TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 763, 28 December 1908, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[FU PBMS..ABBOOUTION.J *' DR. BAKEWELL DEAD. Auc%nd, Dec. 28. . Dr aw. H. BakewelT s^! on Saturday night, following upon an apopleotic seizure. He was 77 .?«"» of age The doctor was a wei!l-know n •Auckland identity, and went to bouth Africa with one of the New Zealand contingents. CHESS CONGRESS. Dunedin, D.cc. 28. The cuesa congress was opened this* morning by Mr JTistice i>euniston, who in *he name of the dominion players, welcomed the visitors. There ire nine >»nt«ftanta. Among the.visitors is Jdr Uavid &. *iay, ot Melbourne, who is an ex-champion. FIRE lxN OnRISTCHORCH. Uhristohurch, Dec. 28. An eleven-roomed house in Spring-nekl-road, occupied by K. J. Hul and owned by S. Luttrell, was totally destroyed by tire. Mr Jtlilil was away to* the holidays, but his wife and family were at home. They left on Saturday afternoon tor an outing, leaving every tiling apparently safe, 'line lire was discovered at 9 o'clock by a passer-by. Owing to a misunderstiancling, tne steam fire engine was late in arriving, and the chemical engines failed- to cope with the ore. Nothing, except a very little furniture, was saved. The building was insured for £850 in toeNorthern Office, and the furniture for £400 in the New Zealand office. Mr Luttreii bought the house only, live weeks ago from Mr iJevan Brown, the headmaster of the Boys' High School. ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Blenheim, Dec. 27. A drowning fatality occurred in Pelorua Sound on Christmas Day, in which Percy Blackbee ana Thomas Wakefield lost their lives. They fell overboard from a launch, and the bodies had not been recovered on Saturday. Wellington, Dec. 27. Shortly after mid-day yesterday, a fatal accident occurred at the head of Queen's wharf. W. H. McPhail was driving one of the mail oarts, loaded with bags and hampers for the s.B. Arahura. When crossing the railway lines, the lorry bumped and apparently shook McPhail off. He was dragged along for a short distance, one of the front wheels pressing against his body all the time. McPhail died before he could be shifted. He leaves a widow and family. A man named William August, while out shooting with another man, was accidentally shot in the . face through iiis companion's gun going off accidentally. August is seriously injured, but the wound is not believed to be dangerous. AN IMPORTED STALLION. Wellington, Dec. 27. There arrived in Wellington by the steamer Tainui last evening, the thoroughbred stallion Bevonian, by Velasquez — Gas. Bezonian was bred by lxvrd Rosebery, and was brougnt out* to the order of Mr lan Duncan to take the place at his Waikanae stud, of Kilchei'an, who died a few weeks ago. ATTEMPTED MURDER. Auckland, December 26. Nicholas Casey, farmer, has been arested on a charge of attempted murder at Takapuna, of a farmer named Winkworth Speck, by firing a gun at him. Caftey declares he did not intend to injure, but only to frighten, Speck, whom he has a grievance against because he "was labouring under the impression that Speck had done some injury to some ot his family. Speck was not injured, as the gun was either not loaded or the charge missed fire. ABOUT TWO DEATHS. Gisborne, December 28. Mr James Mac Michael, aged 74 years, who was subject to heart disease, died while playing draughts at Kakauroa on Christmas night. -^A verdict of accidental death was returned regarding Daniel O'Hara, employed on railway construction works, who was drowned at Waikohn on "Christmas Eve. A TEST OF MOTORCARS. -^ Christchurch, December 28. AT motorcar reliability trial, organ, isfid fey the Canterbury Automobile Association, began to-day. There arejff cars competing. They left thecity this morning, the first starting at 8 o'clock, for a course covering 119 miles. They will probably reach the city again early in the •afternoon. In no sense are they racing. The cars have been fixed' them certain time limits, but victory will be with the cars that have no breakdowns and no unauthorised stops on the road apart from those caused by tyre trouble. The trials last four days. The course will be over different kinds of country chosen each day, and the cars are under the Association's supervision by officials and observers day and night. No repairs or adjustments are allowed. Thursday's work wil be the stillest, as it includes some heavy hill-climbing work.