NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 6515, 29 July 1884, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION]. GEAR MEAT COMPANY STOPPED FREEZING. Wellington, July 29. Owiug to various circumstances, one of the chief factors in •which is the present high price of mutton', the Gear Meat Company, and also the Wellington Export Company, have determined to discontinue freezing for the next month or two. CHARGE OF ARSON AT NELSON. Nelson, July 29. John McLeary, charged with attempting to set fire to his unoccupied house, was brought up before the Resident Magistrate. The case lasted six hours. The prisoner declined to make any statement, and was committed to take his trial at the Supreme Court. Bail was refused. PAYABLE REEF LAID BARE Ross, July 28. A six foot reef has just been laid bare in the Excelsior Company's lease at Cedar Creek, and at a rough trial crushing on Saturday last, yielded very payable results, in consequence of which there is a good deal of excitement. The reef at the Prospectors' lease has been cut at the lower level, and heavy gold struck —richer than anything got yet. DIPTHERIA AT AHAURA Greymouth, July 28. Two fatal cases of diphtheria are reported from Ahaura. WEATHER COLD AND WET. The weather is very cold and wet, colds are prevalent, and whooping cough is general amongst the children. SUDDEN DEATH. Timaru, July 29. An old man named Pa-trick Joseph Duncan, aged about 75, who had been in New Zealand about twenty years, was found dead in his cottage yesterday. He was last seen alive on Saturday evening. The jury found, on medical evidence, that he died of heart disease. MISSING BODY FOUND. Donbdin, July 29. The body of William Wakelin, a painter, who has been missing since the 18th, was found in the Silverstream this morning. He had been in a desponding state of mind. CTIANGE OF WEATHER. The weather cleared up yesterday morning, but a cold wind sprang up in the afternoon, accompanied by sleet, and on the hills snow fell. At Wauaka, Dunstan, and other places the snow has fallen very heavily, aud floods are feared.

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