TELEGRAPHIC

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 25 March 1881, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC

- » [BY KLECTRIC TELEGRAPH. JjROM OUB OWS COBREBPONDEICT.] Dunedin, March 21. In the Supreme Court to-day, Judge Gillie^ astonished counsel by refusing to grant discbarges 'in cases where there were, po assets, unless applications were supported by resolution t>f the creditors. It has been a. ctystpm. here to grant dig* charges, as a matter of coarse, where there has been no opppsitiop, . Wjsjfji-WGTqN, March 24. A serious fire has been ragipg all the fpreiioou at Featjjerstone. Eight tbop« sand pounds dam jjf q. Tho Cjub Hotel aod Toogood's stgre and other buildings, were totally destroyed. The date for concluding the Lunatic Asylum inquiiy has been extended by the Executive pouncil till nineteenth proximo. One witness to»day gave the foljpy ing of what h^e N had witnefged : He saw a warder take Anderson, a patient,, by bis ears and smash his head against the wall, and then knocked down like a bull felled by the butcher. He was quite sickened by the scene and left. A petition is to be presented to the .Ci£y Council by a eveningi praying that womenof iH'fape may be prohibited fronr occupying houses in this city. Wangantti, March 24. Mr Bryce spoke (wo bpijrs last night.

i Speech gave full explanation of his re tiremeut Irom the Ministry, fota ofc confidence was carried. I Chbistchubch, March 23. A remarkable . robbery occurred last night at the Terminus Hotel sometime , before nine o'clock. The waiter's room, which is just off tbe main entrance, ops posice the railway station was entered, and a small safe containing £87, and valuable* documents, was carried \ off bodily. ' How this was done is a mystery. The police have kept tbe matter so quiet that it only came out late -to-night,*