TELEGRAMS.

Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 3865, 4 January 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(FKOM OUit OV/N CORRESPONDENT),

HAMILTON, this day THE FREEING OF HAMILTON* BRIDGE. a

The programme to-day at the f rf p ■ ing of Hamilton Bridge from t 11 will j,' follows: The Borough autho.ities l\a meet the Premier at the railway station aud drive him tj the bridge, where ater tators will bs assembled, _]_ 9 children ,f both schools will be asked to attend __M sing some appropriate pieces, and thn Hamilton band will also be invited to' tak nait in the ceremony, .after he has op clarcd the bridge free, the Premier w m t ' entertained at luncheon by the Mayor t which ihe members of the two Cou'ntv Council* and Chairmen of Highway Di triots in the vicinity of Hamilton, aud the members for the district, Mes-rs J t> Wbyte and F. A. Whitaker, win j,e t vited, In the evening there will bo a W , ball in the Volunteer Hall for sue! of th. burge:ses as choose to be there, and at • which refreshments will be proviaed At 2.30 p.m. the Premier arrives, and nru ceeds on to the bridge, wlure the author! ties of all the local bodies of Waikatu and : Waipa are invited to take part ia ttie cere mony, The Premier will then read a re«o" lntioii as follows :-" lint, as the GovtHs ment have provided for the repayment of the outstanding bridge loan viz., £0 700 the tolls hitherto charged by tie Council be abolished from Thursday, the 4th of January, ISB3, by the Hamilton Boroush Council." Ihe Premier, in his nddresdee'ares the bridge free from Thur*dav' 'J he party then proceed to Jthe Commer ciul Hotel, where a dinuer will be provided by J. C. Mdoe, A ball takes place at 8 I p.m., in the public hall, to which all ■ burgesses are invited by inviUtion, About: one hundred couples will take part. :

OHAEA WAI, this day, Mr Moss was hete this morning &H Kustel, and left for Kaikohe, whtre tha natives have asked him to meet them to consult about their land.

THAMES, this day,- : The big pump will be stopped for a day or two for overhaul of machinery and boilers. The contractors have driven 85 I feet, __~' Prince Imperial.-i start has been . made to sink a winze on the reef at No, i level, at appoint about 35 feet west of the shaft. Driving has also been commenced eastward on the leader recently cut h thel cross-cut. About 5 feet of it is stripped but no quartz has yet been broken, Tbe' country m the shaft is tighter but cooSl progress is bjing made The stopea west"' are looking well, and good cold was visible in. the roof and face of it o. 8 stope yesierday. Small parcels of picked stoee _mtl ■ to hand every breaking.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) !"' GISBORNE, this day I Nominations for the handicap* of thr Poverty Bay Turf Club Meeting, 1883 ''fel' close on Saturday next at 9 p.m., afiffif 1 Masonic Hotel, Gisbome. ;{•■ iieavy rains bave set in, with iadicnliani of floods in low-tying districts. WaNGaNUI, this day, The crops sre fullering considerably hon continued dry weather, and the eraos is : 1 burnt up in many places. W»LLINGTOtV, this day, The Customs returns for the colony hi * month wore £113,395; beer duty, £7073 I For the corresponding roostb, 1881, m 1 were: Customs, £I'JB,BSI ; beer duty 1 £6,598. For the nine months, April ioD<e! I inclusive, tbe customs duties amounted to I £1,119,282; beer duty, '£45,495. , I CHRISTCHDRCH, this day. '[ THE DEATH ON THIS RAILWAY, 1 At the inquest on the body .oE-Jusel' | 1 bomson, who was ki led on the railway^; j Monday last, the evidence showed thit | di ceasid had been dri«kt'ng /or some tjme \ past, and was alone at tbe time of the1 \ accident, which wssnot observed by atyof I the other passengers by the train. ' t Af CLPESJT TO AN ARIILLERY4IAN, f During the firing of tbe salute ou'tlt-tj arrival of ±iia Excellency Sir Jsaes * Prcndcrgast at the dock jesterdav, t gunner who was to carry cartridges iron ' the limber to the gin wss standing with |i charge in his hand too near lo the rnnalijl while tbe gun v.'ai being sponged Cit, 1 The strong wind that was blowiug at tie-I lime carried a spark from the gun oald 1 the cvtrielfe which * asher was holdißg,.; | and exploded i', inflicting some ccviii J| burns on his arms, brea«i, and neck. The | wh»Jc of the front of his tunic wasilii"§ burnt away. jij A MIRACULOUS ESC*PE, j On Tuesday, as the last train frets l! Southbridßc was near Pebbletoß, lit I engine-driver observed a little child aboil I 18 months old, on the line. Be wMiIW:-| repeatedly, but tse child bad cot sr« Th enough to run away. Brak«s were put ti, l;i but the engine was rot stopped in limit § aud tbe cowcatcher pushed the child off to p line, bruising one side of the iaco Mi f4 head rather badly, she was immediite!; i taken to a doctor and attended to| and jet *| terdsy was doing yery well. DUNEDISf, I his day. I The Equitable Co. had no risk oa til M "•! tuartslreet buildings. The Victoria toi''! arL-k of £700, butlt is alleged to hivett j| tied at noon the same day. Law proceed- $jj ings arc likely to eventuate. S