TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume IX, Issue 1128, 8 December 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

'.'* Per Press Association. Dunedin, This day. A five roomed house m iJlm Row, belonging to Mrs Dallas, widow, has been totally destroyed by fire. It was insured m the Standard for Ll5O. Dunedin, Dec 7. At the inquest on the body of Townsend, it was 'proved that he was. m liquor, and had been taken <iff the train immediately it got to j town. * He feli over the splash board, the forewheeis passing over j hira. A verdict of Accidental death, j accelerated by drink, was returned. Daniel Wilkinson died suddenly on a tramcar last night of heart disease. Deceased leaves a wile and nine cliildreu. He was seized with a tit as the Mornington tramcar was going up Hi*h street, iud died before medical assistance could be rendered An inquest has been decided unnecessary. ' ' Aucklaad, Dec. 7. Peter Harper has been committed for trial for stabbing a boardinghousedcceper Mrs Rogers, m the shoulder. An inquiry into the wreck of the barque lu-iia at Hokianga was held today, before Mr S-iiitb, Resident Magistrate, and Captain Fraser, Nautical Assessor. After heariug-the evidence, the Court reserved juagment: till tomorrow. -,- ' ' A AyAA'iY X- ' ■ There was a lajcge attetMauce at Judge Mannings' f lineral to-^day. ! A sawmill at Kawakawa, owned by the Bay of Islands Goal Company, has been burned down.-.. The loss is L3OO The schooner Oli/e capsized off , Mangapai during a squall. John Graydon, the owner, and tbe crew managed to reach shore m the boat. The vessel was worth L6OO. It is not known if she was insured. Wellington, Dec. 7, S. Neilson, of Masterton, has lodged a complaint before the Resident Magistrate against the Bornham Industrial School. He alleges that thiee of his children who recently left that school were discharged dirty and ill-clothed. Te Olde EngHshe Fayre has as yet netted nearly £1000. It will be clossd to-morrow night. The Government have received a telegram from Major Atkinson stat« ing that he proposed leaving for New Zealand oy die next trip of the Han** roto from Sydney, arriving m Wellington on the 23rd instant. At the Appeal Court this afternoon an order was made reinstating Mr Staite, of Canterbury ,a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court. The remaining judgments will be delivered on Monday. Nelson, Dec. 7. Ambrose 1 " Bicketts, boatbuilder, aged 76 years, was found dead m his bed. At the inquest a verdict was returned, that the cause of death was heart disease. The weather is cold, showery, and most unseasonable. 'Wellington, This day. In chambers this morning, before Mr Justice Richmond an interim injunction was aoplied for m the suit of Brandon md Brandon v. Shaw. The affidavits showed that a suit for dissolution of partnership had been commenced, the terms oa which the dissolution of the legal firm of Brandon.Shaw and Brandon should take place being ia dispute, and the plaintiff:*, Messrs Brandon and Brandoi, now app ied for an injunction to restrain the defendauc Shaw from taking any part m the partnership busings un'il the c*tse was hear! and determined. After argument His Honor refused to grant injunction. Gisborne, this day. At a meeting of licensed interpreters m connection with the formation of an association the rules of the association were agreed upon, and a circular drawn up to be sent to interpreters throughout the colony, inciting co-operation. A fatal accident ha pene*" at Patutahi to Mr Jas. William-*, alias Jones, a farmer who was kiUed by a stallion (Sir Julius Yogel) oa tbe agricultural show ground. The animal became excited and j commenced kicking. One of the kicks caught Williams a terrible blow behind the right ear. He w^s rendered unconscious and lived only. IS minutes. Christchurch, Dec. 7, The fuupral of the late Mr W. H. Hamilton took phce to-day. There was a large attendance, including mem* bers of the Diocesan Synod and Canter** | bury College Board of Governors. The Most Rev. the Primate conducted the service. The New Zealand Shipping Company have cabled that the Fenstaut-m's frozen meat arrived m good coudition. The Doric is to leave London on December 13th for Auckland, Wellington, and j Lyttelton, and the Fenstanton on De» I cember 31st for Port Chalmers. , Balolutha, This day. Mr Thomas, M.H.ft, delivered a lecture on our public finances at the Warepa school last night and receded a vote of thai-ks and confidence. He announced that he would not seek re-election at the next general electioi i* . v