TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1513, 16 November 1886, Page 4

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

George March was arrested at Karangahape, oo warrant from Palmerston North, charging him with deserting his wife and family in February, 1885. The Aucklond City Council last Thure-, day night authorised the Mayor to send some onO to Kawau to consult with Sir G. Grey fM to the removal of his library to the new- building. Besides the books, Sir G. Grey has resolved to give > to the city lot. South SeV, Islands curiosities, which - will be placed in the entrance hall of the library. It is expected that all will be in their places before the library is opened. Henry George Woods was found dead in Albert Park, Auckland, on Thursday night, With half a bottle of carbolic acid alongside him. He was a remittance man, who arrived by the Rimutaka last March. B|The Blenheim Corporation has purchased the gas works for £12,000. Possession is to be'given by the owner, Mr Pritchard, on Ist March. The Government intend to levy rates ! on some of the district railways to make np the deficiency in the receipts. The amount to be recovered on the Waimate line is £678, Rabaia-Ashburton Forks £1035, Dnutroou-Hakaferarnea £1222. The rates will be struck in accordance 1 with the Purchasing Act of last session, and will be payable early next month. The electro-plated ware, which was reported to have been stolen on the return journey from the railway ceremony at Wellington last week, has turned up all tight, having been packed in the wrong box and overlooked for a time. Sargood, Son and Ewen are about to commence an action for £7OOO against the Dunedin Corporation for damages to their premises through defective drainage. The Otago &.rt Society opened their eleventh annual exhibition on Thursday night. The collection is an exceedingly good one. As the passengers by the morning train on the Northern line were passing through Makarewa bush (Southland), on Thursday morning, they saw a man hanging from a tree. This proved to be settler named Michael Crowe, who lately went through the Bankrup'cy Court, and had sought refuge from his troubles in suicide. At an inspection of the. Southland Volunteers by Sir G. Whitmore on Friday 289, of all ranks were present. Sir G, ‘Whitmore said that while the corps bad held their own he did not notice much, if any, improvement in drill since his former inspection. • A fire broke out on Friday night in Whitney and Co.’s cartridge factory at Meant Eden, Auckland. It broke out over an oven in the annealing-room. The fire, which was left banked up, ; ignited a number of cases placed there to dry. The flames were suppressed by three of the employes living who discovered a number of cups exploded. The powder in the magazine, 150 yards distant, was untouched. The damage was not very great, except to the roofing, belting of the machinery, and a: small portion of material. The insurances are unknown. A* the Wesleyan district meeting, at Auckland, it was resolved—“ That in view of the gambling propensities which are so prevalent, the attention of-our people be j specially directed to the rule of our j church prohibiting gambling in every 1 form.” ! At the unanimous desire of the Nelson 1 County Council, Mr Fell has consented to accept the position of mayor for the sixth year in succession. James Henry Roberts, brother of Jonathan Roberts who was convicted last session of forgery, has been arrested at Christchurch on a charge of forging the name of F. C. Murray to a cheque on the National Bank for £6 14s and uttering it to F. Gabites, draper. Other similar charges are pending against him. The ~ Hinemoa on Friday proceeded some miles northward of Godley Heads to discover the deep sea fishing ground, and to test the new trawl net which Government have dmported. Two or three hours were spent and every, effort made by Captain Fairchild to find a good ground, but the only reward was two or three elephant fish, and a lot of jelly fish. Nellie Ross,- aged twenty-two, fell off

the Rattray street wharf, Dunedin, last Friday night, but was rescued and removed to the hospital. She was seized with fits on her removal from the water. , An unprecedented frost occurred in the districts south of Napier on Friday morning, it destroyed all the potato crops, beans, vines and dowering shrubs ; even docks were ki'led. The mischief was’ done through a fiercely hot morning succeeding the frost. Early on Friday morning, at Rimu, near Hokitika, a terrible suicide took place. A miner, named Samuel Warning,

was found dead op a stretcher, the end of the hut being blown out with dynamite, the stretcher being at that end. The body, was, mutilated, the right hand blown off, and all the front portion of the head missing. - There was blood about the bed and the hut. The: body was dressed except for the hat and coat. Deceased had .been “on the spree ” for a week. He, w.as, drinking, till 2 a.m., when he talked about, his knowledge of the use of

dynamiter Be used dynamite to work fail-claim, and always kept some of the explosive in his hut. Deceased, who was fifty. years of age and.unmarried, was a native.of the North of Ireland.