TELEGRAPHIC

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 3978, 28 March 1900, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

Sooks for the soldiers. Auckland, Monday. -M™ Banks acknowledges with thank. ap £ nd <rf 3 4 pairs of knitt £ socks sent by the ladies of Tan South Africa; also socks frnl? Mrs Croon, Opotiki. fr ° a Plague precautions Auckland, Tuesday.-Mails b, the -Waihora were landed 0 £ Motuihi yesterday afternoon and after fumigation were brought to Auckland for distribution hi morning. Within the last four days the bodies of 123 rats were delivered to the Pump Station, forcremation!

Rain. Auckland, this day — tj». droughfc-appears to have' broken up and the weather has becom* ajiite wintry and rain continues. ; v Sporting. I Napier, Tuesday—The Can waa won by Tire. * Drowning. - Invercaegill, Tuesday -^a distressing drowning fatality «I curred at Woodstock on Bunday A. boy named Fotheringham !& into a water hole live feet deen. and his sister Annie jumped into his rescue, but stuok in the mud Their father with difficulty saved the boy but the girl sank deeper in the mire until only her floatinf hair was seen; when extricated life was extinct. A dastardly outrage. A train derailed. Invercabgill, Sunday.— A« excursion train from Duhedio bringing back the visitors who witnessed the embarking of the ' Fourth Contingent, was derail*^ when approaching the station at six thirty this morning. The engine ran into Flemin* ' and GilkesoDS siding and lett t5 rails. The force behind capsized it the tender being held in the air and the nose of the second engine was torn away by tb« impact ; two trucks were damaged The driver of the first engine was slightly injured and « passenger, Turnbull, a wool. classer, was removed to the hospital Wellington, Monday.— The Traffic Manager at InvercargiU reporting to the General Manum on the accident states that he wm on the spot shortly after the accident and examined the place. The lock had been opened and the points jammed at half-cock with some stones. ;The lock had evidently beet opened with the proper key or - with a key filed to fit any lock. /.The whole thing must hare - been done by Borne person whounderstood its workiug. Th» last work done at the siding was after six on Saturday and the two shunters left everything safe. The * first special from Dunedin pawed through the points at seven minutes to six yesterday and 4 ' everything was then all right co the points must have been tampered with between that time and six tbis morning. The Railway Department offew £100 reward for information leading to the discovery of the persons who caused the accident. Oar Contingents CHBisTCHURcif, Tuesday.— The Canterbury section of the Fifth Contingent left camp at Addington today to embark at Lyttletoa on the Maori for Wellington, Flags and bunting were flying everywhere and most of the shop* and places of business were doled ' in the afternoon. The men had a very heartj reception on arrival at Lyttletoa. -The steamer is expected to sail shortly after 10 o'clock to-night. Dujtedin, Tuesday. — Carefil inquiry shows that about 70,000/ persons must have witnessed tod taken part in Saturday's send oft