TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1496, 7 October 1886, Page 1

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

The cricket season was opened at Auckland, on Saturday. The Cricket Association have ■ resolved ■- to offer £2OO for a three dwys mateh with the All England Eleven, with T an. tive of similar terms' allowed the Australians, viz., the visiting 1 team to pay £IOO for the nse of the'ground and take all proceeds, less expenses, Matthew Burnett's mission Opened at Auckland on Monday night, i- There was a large attendance. ' \.-< Mr Forwood, on behalf of the Auckland bar, congratulated Mr Justice Ward on his accession to the .Bench of the Supreme Court, and his Honor suitably replied. On Monday afternoon Sir Julina Vogel on behalf of members of the Treasury staff, presented Mr Best, late cashier, with abeaiVtiful and costly,set of plate, manufactured from Thames silver by «. Wellington jeweller. The value of the plate 'was nearly £IOO. At a meeting of the directors of the Christchurch Goldmining Company on Monday night, it was stated that a fire assay had been made of the stone brought by the mining manager from a reef 6ft thick, which yielded gold at the rats of 2£ ounces per. ton. Information has been received from Fiji by the Arawata that judgment in the Appeal Court of Fiji has been given for the plaintiff in the taction 1 Mancawa v. McArthur and Co. The judgement stated 'that plaintiff was entitled to possession of 300,000 acres. McArthur and Co. were ordered to deliver up poises* sion.

In the "case of Spalding,* cb arged with burning the Auckland Dair'y'>Coropany's buildings, the iury returned a verdict of insanity.

The Rev. Mr Killan, who desired to practice law with his ministerial duties at .Whangarei; had tendered his resignation of 'Hi's charge. Another North Shore property scandal is promised at Wellington. Last Monday night the Radical Reform League resolved to send a telegram to the Premier asking to be informed whether the Government lately purchased land at Devonport from Mr Watson or Mr Holdship, and if bo at what price. It is alleged that the price was in excess of that paid for Stark's property. Government have offered Mr Crawford £lO per acre for the land taken for defence purposes at Fort Ballance and Point Halswell, Wellington.

Government have received an cfEer from a Dunedin firm to manufacture iron rails",' They have secured a'riitent which will enable them to use any soit of iron for the purpose. The last brick in the tunnels on the Wellington-Manawatu Company's line was placed on Tuesday." It it expected the line will.be open through to Longburn early in November. The Nelson School 'Committee last Monday night agreed by a majority of four to three to grant the use of the school rooms for religious instruction by ministers of roligion between 9 and 9.30.

The directors of the Southern Cross Petroleum Co. have received advices that the depth of the bore on Friday last was 1448 feet, with an increase of oil and gas shewing.

Three young men have reported to the Dunedm police that while at Ocean Beach last Monday night they saw a man or woman dive into the waves. They ran to the spot but could discover nothing. An awfully sudden death took place at Dunedin on Tuesday, just as tbebupreme Court had risen. The Deputy-registrar, Mr A. D. Harvey, fell down on the floor, and died almost immediately.

A girl named Mullen narrowly escaped beiog burnt to death on Friday last at Windsor, near Oamaru. While lighting a fire her clothe* caught and she was burnt very severely. A steamer similar to the «.s. Eldertlie, but fitted with the Hall refrigerating machinery, will arive at Oamaru in March to load frozen mutton for London. The cargo for this vessel has been guaranteed. A young man named Angus Robertson committed suicide by ehootiog himself in the mouth at bis mother's farm, Upper Clutha. He had been drinking. The' residence of Mr F. A, Whitaker, Hamilton, was destroyed by fire on Sunday afternoon. The house, which contained ten rooms, was insured for £450 in the Colonial office, and the'furniture, etc., for £350.

The libel action Sir Julius Vogel v. A. J. Hoskins, the proprietor of a small sooiety paper named the Wellington Advertiser' 'has been withdrawn, accused having signed an apology. The ketch Janet, owned iby Mr Jobs Sims, of Kaiapoi, bound from Waitapu to Kaiap, i, -with a cargo of timber, struck on Cape Campbell reef on Saturday night, and went down ten minutes afterwards. All the hands got safely into the boat, and were picked up by' trie s.'s. Bauraki. There was no insurance either on the boat or cargo. The enquiry into the wreck of the s.s. Lyttelton at the Bief Barrels resulted in the officers of the vessel being exculpated from all 1 blame. : •;;,