NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume V, Issue 660, 17 September 1891, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS

AUCKLAND Last Night, Tha Waihora arrived from Sydney tonight. Her departure for Gisborne is postponed till Friday. The bootmakers’ strike has oollapsed from want of funds. The boot manufacturers, wi'h the exception of McArthur's, celebrated the triumph by a picnic of nonunion employees. The direst steamer Pakeha is loading meat here. She leaves for Gisborne tomorrow. Mr W, A. Murray has opened the electoral oampsign for Waikato. He got a vote of confidence at the first meetinc at Huntly, A young woman named Kate Odium wss arrested at th»| Thames last evening on a charge of concealing tha birth ot a mala child found hidden on Saturday last, in a drain alongside the railway line, SOUTHERN NEWS. Last night. Earthquakes were felt to-day at Lyttelton and Christchurch. At Masterton Murdoch McKenzie, contractor, has been committed for trial on four charges of forgery in connection with Road Board receipts, The saddle tunnel near Beefion, on the Midland railway, was pierced yesterday afternoon. Mr Bees, contractor, and Mr Ball, the Company's Engineer, walked through it, A boy named King, agod 12, was drowned in the Manawatu river yesterday. Deceased, with four others, was crossing in the Wairoklno ferry punt with a horse and cart, when the horse backed the Cart over the end of the punt and King went under with it. The Hinemoa leaves for Christchurch with the Governor and Lady Onslow at the beginning of next month.