WELLINGTON NEWS.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4734, 8 October 1886, Page 3

WELLINGTON NEWS.

[per press association.] Wellington, This day. A contract has been accepted for the one and a-half miles of line into Woodville, which wi'l complete the connection beiween that place a-jid. Napier.' It is expected that trains will run by February, The Gorge contract will be let as soon as the loan is floated.

A man named Phipps, a copk on board the brig Wake, met with a serious accident this morning. He was working at a handwinch while loading tallow, when the man on the second handle missed his hold. The barrel of the winch flew round and the handle struck Phipps on the forehead, smashing it in. The brain protruded. He is not expected to recover. The Colonial Engineer reports it will cost £8000 to repair the damage to tb,e Oamaru breakwater in the recent galea, and £2000 more to make it safe against future damage. A spit has formed round the head of the breakwater, but it can be removed by dredging from time to time. Proposals have been submitted to the Board by which, the money can be raised upon application to Parliament. The security will be derived from extra rates on the district. The floods in August and September last have cost the Railway Department between £10,000 and £12,000 for repairs, besides the total interruption of traffic on parts for weeks, and the loss resulting. There is now some reason, to. suppose that Perm and the wpman have been murdered. A bonnet and hat have been picked u.p on the beach, the former showing somo cuts, which, might have been made by a sharp instrument. It is understood the scab in Whareama is not serious. The Inspector is now returning. It is not the intention of the authorities to run a through train to New Plymouth every day when the Manawatu Company's live is finished, as they consider the rraffio will not warrant it at present. They will probably run through twice a week on the days the steamer leaves New Plymouth.