TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1504, 11 May 1886, Page 1

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

At a meeting of the Auckland Tobacco Company, the report showed a loss; on the working of the Company of £5209. It was resolved to wind up. At a meeting on Friday of the New Zealand La Monte Smelting Company it was resolved to go into liquidation. On Thursday afternoon a deaf mute, named Brooker, while walking between the rails at the Tamuni branch line, Feilding, was knocked down by some timber laden trucks, and had his legs broken, and his skull fractured. He died instantaneously. In the Supreme Court, Blenheim, on Friday, Patrick O’Sullivan was acquitted on the charge of unlawfully wounding. The divorce case, Harry Doreen v. Elizabeth Doreen, respondent, and Charles Dimonte, jun,, co-respondent, the parties being Wakamarina p ople, occupied the Court a long time. TV evidence was very contradictory. Justice Richmond reserved judgment. The Governors of the Wellington College have decided to appoint Mr Kenneth Wilson, M. A., to the position of Classical Master at the College, at a salary of £430 per annum. Only one of the other two vacancies is to be filled up, and it is expected that the recent change will result in a saving of £SBO per annum. At a meeting of representatives of a ! l the Friendly Societies to-ilay it was alecided to establish a New Zealand Friendly Society’s Mutual Provident Associaiiiv. Rules and regulations we e adopted, aim will be sent to all the Societies in t‘*e colony for their approval. The A-sotia-tion will start operations if fitly 'oTges join, and if possible begin to take risks in July next.

Tha Dunedin D-'ck Trust h >vo appointed Mr R. Hay as their Engineer and resolved to take steps to raise a loan at once. The Engineer, estimated the cost of a dock 500 ft in length, with provision for extending 100 ft, at £97,000, one 600 ft long st £115,000. Since the trial at Wanganui the Auckland ammunition has been much improved in quality. Even-grained rifle powder is now used for filling the cartridges, and 'he cases have been altered for the better, and are now solid, strong articles, which the defence authorities consider superior to the English make imported for ordinary use. A serious buggy accident occurred at Napier on Friday to Mr E. Patten, Collector of Customs, wife. While driving down Monroe street the whistling of a passing Iccorafotivc frightened the horse, which bolted down Edward street into Hastings street and came into collision with a verandah opposite S >a' ' ■ brewery. The concussion capsized tv.--buggy and broke the verandah post, ;.r-’ he upper heavy beam fell ctl Mm Pat-t«n, breaking both her thighs, Patten had his left leg broken. Continued experiments with tho Auckland ammunition at long ranges show ih'<t tile colonial cartridges -re p-.Kf- . Mt now quite as good as the impoitd The shooting varied; four points i. rci favor to three worse than Wo-;r= i ammunition. The cartridges casi s cos. one third more than io England, hr; unlike the latter they can be used ag*)' and again. Alfred Osborne, formeiiy an undor:aker, at Christchurch, died on Saturday morning from the effects of a fall on the steps of the Central Hotel on April 12th. Mrs Messenger, wife of the absconding publican, late of hia Lordship’s Larder, gave evidence at Christchurch on Saturday morning at the B.M. Court, under the Fugitive Offenders Act,” to the effect that he had left her and six children unprovided for since February last. Constable Allen goes to Melbourne per Wairarapa, to bring Messenger back. A man named William Stoupe, a giocer, died suddenly at Christchurch on Sunday evening. r The barque Norman McLeod' had a narrow escape from destruction while being towed out of Lyttelton 1 Harbor on Saturday afternoon. All went well until the vessel got abreast of Fort Levy rocks, when ao explosion occurred in the cabin, which immediately filled with smoke. Captain Galbraith, who was iu charge of the ship as pilot,-immediately ordered the tug to let go tho tow line and come alongside, the object being to work the steamer’s fire engine if necessary. Fortunately, however, ii was not required, as the fire was by the exertions of the crew, soon got under. If appeared that some rockets or blue lights were being removed from one locker to another when some fell on deck causing the explosion. The cabin boy, named Robert Meuchenic, was the only person injured, He is very. much burned about the face and bauds, but the injuries are not regarded as serious. Mrs Lovett, the wife of the Captain, with her children were in the cabin at the time, but escaped without injury.