TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1150, 14 January 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Per Press Association. Nelson, This day.A six roomed house near the railway station, owned and occupied by August, second mate of the steamer Kennedy, was burned down on Sunday afternoon. Mrs Corbett,' August's mother-in-law, was m the building confined to her bed, and waa • saved with difficulty. Insurances:-— National, £100 and £150 on .the house and furniture m Norwich Union/ Nothing was saved,as owing to a strong wind the fire spread rapidly. Collingwood, This day, A correspondent of the Colonist reports a violent thunderstorm m that district early on the morning of the 9th. While Mr G. Hislop was at breakfast his house was struck by lightning, whicn split the corner from top to bottom,tearing away the weatherboards* and lining,, passing along the ground plates arid ground for 40 feet, and then exploding and throwing up the earth. Hislop was thrown on' the ground and his wife and two children m a cowshed close by were also thrown down. None were seriously injured, / . Wellington, This Day. . In the Supreme Court this morning the charge of arson against Mul« len was commenced. There was * large number of witnesses and the case is not expected to conclude until Wednesday night. Auckland, Jaa. 12. . Messrs Edgecumbe, and Spencer, surveyors, have started to :. survey the King Country, and have reached the settlement of Haiiaru (who was the principal objector to ; the -survey) where they were hospitably treated. They proceed thence to Te Kuiti, where some opposition is" anticipated. ./'.,. '\ >At the inquest on David Tusee, a gumdigge'r, supposed to have been accidentally poisoned, the' verdict was death from natural causes. Deceased had been drinking heavilly. New Plymouth, Jan. 12. Bishop Eedwood : arrived by the s.s. Eotorua this morning, to lay the foundation stone of the large convent on Sunday. He was escorted through the town by a brass bandH ■■"'/ The Native Land Court at Waitara this morning decided the c kiira m the Mokau district m-fayor of la Wetere. There was a largegather ing of influential chiefs. "' ,;V; Wellington, Jaril 18. A respectably connected girl, aged 17, was arrested last night for .soliciting prostitution m the. streets.