TELEGRAMS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 4259, 21 January 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

[from our. own conitKspoxnr-XT.]

Shooting Aecldcat. Thamks, this day.—Mr \V. .11. Potts, well-known in volunteering circles, had a quantity of llosh torn from his right side, just above tlie hip, by the accidental discharge of a fowling-piece yesterday, when disembarking from a boat at .Miranda, lie i.s now in the local hospital, und ihe surgeons have extracted about. (10 grains of shot, besides wadding and fragments of clothing from the wound. No danger is at

present apprehended

(I'KK I'hKSS ASSOCIATION.)

Wi_i_t.ix.itO}., this day.—A hard southerly gale is blowing, accompanied with heavy rain.

Tlie Wesloyan Conference.

At tho W'cslcyau Conference, letter.' of sympathy were scut, lo lievs, (I, Stnmai'ii, Wallis, and A hired, who were unable to attend the Conference through extreme age. Arrangements wero mado to receive a temperance deputation on Wednesday. Mr .lougliin was accepted as a student and candidate for the Ministry,

CiiiiisTcmnimi, this day.— .V. If. Langdon will represent Christchurch at tiio Dunedin bicycle races. lie won several important prizes there last year.

The weather continues very cold, and threatening.

Tlie Sarah W. Hunt seamen positively refuse to return lo the vessel, and arc endeavouring to obtain work in Christehi.rch. The American Consul intends holding an inquiry into the complaints made by the men against the captain of the vessel.

John Phillips, Kaiapoi, was thrown from his horse on Saturday and lulled.

Wool-Scouring Premises Burucd _>ov/i

Tho premises of Mr A. 1.1. Ilomcrsli'im, wool-scourer, at Baleairn, with a quantity of wool and skins, were destroyed by lire on Satttiday evening. Insurances : New Zealand, £400 ; South British, £140.

Dunkdin", tliis day.—On the Association Ground, the probable [titorprovincialElcven met tho next Fifteen. Tlio former made 121, to which McNeil contributed 20, Hariss 27, and Fitzgerald 28. Sontag bowled. The Fifteen made 11 for three wickets, Rattray (not. out) scoring 17. Government have granted free passes to the Tasmania]) cricketers. Tho liabilities of Messrs Robert Gulhrio & Co., timber merchants, are 1-11,182, of which L8,77(i are secured. The assets arc r_4,i3y. Tho Celestial Visitor. Mr Beverley writes to the "Star: — "The comet was distinctly visible last night from 0.30 till 10 o'clock. It set at 10.15. At 0.50 it was due west and ncir the horizon, but will continue ascending about two degrees each succeeding .night at the same hour. It is as bright as a 3rd magnitude star, with a faint tail about 2 degrees long, as seen with an opera-glass. To tho naked eye tho (ail is barely perceptible, owing to the unusually protracted twilight. It will bo in perihelion on the 20th, and at its brightest at the end of February."