TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1211, 31 March 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Per . Press A ssocia fcion . DUNEDIN. This Day. A four-roomed house and store at Anderson's Bay occupied by John Williams Crabtree, was burnt ai midnight. The loss is not stated, Geo. Larcklmrst has been sen* tenced to 3 years concurrent,- on several chargoes of false pretences. Dr Parry has been committed for trial af K-iitangata for malpractice m a case of confinement. \t Kaitangata jan Saturday, W. Davensport Parry was committed; for trial for manslaughter. ' A five-roomed house off KTipg St was burned down last night. The Building was insured m the Norwich Union for L2OQ, AUCKLAND. March 528. August Forkert, was brought v$ to-day on a charge of burning an. un* occupied house near Qhaupo, hu| it was dismissed. The defendant" left home at four a.m. on the 17th instant. The house was completely burned at a quarter to five. The only evidence was accused's boot marks m and about the premises. - The headquarters of the Constabulary have been removed from Camn bridge to Kihikihi. March 29. The New Zealand Tobacco Com* pany have just ordered additional, plug and twist making machines, to cost L6OO. The Lutterwoi th and Amazon sailed to-day for London. The alleged shoplifters, Bebecoa and Thomas Ward, have been remanded for a week. Bail was. re« fused, Goods have been found to* day m other places. William Atkinson, who has since attempted suicide at Oxford, ha^ been bound over m sureties of LIOO, or m default six months' imprison* ment. T A North New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Society is being ,inau* gura^ed m Waikato. A Young Women's Christian Arisooiation is to be formed on the linea of the Young Men's Christian. Association. (>HItLSTCIIUBCH. March 28. Peter Martin, aged 14, when trying to get into a train m motion at tan* coin station, fell on the line' and "a carriage passed over his body, mangling it fearfully. He died from' the effects last night m the hospital. • Eighty men were discharged frqm the Addingfcon workshops yesterday.' Ihis day. A fire occurred, at Sydenham on Saturday , doing damage to , the , amount of LSO, which is covered by' insurance m the New Zealand office. About midnight of the same day W. Alexander's boarding house, Kaiapoi, had a very narrow escape of being burned down. NELSON, ;,,' ' ' ,'. r ( Mr Twist, a livery-stable keeper* whilst looking at the races yesterday i fell from the trap, on which he wa% i standing and received seriqus injur^ ies. Dr M'Carthy, of' Hokitika; wßa was on the course, at tended ,.tne' sufferer, and ordered his removal home. The doctor pronounced the case aiT being one of concussion of the ajnu^

and fears were entertained ol his re« covery, but to-night Dr McCarthy is hopeful of pulling his patient through. A man named R. Skelton was found drowned on the mud flat at 10.80 last night, and it is supposed ■he fell over the breastwork at high tide .jHe leaves a wife and three children. TAURANG-A. This Day, The Telegraph, the evening paper j published here has t ceased publica- j tion. INVERCARGILL. This day. Accer's sawmill afe Otaiaira, near Invercargill, was burned down early on Sunday morning. The fire is supposed to have been caused by sparks from the engine lodginging on the roof. Insurances £100 m the jftoyai, and £400 m Norwich Union.