SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XVII, Issue 5409, 19 February 1886, Page 3

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

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Auokland, Thursday.

Arrived: Annie Reid, barque, from Dunedin; Orpheus, sohooner, from Suva; Maiahi, s.s, from Southern ports. Sailed; The s.s. Te Auau, for Melbourne, via Southern ports.

Messrs A. Laybourn & Co., a firm of produce merchants, are arranging with their creditors. The liabilities are £16,000, and the estate will likely pay 12s in the £~

A son of Mr McNaughton, butcher, Victoria-street, was thrown from his horse when racing with other boys on Shelly Beach road, and sustained injuries to the spine and concussion of the brain. Wellington, Thursday.

The Government offer £100 reward for information leading to the conviction of the persons who set fire to the public echopl at Hokitika on the 7th of January last. At a meeting of the creditors in the bankrupt estate of Alex. Thomson, grocer, who is believed to have left Wellington, a resolution was carried " That the Official Assignee bo authorised to spend all the neceßbary mouey required for the capture of the bankrupt, and his prosecution for fraudulent bankruptcy." The supervisee of tho estate recommended that a reward of £50 be offered for his apprehension and | conviction, or £25 for apprehension only, or a proportionate sum for any information as to the bankrupt's movements be offered, and that say 500 handbills be published with a photograph of the bankrupt at the head thereof offering the above reward. Wanganui, Thursday. George Fish, a little boy six years old, was drowned while bathing in tho Wanganui river. The body has been dragged for, but'it is not yet recovered. The local Volunteer Corps have provided a marker for the convenience of competitors from other parts of the colony who may wish to practice at the range on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday next. A locally-built stern-wheel steamer, the Tuhua, successfully reached Rana (London), 160 miles up the Wanganui river, yesterday, returning to-day. Her passenmrs were greatly pleased with their trip. 8 Nelson, Thursday. ' William Hollyman died at the hospital this evening of tetanus, the result of in juries at the Nile-street bridge accident on tho 19th inst. An inquest will be held tomorrow.

In the action Black v. National Bank, in which the plaintiff claims damages for alleged wrongful dismissal, Mr Jellicoe, of Wellington, has been retained, with Mr Pitt for the plaintiff, At a meeting of the Nelson Cricket Association to-night, a challenge Was accepted to play a Wellington InterProvincial team curly in March. A walking tournament took place this evening between P. Morshoad and four ' local pods to the theatre, Morshoad undo;-

taking lo walk four hours, taking a fresh man each half hour. When time was called Morahead had covered 14f miles, the aggregate distance _ covered by the local men being half-a-mile less.

Masterton, Thursday. A settler named Hoffmann while, clearing land near Masterton this morning borrowed a keg of powder to burst stumps. He was told it was wet, and incautiously set fire to it for the purpose of testing it. He is now minus whiskers, beard, eyebrows, and lashes, and is nearly scalped, while his clothes were burnt off. It is bslieved his injuries will not prove serious

New Plymouth, Thursday. The licensing meetings for the districts in the Taranaki County cannot be held this year, ojving to the usual notices not having been advertised in time. The Governor will therefore be called upon to nominate the members 1 of the Licensing Committees. " .

The delegates from New Plymouth and Hawera who represent the Bush Fire Relief Committees have completed their labours, and have given orders to the sufferers for material, and in some cases money. The whole fund is now disbursed. It has also been arranged that the Hawera fund should be banked with the New Plymouth fund, and orders issued on the New Plymouth treasurer. Another handsome donation has been received, being £60 from Messrs Sargood, of Melbourne. Christohdroh, Thursday. This afternoon Cardinal Moran laid the foundation atone of the Magdalene Asylum at Mount Magdala, Lincoln Road, towards the cost of which the Maxwell bequest , of £2000 is to be applied. The Cardinal, accompanied by a large number of ecclesiastics and others, drove out in a number of carriages to the site of the asylum. On arrival, the party waß received by 80 school children drawn up in two lines. The stone having been laid, Cardinal Moran delivered an address, stating that they were met that day to lay the foundation stone of an asylum for the most forlorn of their fellow creatures,—a work which would commend itself to everyone. The virtue of charity was the crown of all other virtues, and the work'of their Divine Master had told them it was a pearl above price. A collection was made realising a large sum, including four contributions of 100 guineas each, and two of £25. The Cardinal and parly left for Wellington this evening by the Rotomahana.

Mr F, Baok, General Manager of the Canterbury Railway, was to-night presented with an address and a purse of sovereigns from the railway, employes on the occasion of his departure for Tasmania.;

At an inquest at Kaiapoi on a boy named Kerr, drowned yesterday, the jury returned a verdict ef accidental death, and added a rider recommending that the boy Jim Forrest, deceased's companion, who had made a gallant attempt to rescue him, be recognised by the Royal Humane Society. Ddnedin, Thursday. A deputation, waited 1 oif the Premier on the question of social ' purity, urging that the age of protection to females should be raised to! 8. The Premier said he sympathised with the deputation, but had not made up his mind as to the advisability of extending the age 'above 16. He suggested the sending of circulars to mem-, bers on the subject. Mr Ballance was waited on at Lawrence by a suggesting that Government should give a price all round for rabbit skins. Mr Ballance thought the' suggestion" a good one, and promised to communicate with the Colonial Secretary. Trenton has been scratched for all engagements at the meeting, and Argonaut for the Champagne Stakes.