TELEGRAPHIC.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1346, 28 May 1885, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

A fire broke out at 4,30 a.m. yesterday in the store shed at the back of Motley’s grocer and fruiterer’s shop in Emerson street, Napier. The shed and its contents, cases of fruit, groceries, crockery, &c.. were totally destroyed. The insurances on the shop and premises did not cover the store shed,

A young wan named Dixon rushed into the sea yesterday morning at Napier apparently with a view to committing suicide. The incident being observed, three men rescued him without much trouble. Dixon is a married man and has been in poor health for some time. He appeared to be suffering from melancholia, Colonel Roberts will be appointed Resident Magistrate over the district lying between Waingongoro and Stoney River. Thus he will have civil as well as military jurisdiction over all the disaffected portion of the West Coast. At the Magistrate’s Court, Christchurch, on Monday, Mr Beetham, R;M., in sentencing two women of ill-fame, said he was sorry to see that since the operation of the Contagious Diseases Act had ceased in Christchurch, there had been a com siderable increase in crime, and he considered that the sooner the Act was brought into operation again the better it would be for everybody.

A meeting of policy holders in the Government Insurance Association was held last Tuesday evening at Invercargill to consider the proposal to establish Local Boards in Christchurch, Auckland, and Dunedin. The following resolution was carried unanimously—* ‘ That in the opinion of this meeting the proposal of the Central Board to create Local .Boards in Auckland, Christchurch, and Dunedin is premature, and further that before Local Boards are established a vote of the policy holders should be taken on the subject,’* Waterhouse Nicholson, aged 20, son of the late Dr Nicholson, was accidentally shot last Monday night at the Mount Eden Railway Station (Auckland) while handling his comrade’s gun, * They hud been out shooting together, md his comrade was getting the luggage out of the train at the time of the*accident, The Jury returned a verdict of '‘ Accidental Death.” The gun was a pin-lire one. Mr Kelly, the defeated candidate al Tauranga, demanded a scrutiny on the grounds that a number of voters had personated others not present. The scrutiny was gone though on Monday and resulted in the discovery of three informal votes, leaving a majority of twelve instead i of fifteen,

The Premier Company at Macetown (Otago) have obtained 372 ounces of retarded gold from 550 tons of quarts!. At the Petone races (tlawkes Bay) on Monday the chief event, the Birthday Handicap, of 100 sovs, was won by Mystery. On the course a horse harness d to a cart bolted into the crowd near iho stand, and injured several parsons severely, but no fatal results are recorded.

It is stated that a religious sect known as the Christadelphians are about to petition Parliament to bo excused from military service, as such is contrary to their religious principles. Welcome Jack has been scratched for the New Zealand Cup. Mr Donaldson, Chief Gaoler at Addington, complained on Tuesday in the R.M. Court, Christchurch, of the difficulties the gaol authorities had in dealing with persons who were committed to gaol when suffering from lunacy from drink. He said he had at present five such cases, in which the men concerned were raving mad—in fact, the gaol was transformed into a regular Bedlam, and the enforcement of proper discipline with the present staff was almost prevented. Mr Beetham, R.M., advised Mr Donaldson to telegraph to Government for more assistance.

The Acclimatisation Society have fi.xed the BMSon for trout fishing in North Canterbury from October Ist to March Slat. They have also decided to communicate with kindred Societies throughout the colony asking them to assist in endeavoring to obtain a Government grant towards sending Home for another supply of salmon ova next season. The Appeal Court, Wellington, has adjourned till Tuesday, when judgment will be given in a number of cases.