TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1540, 3 August 1886, Page 1

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Two bodies, a mother and daughter, have been recovered from the volcanic mud at Wairoa. Tliey appear to have sat down in the mud exhausted, and been buried up. Prosecutions for sly grog-selling are to be commenced against those who sold drink to John Law who was killed by falling over a precipice on the Otcgo Central. An unusual claim was made in a case at the Resident Magistrate's Court, Dunedin, on Friday, under the statute of George 111., by which parties removing furniture fraudulently to evade paying rent are liable for twice its value. The case was against the owner of the furniture ami a firm of auctioneers, for removing the furniture to prevent the landlord" from deslraining. Judgment was given against the owner of the furniture for £2O, but the Magistrate said that, although the circumstances were suspicious, the auctioneer did not appear to know that reut warn due.

Mujor Wood's house and school at Taheke, Rotniti, was burned down at six o'clock on Friday mornings The Major >. lost everything, including many medals which he had gained for valor during his military career in China, Crimea, Burm«b, etc.

At a meeting of 360 of the unemployed, at Auckland, groans were given for the Hon. Mr Tole, and votes of- thanks were passed <o Sir Geo. Grey. • Nothing further is known of the jewellery robbery <tt Wellington. Mr Frf-eraan reports 258 articles missing the value of which he estimates at £B7O.

The lion. W. Sunday, woll known in this part of 0 .>>■.: v. has commenced a libe! action u;<au>.:.; '..'be World tov an alleged, Hbdoul/iiLvd some inc-rlhs ago. Mr Wardo"!, the. I'oaident Magistrate, has agreed to &er.p.pt bail in the 3um of £250 ench for Te Whiti and Titokowaru, and £IOO for each of the. other native prisoners. Tho bail will be forthcoming. The Wellington Maoris have gooe as bondsmen. The men have,agreed not to return to Paribaka, but to remain in Wellington till their trial, Titokowaru continuing in the hospital. Mr W. L. Rees, of Poverty Bay, has been retained fur (he defence.

Mr Hooker, the patentee of the gasflectric light, c'aims lhat he can manufacture the supply at a cast of Is per 1000 feet. The light has been exhibited at Wellington of late with the most satisfactory results. It is proposed to offer the light to the gas compantti established at a fixed eum, limiting the price to be charged by the companies to 7b per 1000 feet. The body of John Hancock was found floating in Luke Wakatipu. Ha had received news of money havtog been left him, and about three Weeks ago left Kawarnn with the intention of going Home, but was not heard of again till his body wan found in the lake. He had a waicu and about £7O in money whm last seen, but the watch and money were gone when the body was found. Thera are no markh of violence on the body, but suspicions of foul play are entertained. The Maori prisoners v at Wellington were released on bail on Saturday. * • The Maoris on Friday commenced ploughing Andrew Anderson's land at PuWaki, neur Manjjare, Auckland. Anderson found three natives with a singln-furrow plough at work, and as they refused to desist he fetched Constable Walker from Otahuhr, who removed the horses and plough to the public road. The Maoris wer« sullen, but unresisting. They said they must g«t potatoes and oats hewn, and would start ploughing again. The constable said they would be taken to Mount Eden. T'>ey replied they would rather go to Wellington and be near Te Whiti. Pukaki was formerly occupied by the Maoris, but was confipcated during the war. Part now belongs to Anderson, and part to the Mission reserve, which he has len&ed.

The city engineer ai Auckland has * stated a number of the unemployed oa road works, selecting needy men with families. Government .have offered a further advance to the unemployed on strike at the Mount Eden works, but i bey have refused to accept it, desiring 4b 6(1 a day, as ia given at the southern relief works. It is intended to reduce the wages of the men working at Moult Eden from 4s Gd to 4s a day. A four-roomed cottage on Perry Road, OhristchurcK, belonging to Peter Peterson, wns burned down at half past 12 on Saturday morning, it was insured in the Colonial Office for £l5O. The firs was caused by the explosion of a kerosene lump.

Mr R. M. Cotton a nioholdei', of Luke Coleri'ige, C \t'ilnuy, who with his wifa arrived «t liotun.'i on Thursday alternoon and put up at t' a P-J-'tce Ilotd, has been, missing since 5 •/clock ou Thursday night. Diligent and efficient search wua kept up all night, but no trace could ba found of him. On Saturday search patties wore organised and rewards offered. Every possible means are being used, and a number of natives ara now searching. It appears after Mr Cotton Mine out of the blue bath he returned to Upper Town and went into Mr Morrisoa'a hotel for a short time instead of going on to his owl bote). He found hie way to Brien's boarding-house, from where he was directed back to the Palace Hotel. This was the last seen pf him. The search parties traced hi? footsteps for over twelre miles.-