TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1436, 3 December 1885, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

The District Board at Blenheim declines to contribute to the building of the Hospital now in course of erection, to which Government contributes two-thirds, as the site ia not that which the former hospital committee agreed to purchase. A meetiDg of burgesses at Blenheim has declined to sanction a loan of £3OOO for local improvements, and a poll will be taken. Blenheim has never had a loan, but the borough overdraft exceeds legal limits. At the inquest on Simon Hodge, at Dunedin, he was proved to have been suffering from congestion of the brain. The verdict was one of temporary insanity. Fearon's Opoho Hotel (Otago) was burned down on Wednesday. It was insured for £775 in the Equitable Office, three quarters of the risk being rein? sured.

Williams has decided that the whole of the Dunedin Corporation leases of ihe harbor reserve are void, because they grant valuation, which is ultra vires. As (he decision ;:ffects a considerable amount of property, a Validation Act must be passed. At the lnvercargill Police Court on Wednesday, a member of the J Batteiy of Artillery was charged on the information of the commanding officers, with being absent from a Government parade. He was fined 5s and costs.

Bayard has been scratched for the Auckland Cup ; Revenge for the Steeplechase ; and Thunderbolt, Winchester and Wizard for the Derby.

Rala left Auckland for Sydney last night. The Thames gold returns for November are 10,2050z3, the largest yield for eight years. An inquest was held on Tuesday on the body of Magaret Hester, an inmate of the Lunatic Asylum at Napier, who had persistently refused, for forty days, to take food. Verdict—Death from voluntary starvation.

The four Maoris of Wairoa who wore suffering from the effects of eating bread into which strychnine had been put in mistake for soda,, have recovered. At the Hospital Board. Christchurch, yesterday, the House Committee reported that last Tuesday night they found the Honse surgeon, Dr Robinson; in a state unfit to peifoim his duties. They consequently recommended his instant dismissal, which was agreed to unanimously. Correspondence received by the Bluff Harbor Board from the General Manager of Railways shows that a considerable concession in rates for measurement goods hus been made on Bluff-Invercargill line, the maximum charge being now 15s 8d per ton, or double the charge for dead weight Carting from Bluff is, however, still going on. Close on 300,000 socks oats will be shipped from Bluff this season. Captain Hallet, R.N., of s.s Rimutaka inspected the Bluff on Tuesday as to its suitability for the Company's steamers. It is understood his opinion is favorable. The Kaikoura will probably load cargo' from the Southland Frozen Meat oo,'s works there in January. A fatal accident happened at Le Bon's B*y on Monday hist. A young man named George Grotty went out duck shooting, and in crawling round a log his trigger caught in it, and the gun went off, shooting him through the head. The back and side of the head were shot away, and death must have been instantaneous. The body was found in the evening. At the inquest a verdict of "Accidental death " was returned.

A meeting of the unemployed took place at Auckland on Tuesday, 200 persons being present. It was decided to interview the local members of Parliament, to urge upon them the necessity of providing employment. A new by-iaw designed to put down the Salvation Army parades came into force at Napier on Tuesday. The Army announced its intention of defying the by-law, and accordingly 2000 people marched the same night with more hideous noise and absurd antics than ever.. The police will prosecute them at once. As showing the general desire of all parts of the colony to put down the same, the Napier Council has received applications from nearly half the municipalities for copies of the by-law. The Minister for Defence bas received a telegram from Admiral Tryon stating he cannot reach Ne>v Zealand for a fortnight.