TELEGRAPHIC.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1352, 13 June 1885, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

At a parade of the City Guards Wellington, last Thursday night, Corporal Barry was brought up ciiarged with firing his rifle out of a railway carriage, whilst returning from the review on 25th May. He was admonished and reduced to the ranks, being debarred from holding a non-commissioned officership for 12 months. Corporal O’Neill, for a similar offence, did not appear, and in consequence lias been recommended to be dismissed from the Volunteer force.

At the Wellington Harbor Board the Finance Committee recommended that a loan of £55,000 at 4£ per cent should b* raised. A resolution was also carried that the Finance Committee be requested to report upon the feasibility of providing funds for the construction of the graving dock at Wellington. During the first week of Mr R, T. Booth’s temperance mission 1,300 blue ribbons were taken and 700 pledges.

A telegram from Napier yesterday states that Mr Sheehan still lies in a critical condition and small hopes are entertained of his recovery. Urgent telegrams received by Mr Sheehan’s relatives hold out no hopes of his recovery. His sister left Auckland for Napier yesterday. The City Council accepted a tender at £4,975 for the construction of the fresh water baths at Auckland.

The Bishop of Nelson has written a letter to the Bishop of Auckland, regretting that alterations had been made in the letter written by him to Mr Broadhurst, M.P., re Bishop Barry’s action regarding the marriages with deceased wife's sister. The Bishop of Nelson states; “What I said was to the effect that there were, I knew, four bishops in Australia, including New Zealand.” At the Auckland City South Licensing meeting (adjourned) yesterday renewal licenses were refused to the Criterion and Wellington Hotels. The Bench announced that they would next year refuse a renewal to the Rob Roy Hotel, A fire at Waitakeri (Auckland) yesterday morning destroyed an old flax mill belonging to John Kelly, stored with coal and timber. Nothing was saved and insurance is unknown. The residence of F. D. Young near Howich has also been burned down. Insured for £4OO in the New Zealand office.

At 5.45 a.m. yesterday a stable and shed belonging to David Wotton, carrier at Wolston, near Christchurch, was burned down. It was insured in the Standard office for £lO5. The cause is not known. John Gordon has been killed by a fulling tree at Mangawai, Auckland. Some of the jewellery found on the ezinglar Dunn at Auckland has bean identified as part of a robbery committed in February last, The tender of Messrs Campbell and Co., of Dunedin, has been accepted for the supply of creosoted sleepers. The number to be supplied is 150,000, and the contract price isL £29,900, The police/are searching for the missing and J. S, Harris, who went out shooting game on the WairarapaLake. Nothing has been heard of them since the 25th ult. It is fea r ed they may have been drowned in crossing the lake. •

The statements to be issued to the policy-holders in the Government Insurance Association for and against the establishment of local bodies have been issued.

Herbert Allendale, who confessed to the recent extensive jewellery robbery at Wellington, has been commuted for trial. A public meeting was held on Vodnesday night at Christchurch under the chairmanship of Mr Wynn Williams which passed resolutions in favor of the Government taking measures to facilitate the settlement of working men on the lands and introducing cheap money in accordance with Sir Julius Vogel’s scheme.

The sum < f £3BO has been handed to (he Dunedin University for founding a woman's scholarship. The sum was raised by subscription and handed over with a request that when £3O a year is derived a scholarship open to woman should be founded. ( The b 'dy discovered near Lovell’s Flat (Otago) has been idenlilied as that of James Baer, a swagger. Two other swagsmen passing heard him moan, and remained with him till he died. Mr Kelly has announced the withdrawal of the proceedings to void the Taurauga election, in consequence of Mr Sheehan being seriously ill, and in a critical condition, at Napier. Mr Edward Cook is gazetted Deputy Commissioner of Stamps, Timaru.

Mr Hiscoke, of Christchurch, who made a gallant attempt to save the life of the unfortunate boy Treblecock, when the latter was drowned at Sumner, has received a letter from the Secretary of the Royal Humane Society, stating that the Society’s certificate has been awarded to him.

At a property sale in Christchurch on Thursday, Mr O. Clark sold a freehold corner section, with 165 feet frontage on Colombo street, having a row of wooden shops thereon for £3750. A similar section with 100 and 120 feet frontage was sold for £2950. A store in Manchester street sold for £llOO, and a block of acres with a dwelling-house at Opawa, about two miles from Christchurch, fetched £2OOO.