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Press, Volume XXXI, Issue 4176, 16 January 1879, Page 2

hour. DtrrrEDra, January 1-j, At the City,PeKco Court William Walljico is . now being tried for stealing .£l3O in notes „•:»' theporson of Bobert Twelvctrces, at JJosgie!, ' yostorday. He was cleverly captured by the police as he was about to dispose o{ tbe __lk„ the money. Timaru, January 73, At the inqnest on tho body of Mary Connor, who was found dead at Waitohi Flat yosterd&j, a verdict was returned, that decoasod h-ing herself while Buffering frsm temporary ieasnity. She was a comparatively now arrival. [Press* Special Wire] «,' «."'.. . " Avo?*an», January 15. Tho Waikato passenger train ran off tia lipe just after leaving Mercer for Through sonic oversight tbe poin'o were ml quite turned. One engine and tsso coal trucks -ran. on. to the main lino. The passenger <sn* .tur^d 'off. into the eiflihjr,-' Tho fore part 0! the 'trninwas t&fen;ru.t_irag 'on 'coo lino of the n2s aud/rthe hKa6r. part on ,a different lin&.'-Tto engincwhs going atu good'speed, and could not be brought up quickly. There was considerate swaying of the 'carnages, and tho passengen were much alarmed On a cry being raiJfcd b . "Jump!" all the' passengers"scrambled*t6to doors and jumped out. A first and second.eki carriage were thrown off the rails befojfa tfe engine stopped- A crowd of people camo'Joiw from Mercer,- and "as' the Auckland hi jußt before got into Mercer, the engtji§.w» obtained from it to pull tho carriages oah€ lb way, as tho engine attached to the first-sua-.tiooed train could not get back. Aftor v hour's work the' BOCond-claSs carriage was gdt hack on r the railß, There' were forty ot~W\ people on the train. The rails wore, arc will have to bu replaced with now ones, Thero was'a' narrow escape from k *^.„ s catastrophe in -the harbor to-night. A', hit pait eleven o'clock the pnadle stoamov Ami Milbank, from Mahnmngi, was _om>._g np tb harbor, when a yacht was observed a snort & tarice ahead.. Before the vessel's o__r ße couldh altered shg 'struck tbe yacht ar___ahips. Tm smaller vessel bad "her starboard aide pat!'? stOYQin, and the other B jdo considerate damaged. The steamer passed, and the ess pants of tboyachfc, six lads, Leaded tho boat i< shore. The-boat filled rapidly, but the ste was reached in safety. The injured vessel« a fishing yacht nanved tbo Zodiac. _be h»ds' light at the time. The Annie Milbank'» bo* are somewhat __magcd. , Maw Plxiiouth, January ISThe valuation of the Borough of .few Plf month for fa carront year was ,£27,000,, be& an increase of £2000 "ver'that of last year, Wanqatsvi:, January 15. The match was fired' this morninpr before® Wanganni and Xaranaki rifle teams, eight tb® on eieh side', firing on their own gronsi .Taranaki scored 535, Wanganui 539, thus Vfi» ning by four points. Between one and two thousand assembled on the bank of the river this aft* noon to see Professor (?cott wa'k over tie' riflt on a wixe;rope. Tbe wind was rather stress , and the rope Black, aUd tho attempt cow quently was an utter failure. WEIiUKOTOV, Jannary 15., The " New Zealand Times " has » paragrsps to tho effect that the appointment of Mr Dips' _ to a seat in the Legislative Council will ho msaf' " under the strong dmpproval of tho Govercdt x lon the .ground that the present nnniber of razf -" . bets of tbe Council in proportion to populati* ■ exceeds that of any,othcr Upper Chamber in & Australasian colonies. For the Wangjhui Education Board scholnf ships seven in puaaber, of £20 each, there tra* .twenty-three competitors, of whom five ha»* bean successful-

An arrangement of alarm signals, has bt® made l>y which the pubhcvfib be' enabled * night to knowiha locaiidy of a fire. .. ,X '", Dns&MN,. January, 15. ,b_*r<»n, a report read at tha 8. fesd. to-nighi» that the Prcsbjterian Church cf Utog? an_i-9q_fbJa_d have Ol "schools, £391 BC-o!_Hf 6..'teachers, 1,05 teachors not member., ms 3745 volumes, in the libraries. A private letter received from England _t_f# that; the GPrince ofWhlc* intends to send ti* aide it eoa to/the Aus.tjr»b_ nlSTav^l, Station, ah* that the-Prince himaelf would be glad to viu* Australia, if asked by the colonists to do so. A farmer from lup-connfefy reported to Cao* stable Gilbert, at Mosgiel, at five o'clock yesterday afternoon, that hi had been i-bbedo! * piuf»i;o_taiDirig-3l?3,givi_gadesc-iptiohoftfl» > suspected person. _The authorities in town wf rs» . ouca aoqLus. _?_-. with th? e.ctu_. taacss, and D? ■- t^vei^d^souwasjt^ofil/to-nij-iTOintow lß , case, -everal places of b u_i_e*a in the «|_ v~* " fieitedinjtfe cowao p. juilf. ;an hour, -hi il ««* >, 'foumdth-t a man answering to the < -_-_ished.byCon-tiable.Q_be_t,|_ftd obanged'aiSJ note in one shop. fStfit purchasing some . articles. Bjf the' night train Constable GilhsA . arrived-miown.'a-idrWent out in company w»J ' I^feHv. I_<_ia-r_6_ i_'.earehoftheirman,ww 'j "hour.later. On hi* verson .. found illS odd, and as gOods purchased by a© . of the value of .£lO 7a (id were secured, au w* the exceptieb of,-,£&".haa **? accounted for. The name e_ tiio is W . - li_m Wallaw. He was brought bof©_.«a!iCwj , v ih> morning, and «w»Bdltea f« ? b-Atelfl-*ara.fr«nTapamw -statesthat thee? 3 ; ?4 delapitf opening the Cloiha-Calrfoa hj™ ." ia causing great inconvenience here. A I«e? J, _ quantity of goods ordered ftt D«Bedi. m «**»* j-

i *i_. nn»nm? of Jthe line on the 7th, **% dcJSI and other produce have been kept -p____^a^theßl nff -