TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume I, Issue 274, 24 May 1907, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[PKft PUBS ABBOCUIION..I ttreyniouth, May 23. A fatal accident occurred at the State Coal Mine this alteinoon, \s hereby a young lad namei Stanley Wagsmitn lost his lite, Ano lad was employed as a screen boy and got Ins aim caught in the travelling belt. He was terribly injured ana died halt an hour after being released. Deceased was a bright, intelligent lad ot Hi years oJ age. Dumxiin, May 23. Captain William Nathaniel Chandlers to-day passed away at his res> aw.cc, Jfilen street, Ueceawd »»» born at Great Yarmouth in 1»24, and entered the Royal Navy in 183 b, joining H.M.S. Howe, i ud after a jear s set vice as uoy wa3 transfeired to H.M.fcJ. Britannia, the guard and training ship at Portsmouth, on which be nerved for sixteen months. He was then shifted to H.M.S. Edinburgh, and became part of Admiral Stafford's squadron which bombarded and took Beirout and St. Jean D' Acre in 1839. la these actions young Chambers took part. He was pail off in 1843 and passed into the merchant service. He subsequently emigrated to Victoria arriving there ia the barque~Kuirey in 1852, and subsequently came on to Port ChalP.ers in 1851. Deceased leaves a wid o*r and four dajghters. Auckland, May 24. The Union Company's collier Kini, which struck a bank off Puponga, was floated last evening, and resumed her voyage to Sew Plymouth. The dead body of a man was found in the harbour at Devonport, his age being about j65 years. There is no clue as to bis identity, 'except a handkerchief market C. Kasper. At the City Council last night the Mayor stated the Council would \igorously prosecute persons whose premises were in an insantiary condition. A drainage conference of city and suburban bodies will be held soon. The Council authorised the premises were in an insanitary conlings, and extensive alterations in Queen street premises. Chrigtchurch, Friday. < Two young men, named Henry Walter Lilley and Charlee Moody, were charged at the Magistrate's Court on five informations of burglary, thtis morning, and were remanded to May 29. As far as can be ascertained, fourteen houses in all parts of the city received their attention. The greater part of the spoil was dug up in the garden at Lilley's place, and the estimated value of the articles recovered is £80 to £901 Detectives R. Ward and Gibson made the arrests, the former applying the fingerprint system with promptitude and effectiveness. One of the men said that he had committed the burglaries because he could get no work. Fourteen of -the Parepra slaughtermen who were fined in connection with the recent strike, have disregarded the order of the Court and refused to pay the fines. Mr Stringer, Crown Prosecutor, has filed motions in the Supreme Court for the attachment of the defaulters. Mr Justice Chapman has provisionally arranged to near the motions on 4th June, at Timaru, after the criminal sittings. At the Divorce Court to-day, Mr Justice Chapman granted a decree nisi in the case of Heighway v. Heighway, a husband's petition on the ground of adultery, and in the case of Robinson v. Robinson, husband's petition, on the same ground. A decree nisi was also granted in the case of Knox v. Knox, wife's petition, on the ground of adultery and cruelty. , . Auckland, Friday. The scow in collision with the bark Manuwera was the Vesper, not the Vindex. Hakitika, May 24. The freshes in the river early this morning cut away the sandspit where the schooner Eunice was stranded, at the mouth of the river. The vessel swung broadside on to the river, and her ropes carried away, the vessel drifting out in the breakers and then half a mile along the shore, being then piled up. The deadwood of the rudder and false keel partly carried away. The amount of other damage is unknown. , The only observance of Empire Day was the ceremony at the school. Wellington, May 24. Empire Day is being quietly observed in Wellington. The Government, Municipal and Lawyers' offices and banks are closed, but there is no general holiday. Patriotic addresses were given at the schools by the Governor and the Hon. Mr Fowlds. Lord Plunkett, in his address, read a cable message from Lord Meath. The message .contained two words "Nelson's Signal."