TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1997, 21 January 1890, Page 4

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

At the Napier Caledonian sports on Wednesday 3000 people attended, J. Groodall won the Ladies’ Bracelet, P. Wilson the open Caledonian Handicap, ihe chief prizes for dancing fell to T. Mackay and W. P. Stuart, both from the South Island.

Harry Davis, a grass seeder, who went to Le Eon’s Bay by the steamer on Tuesday, was intoxicated on the voyage, and shot himself in the shed on the wharf after lauding. He blew his brains out.

The Tarawera is expected back at Dunedin on Saturday from the sounds trip. A second excursion on January 20th and a third on January 29th promise to be a great success, both filling up rapidly, as already over eighty passengers are booked for each trip.

The financial difficulties of Mr Robin at Reefton have created an immense amount of trouble locally. Forty or fifty people have been struck by him in sums ranging from £25 to to £7OO.

A boat accident occurred at Mimiha, near Whaugarei, Auckland, on the 12th instant, when a young man named Williams, the owner of the Owai Hotel, was drowned. At the crushing at the Exhibition battery, stone from Jacob’s claim, Nenthorne, yielded at the rate of sozs to the ton.

Daring the sinking of un artesian well in the centre of Dar aville, Auckland, when a depth of 5s set bad been reached, trace-, jf gold were formed in some olack sand. A shatc is to be put down.

At Christchurch on Wednesday C. C. Sommers, W. H, Hosting, J. Anderson, S. Powell, and 0. H. Rhodes were fined £2 and £2 9s costs for selling indecent literature. All admitted the offence. The Knights of Labor in Auckland are working with the object of closing all shops at 6 o’clock each evening, including Saturday. Owing to the falling of a tree Mrs Erneste, wife ot a homestead settler at Mararetu, Auckland, was killed, bar skull being smashed. Thomas Milligan, a well known Maori Creek miner, near Grey mouth, attempted suicide by cutting his throat on Wednesday night, ihe doctor advised him to make his will. At Donnelly’s Creek, near Hokitika, a miner discovered a reef, which returned him 4ozs of gold from 6owt of stone when crushed. Several more leases have been taken up in consequence. Mr W. M. Maskell has reported to the Government on the outbreak of phylloxera in the vines in the Auckland district. He says he sees no reason to doubt from the specimens submitted to him that the disease is the true phylloxera, and recommends that the severest possible remedy should be applied, that remedy being tbe total destruction of every vine in the town and district of Auckland. Upon receiving the report the Government consulted the Solicitor-General, who advised that the Government had no legal authority to order the destruction of vines. The matter will be considered next session, Nobedy outside of the profession has any idea how difficult it is tor an editor to please some of his patrons. Eor instance, a paper, referring to a reputation for a careless toilet, announced as follows: “Mr Maguire will wash himself bofore he assumes the office of Town Councillor ” This made Vl'aguire furious, and he demanded a retraction, which the paper made thus: “Mr Maguire requests us to deny that he will wash himself before he assumes the office of Town Councillor.” Oddly enough this only enraged Maguire the more. Some people are so hard to please.