LATE TELEGRAMS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 2488, 5 July 1909, Page 5

LATE TELEGRAMS.

(From our own correspondent.) Dunedin, July sth. FOOTBALL. Football results in Dunedin on Saturday were as follows : Taieri 24, Varsity 3. Pirates n, Union 8. Dunedin 12, Zingari 3. Southern 6, Kaikorai o. Alhambra 7, Port Chalmers 5. Constable Daubney, who was stabbed on Friday evening by a drunken man, is making fair progress towards recovery. DISTRICT FOOTBALL. A meeting of Delegates from the various football clubs affiliated to the Otago Rugby Union and members of the Union committee of management was held on Saturday evening to consider the question of introducing district football into Dunedin, thereby doing away with the present dub_system and it was agreed by a majority of two to one to introduce district football into Dunedin. SLIP ON THE CENTRAL. Four Hundred Feet of the Line Washed Away. Passengers per the Otago Central train this morning got as far as Wingatui when they had to return in consequence of a washout near Salisbury. KAIKORAI PLAYER HURT. During the progress of the Kaikorai v. Southern football match on Saturday a member of the former team, Henry Duvall, collided with two Southern players with somewhat serious results and had to be removed to the hospital in a helpless condition. On his admission it was thought he had sustained an injury to his spine. Yesterday morning, however, he was able to move his limbs and is now progressing favorably. An aged woman, named Me Courney, was found dead in bed at Waitahuna on Friday morning. She had not been attended by a medical man and retired with her daughter as usual on the night previous. In the morning the daughter was horrified to find her mother dead. Mrs McCourney was 81 years of age. An inquest will be held. FATAL FIRE. Three Persons Burned to Death. Blenheim July 3. A Fire attended with fatal results occurred a few minutes after midnight, the scene of the outbreak being a five roomed house in Whitney Street, owned by Mrs Joseph Taylor Senr„ and occupied by Mr Joseph Taylor. A servant girl first discovered the fire being awakened by a picture falling down in her bedroom and finding the bed clothes in flames. She got out two children sleeping with her and then attempted to return for Mrs Taylor and the other two children but was driven back by the flames. A passer by rushed in and rescued the youngest child but it was so badly burned that it died in the hospital this morning., Taylor arrived home to find the fire bursting ' out everywhere. He smashed the window and endeavoured to drag his wife through but her clothing gave way and the flames drove him back. Mrs Taylor’s body and that of her son Joseph, aged about 10, was found in the debris after the flames had subsided. The fire brigade was prevented by lack of water from rendering any assistance. Taylor was badly cut and burned and is now in the hospital, It is feared he will lose his reason, EXIT FROM WELLINGTON. Wellington 4. People continue to leave for Aus* tfalia in considerable numbers. The Moetaki took away no fewer than 288 passengers, and of these nearly 200 were in the steerage and included both skilled and unskilled workers. A special permit was granted the steamer to carry 80 extra passengers in number 5 hold. MILITARY TRAINING. Auckland At the annual meeting ot the Peace Society last night the following resolution was carried : “ That this meeting enters a strong protest against the unnecessary agitation going on in New Zealand for an increase in the military and naval expenditure, and pledges itself to support a conscience clause in any bill that may be brought forward during the next session of Parliament in favor of compulsory military training. CONGRATULATORY. The Dunedin Chamber of Comthefde has resolved to send a cablegram congratulating Sir Joseph Chamberlain on the occasion of his 73rd birthday which falls on the Btb fa