FOREIGN & COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 2899, 8 January 1884, Page 2

FOREIGN & COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN CABLE. (PeeEIECTIUcTeLEGEAPH. — COPYBNJHT.) [Reutee's Agexcy.] [Received 12.40 p.m., Jan. 7th.] London, Jan. 4. . Consols remain at lOOf . The market rate of discount has declined to 2i, and is now I below the Bank rate. Nsw Zealand securities : — 5 per cent 10-40 loan, 104A ; 5 per cent 1889 loan, 103£ ; 4i per cent 1879-1904 loan, 101J ; 4 per cent inscribed stock, 100. ! . Colonial breadstufls. — Adelaide wheat, ex store, 4Gs ; New Zealand, 38s 6d to 43s Cd ; Adelaide flour, ex store, 325. The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,870,000 quarters, a decrease of 50,000 during the week. Australian tallow — Best beef 395, beat mutton 445. (Special to the Peess Association.) London, Jan. 4. It i 3 reported that France forbids Turkey to interfere m the Soudan, but has offered to repel El Mahdi if England declines to do so. vThe mutton ex Teviotdalejis realising 4|d per lb. The Roman Catholic Bishops of Australia have recommended either Archbishop Croke or Professor Morgan Walsh, of Maynooth College, to succeed Archbishop "Vaughan m the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Australia. The Messrs Redmond report from San Francisco that 300 branches of the Land League have been established m Australia, and that the colonists have subscribed £4000 towards the Parnell testimonial. + AUSTRALIAN CABLE. (PeiiElecteic Telegraph. — Copybigot.) (Reutee's Agency.) [Eaceivod 12.40 p.m., Jon. 7th.] Melbourne, Jan. 7. The overland telegraph line betw.aen Adelaide and Port Darwin is interrupted, but communication is expected to be restored to-day. . ; INTESF&OVINCIAL. fJPBBSs Association Tblbgbam.] Auckland, Jan. 7. Six young ladies look the " black veil " on Saturday nt the Convent at Ponsonby. Bishop Luck officiated, assisted by three prio3ts. Tbe exploring party under Mr Rochforl, who haro been engaged on a surrey for a route for the Main Trunk Railway, arrived at Knihiku on Saturday. Mr Rochfort has reported that lie has completed his explorations of the central line to the westward of Tuhua and that the line is good throughout. He also states that the exploring party under Mr Carkeek has been m great difficulties, having met with very impracticable coun'iry. He has, however, instructions to labor until he gets through. The decision on the Triumph enquiry 'iris give:i this afternoon. Captain Brotherton's certificate was ordered to bo suspended for three years, and he is to pay three-fourths of the uosts, £72. Chief officer Owen's certificate is suspended for six months, and he has to pay one-fourth of the costs, £24. In the R.M. Court to-day Edwards, the pedestrian, was sued for £50 by J. H. Pollock, a butcher of Wellington, alleged to have been lost by plaintiff acting as guarantee for Edwards when the latter had an hotel m Wnrganui. Edwards repudiated the dobt, and said that a blank cheque produced with his (signature was a forgery. His Worship nonsuited the plaintiff with costs, £3 13a, remarking that tho whole thing was unsatisfactory. An application has been mode to the Court to impound the cheque, pending further proceedings. Tat/rutga, Jan. T. H .M.S. Espiegle sailed for Lyttelton at 9 a.m. Captain Bridge and the officers qtoo back from the . Hot Lakes on Saturday *tont ing. It is reported that the Governor, lind , suite will proceed to the. Sounds by' Ute 1 Espiegle. : ■ ■ ■ . - : v ': Ts Aboju, Jam 7. Tho directors of tho To Aroba mines having ; decided to reduce the miners' wages from ! nine to eight shillings per day, a mooting of [ 200 miners was held to-day, at which it was , decided not to accept the reduction. , Gbetmoutji, Jan 7. [ The Greymouth Jockey Club's programme , for St. Patrick's meeting comprises £{<30 ' added money, for two dnys racing. CußiSTcnnßcn, Jan. 7. i At the settling on tho Christchnrch Jbel.cy i Club's midsummer meeting, the following i amounts were paid over : — Hon. W. Robin- , son £494 19s ; Hon. George McLean, £?10 i 13s ; D. O'Brion, f 171 5s ; H. Horsfbrd, ; .£23 15s ;P. Butler, £47 10* ; Brien, £19. Total, £1067 2s. The Committee appointed by the Chrisli chunih City Council to -oneide'r tlie offer of ; the Hoard of Governors to hand over to 1 lie City tho public library, recommend that Ilio 1 offer bo refused, as maintenance would cost too much.- At-tuo same time tho Committee suggest^Uiat they woidd reverse tbo recoinmoudntion were tho cndowinonts* to wMllh thoy consider .tho library eutiUod, npplied to their legitimuto object. iJ^ A cihess gnmo with living pieces at the Exhibition to-night was. a greut succi'-ss. Tho Reporting Cominitteo of the Exhilition Lavo decided to draw up reports on tlie various sections, und forward them to Dr. Heck* to bo.iocorponitcd m his ofliuialr-*' ' port. ■ . . ■ .;.■.!!

"WsujUQToy, Jan. 7. t A melancholy fataiity occurred at nim o'clock lost nigho. Mr Jacob Monteith, t well-known and highly respectable chemisi parrying on busirues m" tlio city, iras supplying some lnedicino to a customer when lie complained of being seized with a million pain. He retired for a moment, and not reappearing, searol( was made. Ho was found m the yawl voniiti ig, and m great pain. Ho ■was removed and medical aid sens for, but JTr Monteitli diel m a few miuutes. Thu cause of dcalh is at present unlioomi, but v post mortem will be made to-day. - ' Dt'NKBrK, iTan. T. An inquest was held to-day on Thomas Cochraiie, whose -body was found m the harbor on Friday last. He was lnst swi on Wednesday afternoon, and was thon sober and quite cheerful. He had been nt the Caledonian games. The tendency of (lie wholo evidence went to show that the occurrence was accidental, and the jury returned a verdict of found drowned. The Governor attended the concert of the Kennedy family to-night. The tntire proceeds were m aid of the Benevolent Institute and Burns' Statue Fund, and were £00. The stakes at the Caledonian gathering were paid over to-light. Burk takes £48 for running; Dinnio and Murray Ilio flaucer come next with £28 each. Di'nnio ulso gets £'50 from the Society for his presence. It is thought there is little probability of any of the challenge? to Dinnio coming to a contest. The sum taken at the gates for tho threo days was £1063, and the stakes paid over amount to nearly £500. W. A. Spiors, of Dargaville, Auckland, formerly a first "prize-taker for dancing at Dnnedin garaos, telegraphs his willingness to dance a Highland fling with Donald Dinn' for £100. Donald has agreed to danco your Murray, "if judges who understand tl Highland fling can oe found." W. Afiithcsoi of local hammer throwing fame, his als accepted Dinnie's challenge to him m tlu feat on level terms. At the inquest ou Mclutosh, fount! (lend o Portobello road, it was shown that tlie acci dent occurred at tho junction of an old an* new road, and the cirt had fallen from one t the other over a bank 35 feet high. Thi evidence showed that Mclntosh left; Dun edin sober. A verdict of accidental death wa returned. At one of tho inquests held to-day the jury brought m a verdict commenting" upor the" wretched morgue that is at present ii use m the city. It .Js a small room beloagiaf formerly to the old Supreme Court building which has lately b<*n pulled down, and it is m a most dilapidated condition. No one seems to have the care of it, and the twe corpses which were on view to-day were covered with old rags, while the clothes taken off dead bodies previously brought m lay strewn about. The rider was as follows: — " The jury desire to say that they found the morgue m a disgnice'fully dirty condition, containing an accumulation of dirty rags smeared with blood. In their opinionpropor provision should be made for a coroner's court with morgue attached." The Coroner, DrHocken, m endorsing this, spoke of the injustice of always holding inquests m the hotel nearest the morgue, as the landlord did not receive the slightest remuneration. He added that he had several times written to the Government ou the mattar, and would do ro again. The Otago Cricketers' Association have agreed to do all m their power to make the tour of the Tasmacian team a success. A three days' match trill be played on the Association ground at the end of this mouth, and m order to allow of tliis fixture taking place, it has been decided to ask the Canterbury Association to postpone the interprovincial match to a conveoient date m February. The ship Marlborough is taking m frozen meat for London. The Tarawera starts on her first tvip to the West Coaat Sounds o>a Wednesday evening. Iktbhcabgiu., Jan. 7. An inquest was held on Saturday at Lumsden on the body of Geo. McClintoefc, a runholder at Dunc.-aigen, Lake Te Anaii. Dawson, his partner, deposed that he left deceased m good spirits on Monday to post letters, and on retutxing next day i'ound him dead m the hut with n bullet wound through the head. A gun lay on the floor, and a stick with which he appeared to have pressed the trigger. Deceased's circumstances were good, and he was the last man witness would have thought of committing suicide. A verdict of suicide wh;Je suffering from temporary insanity was retarned. The inquest on M>rk Wilson, who cut his throat ' at Waianawa on Friday, held at the Hospital to-day, disclosed the* grent determination of the m«n and strong vitalitr. Ho ent pieces ont of his throat with an old table knife, making a hole about three ~oj two inches, destroying this thyroid cartilage. The deed tras done after dinner, yet Wilson, a man of sisty-one years, was able to walk to a buggy and drive to the Hospital at midnight. He had been depressed m spirits for some days, having becojre intoxicated on liow Year's Day for the first time that friends knew of. His brother attributed tho deed to the effect of that im|<rudence. A verdict of temporary insanity was found.