LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Westport Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 3275, 2 December 1884, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

(PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION) New Plymouth, Nov. 28. James Paul has been elected Mayor of New Plymouth ; and Furlong of Hawera. Wellington, November 28. At W.J.C. Spring Meeting, yesterday, the Jockey Club Handicap was won by Black Rose ; Leonora., 2 ; Ugly Buck, 3. Duneiun, November 28. Dornwell's slaughter-house, at Kaikoura, was burned down this morning. It was insuved for LSOO in the Australian Mercantile. Wellington, December 1. The hearing of the first charge against Waring Taylor was continued on Saturday. Mr Jonas Arundel, residuary legatee, in his evidence, said, hearing that something was wrong, he came up from Dunedin in company with Donald Stewart, solicitor, on May 10th, and called on the prisoner, who said he was very busy at the time, and promised to have "an interview later on. As Mr Stewart and witness were leaving, accused called the latter back, and said: "I must ask your forbearance in the matter. The fact is, I have quarrelled with my co-trustees in Rhodes' estate, who have jumped upon me. I have consequently made use of shares belonging to my trust to satisfy the the Rhodes estate."' Prisoner gave wiiness to understand that this had been quite a recent transaction, hut said nothing about having sold shares. In. a subsequent interview Taylor repeated the above statement in the presence of Mr Ste-wart. The accused was committed for trial, bail being allowed. There are ten further charges pending. Mrs Frank Wordsworth, known-as the heroine of the Crozets, she being the oidy female who escaped at the wreck of the Strathmqre, and for many months participated in the hardships and suffer"

ings of tho survivors until rescued, died on Saturday evening ; aged 5S years. Chhistchurcii, Dec. 1. Sir John Hall received an enthusiastic reception on his return to Hororata on Friday. Congratulatory addresses were presented from the residents, and Sir John was driven home in a drag drawn by four white horses. A triumphal arch was erected before the gate of hi 3 residence, and the school-children sang the National Anthem. Auckland, December 1 Paul Louis, for larceny as a bailie, has been committed for trial. At the first annual meeting of the New Zealand Iron and Steel Company, Messrs C. J. Stone and Thomas Motrin were reelected directors. The report stated that working operations would commence early in the year, and that the company had secured as manager Mr Hesketh, formerly manager of tho largest works in Great Britain, second only to Krupp, in Germany. J. Humphreys, Secretary to the Northern Shipping Company, died on Saturday from blootl poisoning, caused by eating pork. His predecessor died from a similar cause a few weeks previously. The charge of indecent assault on the boy Wm. Chadwin, of Maungaroto, preferred against Abraham Ridings, late Congregational Minister at Maungaroto, came up on remand on Saturday. Superintendent Thomson said he had received a telegram from Maungaroto stating that five distinct charges of a similar nature, wit i am [u„ evidence, had been laid against the prisoner, who was remanded until Tuesday, the bail being enlarged. Upwards of LG2 )0 passed though the totalisator during the two days of the races her o .