TELEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1129, 13 September 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

« (fkom our own correspondent.) DUXEDIN, 11. The defalcations of Edward Marlow, clerk to the Union Company's oflice, and private secretary to the managing director, were disco vei'ed a few days back, being principally, it is said, of private funds, and of the Otago Towing Company. It is now supposed lie has le.ft Dunedin. The amount is not mentioned, hut it is supposed to be considerable. Auckland, 11. The steamer Manipouri discovered the schooner Makeran with all sails set, oa her beam ends, off Mercury Bay. She boarded her and found that she appeared to have been abandoned. The ciiiw and boat are missing. Thames, 12. In the Queen of mine ? ,130

loads from GOO feet below the surface yielded 944 ounces of gold. Axckland, 12. At the inquest on Mrs Cleaver today Dr Purchase, who attended the deceased for four days prior to her death stated that he believed her ailment to be English cholera, leading to gastro-enterits, He said he was not present at the autopsy. \\ ELMXfiTOX, 12. The House was occupied tli£. whole of last night with the Supplementary Estimates, which passed with some amendments. Patea, September 12. The s.s. Wiikatu was launched unininjurcd on last nights title, and came alongside the wharf this morning. Captain London holds an official enquiry on board to-day. CuuiSTCHURcii, September 11. A fanner at Spreydon, named Harris, had his sheds apd stack burned yesterday afternoon, causing him a loss of nearly £250. His children had got hold of some matches in the straw with the usual rtsult. The Mercantile Union Insurance Company lately started in Melbourne to do business on the mutual principle, has established an agency here. Their capital* j is only £25,000. but they have made a good bid for popularity, and have negotiated with Mr M'Kay Baird, the apostle of mutual insurance here, to accept business to the extent of £100,000,000 (?) about a third of the total insurance business in this city.

A youngster, ten years old, named S. Leach,, was brought before the Bench today, for stabbing his brother with" a pocket knife, under circumstances already reported. The boj' is of a thoroughly criminal disposition, aided no doubt by the neglect of his parents, one of whom (the father) was in Court, and conducted himself so imprudently as to draw down the wrath of the Bench. The boy a few months ago tried to poison another lad by giving him lollies dosed with a preparation of load. He was sent to the liurnham School.

A telegram from * ; lute, M.H.R., has been received, stating that Sir J. Hull, Mr Wright, and himself interviewed, the Minister of Public Works, who promised that the route of the West Coast line shall be surveyed during the coming summer. Auckland, September 11. The inquest was resinned to-day, respecting Mrs Sarah Cleaver, who died j under suspicious circumstances. Dr. Richardson, who had medically attended the girl, during her fatal illness was examined. His evidence, with cross-ex-amination, taking all day. He deposed j that the girl in reply to his questions ; stated, she was well when she left Wai- : kato, and well when she got to Auckland. She denied having taken poison, and j seemed surprised at such a question. He ; prescribed the medicines to counteract j corrosive poisoning, and examined her month, and her fingers for stains of any corrosive but found none. He described j- with great minuteness her symptoms duri ing illness, and her treatment. Dr. Walker gave corroborative evidence, he stated that oven if Mr Pond, analytical chemist, gave an adverse opinion. He would stand by his evidence, and the belief that the girl died from an irritant poison, and that the tests revealed crysstal of arsenicus acid. The inquest was -atHonrn&ftjKiH v to-morrow. .4,, ■imuf^r— -