesterday a child of 'Mr Harris, a carter, in. the absence of the mother, who had left a bottle of iodine on the table, picked up the phial, and swallowed the contents. jintidotes were;used', but the child lies in a very precarious condition. Mr John Olliver received a telegram yesterday from Sir J. Vogel, stating that the Governor consents to unveil the Moorhouse statue. ; I The flooded state of the rivers down S6uth has prevented many returns of the Maori election from coming in, and the declaration of the poll will not take place till Wednesday next. A large number of Maoris have come to Kaipoi. and great interest appears to be taken in the election. Tamati Prati is rumored to be the successful candidate. ■.."'''■ • . At; a meeting of the Government Life Assurance " policy-holders last' night, about 70 we.re present, and the following resolution was passed by 46 to 29 votes:—" That in the opinion of this meeting fcho proposal to establish Local Boards in connection with the Government Insurance Association on the plan laid down by tha Act, would be prejudicial to the interests of the policy-holders, and if carried out it would greatly increase the cost of the Association without "resulting in any corresponding benefit." Mr H. P. Blanehard, surveyor, one of the Canterbury pilgrims who came out in the Eandolph, died on Thursday. The duty on spirits received at the Customs' office yesterday amounted to £1515, on sugar £320 9s lid. \ '" June 21. At 2-30 this morning three men named W. Maher, F. Douglas, and A. F. Douglas stuck up a foreigner George Trugesen on the Madras street railway foot-bridge. They violently assaulted him and robbed him of a parcel; suit of clothes. Sergeant Cardyon arrested two of them, and soon afterwards got the third man.: The property was recovered at Douglases house. f At about 8 o'clock last night, a store at Leeston was burnedtdown. It was used partly by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company for,storing twine and partly by Mr Spring as a wine and spirit store. Nothing of the Company's etock was saved, but all the wines and spirits were goi out. Both'the building and the Company's stock were uninsured. The former was worth about £150 and the latter £300. The cause of the fire has not been ascertained. WELLINGTON, j ; June 20. ] The police authorities have visited the photographing establishments, and proceedings will be instituted against the proprietors of three of-the shops for the employment of female labor beyond the hour allowed by law. "VThe Customs duty for the week amounts to £11,896. The return is the largest for one week ever. received in ; Wellington. The total received yesterday amounted to about £6000. To-day the amount was £15. The Hinemoa will leave for-One-hunga this evening, and will take up Major Cautley and Major •Bpdhain. She : will .immediately return with General Scratchley, who is a passes ger to Auckland by the mail steamer. ._At! the Magistrate's Court on Thursday a man named Hardcross was charged with stowing away on board the steamer Botorua from Lyttelton, and sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment without the option of a fine. The ! sentence caused a good deal of comment, and the Minister of Justice ordered the release of the prisoner. The ■ magistrate, Mr Wardell, this morning admitted making a mistake, and said that he should have imposed a fine. . . " June 2O. : ; Three very ; sharp shocks.of earthquake occurred at l'3o p.m today, accompanied—by—a—loud- rumbling noise. AUCKLAND, June 20. .V Mr Hutchenson, of Caversham, who was iarrested here ..on a charge of alleged fraudulent bankruptcy, inti-' mates his intention;* to proceed, for; £10,000 damages illegal iarrept on his arrival at Dunedin. „ - • The New Zealand ,Sugar.Company paid £4000 duty, pn sugar to-day; At^ the adjourned; inquest on the b'pdyl of Margaret? O'Brien, Mr Pond^,f analyst, deposed to finding five grains of arsenical acid in the vomit and stomach. A verdict was found that deceased was poisgned by arsenic, but whether inadvertently or otherwise there was no evidence to show." -'The detectives are still investigating the mystery. There is no trace of her

purchasing, arsenic at any johemist'a shop!' "' ""' ' ' ' ;' -A"! . Courtney, in whose employ Margaret O'Brien was, offers'a reward of £100 to anyone who will clear- up the ■mystery of her mysterious poisoning. . PTJNEDIN, June 20. A High School pupil named Wilson had his collar bone broken yesterday while playing football. ' Mary';Hugan, of Taieri Beach, has received severe injuries by her clothes catching fire, arid her recovery is doubtful. • : ASHBTJETO , ! „,,. June 20. Mr E. G. WrigHt, brie of the candidates for Wakanui, addressed a large meeting at the Oddfellows' Hall last nighfy and received a vote of confidence. He avowed himself a Government supporter,; Mr Ives's, the'other candidate, speaks on Monday.