TELEGRAPHIC

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 17 November 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC

.- ! [BY 15LiCTRlC TELEGRAPH.] [FBOM Otß OWXT COEKESFONDENT.] Auckland, November 12. The Cify Council is preparing an address tp Sir Arthur Gordon, and are making arrangements for the erectiou of a triumphal arch. ; LtIVEEOAEGIIiL, NoVPmbar 12. At a meeting of electors of the Mataura district, held at north Invercargill last night, a motion, lo the etfoct that Mr Shanks, M.H.R., has not the confiJence of his consti^upnts, and thoy do not desire any esjplapatioa of his past action, hut i are desirous that he should resign his seat at once, was carried unanimously. DrjXEDix, Novcmher 13. . ! A strange affair is being inquired into by the police this morning. On the southern recreation ground Wf-ro found ti womans dress, brooch, earrings, aud a letter. signed Mary Prescott. She says it is addressed to her family, iv which the writer says, in consequence of her friends having been false to her she intends doiu« away with herself. Some things were found alongside the waters edge — they have since beeu identified as belonging to Mary Prescolt, 20 years of age, who re» centjy quarrelled with her lover, and threatened to commit suicide. The police are now investigating whether it is a hofix or not. November 15. Wi)h reference to the reported rol« hery ol' goid ' from the Tiirarua. It >.[>■ pears on examination the assumption of Ifcuter's represenlative in Melbourne that the box had been left behind at Dunedin is incorrect, The b^x was trshi" shipped from Hawean into the Tararuain the ordinary course. The'pur^er of tlie vessel, and two official* of thf B.mk ol New ' Zealand witnet-scd its lodgcmeni in the safe ou boar I the Tarurua. Tne or.lcl co-iviu od of li'/c i^njls e;ich wci.>.,ir, i;m !i;?.;rly 25J ou.iccs. AH c-r.ccrn^d in ilu- iij.is arc sv.siini^j' i.'Ki.Li;"A 'he tv* '

rival of further particulars. Tbe sold was shipped by the Bank of New ZeaianS in Dunedin. The fact that gold, in bars oflarse sizy should make its disposal, very difficult —unless, indeed, the robbers prove to be professional thieves. oi Blenheim, November 16. Andrew Richmond, Esq, M.H.E., died rather suddenly at the Eichmond Dale run la3t night. Heart disease is supposed to be the cause of death.