TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

West Coast Times, Issue 7194, 17 September 1888, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

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CHRisiCHOECa;, Sept. 15.

About seven this evening a fire occurred at the New Zealand Clo'hing Company's premises, Cashel street, through a bandkerchief falling on the gas jet. The contents of the window, consisting of men' B mercery, were destroyed together with fitting >. The surrounding wall and ceiling were badly scorched. The damage is estimated at £400, The building and stock are insured, it is supposed in the National, but it is not known for certainty, the insurances being effected in Dunedin. The fittings of the premises are insured for £500 in the SfandarJ.

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' Tbe Cathedral Chapter h;ve "accepted the design by Dobson and Mountfort for tbe restora'ion of tbe spire. It wi.l be ia stone, but the nwonry will not be to massive as that destroyed. The iron cross will also be lighter. Auckland, Sept. 15. Advices by the mail steaoiar tho* that war has broken out in Ssmos between the adherents of Malietoa and Times se. An engagement took place in which over 3000 took par. Many were killed and wounded. The Germans are accuied of intriguing to b iaj about hostilltien. September 16. The creditor* of Robert Stevenson, bankrupt, passed a resolution yesterday instructing the Official Assignee to lay an information against ihe b>nkrtiFt for msdemeanour, and recommending Stevenson be brought before tbe Court with a view of askinj? the Judge to exercise summary junsdi.tion in his case. In the case of Mr and Mrs Day, who j have been in receipt of charitable rel'ef while owning a bo'ise and allotment, Dr Giles has given a decision that the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board shall have powers of mortgage of the property. Mr Mitcbehon was interviewed yester» day with respect to tbe rite for the proposed new refuges, about which there is considerable public di'cassbr, Tbe Minister slid he thought the Hospital grounds afforded the most suitable tite, but did not think Government had any desire to sanction the erection of a bnildiog there In face of the objections from a majority of the residents ot the district. He would lay the tubject before the Colonial Secretary.

Three trotting horses are on board the Alameda imparted from San Francfcco to Melbourne to the order of Mr J. J. Miller, the well-known Victorian sportsman. The animals comprise the standard bred stallion Bed Wind, four year», snd two thoroughbred filließ.

[Bed Wind was sired by the celebrated trotting stalilon Red Wilks. He is four years old, dark bay, massive framed, and all over quality, and reprete t< the most successful and fashionab'e trotting stock in America.] Gbbymouth, Sep*. 16. Ileefton returns for the week are :— ELeep-it-Da'k, 3370zs amalgam from 180 tons; Glob?, 198ozs from 190 t(ns; Fiery Cross, 2130zs from 99 tons.