NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 4520, 10 December 1883, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[PEB PItESS ASSOCIATION.] NEGLECTED CHILDREN. Wellington, December 8. A complaint has been made to the authorities regarding the condition of three children named Neilseu, recently released from the Burnham Industrial School after beiug some ten months there. When sent there they were well clothed, cleau, and healthy; on being restored to their parents at Masterton recently they were ragged, filthy, crawling with lice, covered with sores, and with, dirt ingrained in the cracks of their skin. OaABGB OF INCENIASIStf. Dunedin, December 10. The corouer's jury at Waikata returued a verdict of iuceudiarism against some person unknown in respect of the burning of Kelly's old Royal Hotel on October 21th ; and added a rider that tho Insurance Companies should inspect all buildings before taking risks on them. SOIDSNDEATff. Mr. George Hepburn, a very old aud respected settler, died suddenly this morning. FATAL ACCIDENT WITH FIREARMS A sad and fatal accident occurred on Saturday. Mr. Street, the Mayor, and a number of gentlemen had arranged to visit tho Saddle Hill Quartz Company's mine in the afternoon. In tho morning, Mr. Street's son, aged 15, went out with a number of other lads rabbit shooting. Both parties wore to meet at the mine. The boys arrived first, and while in one of tho buildings, one of them, named Hawkes, accidentally discharged his gun, shooting young Street through tho head j causing almost instant death. Mr] Street, sen., arrived soou afterwards. '