TELEGRAMS.

Greymouth Evening Star, 3 October 1905, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

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SUICIDE. AUCKLAND, This Day.—A potty office •!■ who suicided on tin- Austrian warship I'antli -r, was 19 years ol<l. When the list of promotions was made known on Saturday, his name was not included amongst them. It is said that lie became very depressed, which is thought to havo been the cause of liio rash act. FATAL ACCIDENT. WELLINGTON, This Day.—JamosMeK'.vt :i, a, single man, aged 21 years was handling a revolver on Saturday night, when the cartridge exploded. The bullet. entered the man's right cheek near t,l>: mouth. He was taken to the Hospital, and died four hours after the occurrence. Deceased was a recent arrival from New South Wales. (JANE IN SOUTHLAND. C'VERCARGILL, Thus Day.—A cold sir'.]) parsed over Southland. Snow- fell inland, and lightning splintered a quarter of a mile of telegraph posts to matchwood. There is considerable mortality among la:;il s. SUICIDE. LYTTELTON, This Day.—A Chinaman i>;>!!)•;( Coo Li, a prisoner at the gao'. handed himself in a cell with the hamm'vk ropes last night. He was lined £IOO in .Tidy for having uncustomed opium in bis po.:a.'ssion, and went to gaol in default. TRAFALGAR CENTENARY". .UCKLAND, This Day.—The Peace Association have passed a resolution disapproving of the celebration of the Trafalgar Centenary as an act of discourtosv to two friendly nations, and protest against the use of celebration to promulgate mistaken and pernicious principles. AN OPIUM DUN. AUCKLAND This Dav.—Two Chn-so were fined £SO and two £lO each for hav ing, or smoking, opium. The Crown Prosecutor stated the place raided was a regular opium den. FATAL ACCIDENT. (TIRISTCIIURCH, September 30.- A single man named Walter He.sketh. filiplowd by Messrs White and Co., timber merchant's, Addington, was killed this morning by a heavy piece of timber falling on him and fracturing his skull. FGO-LAYING COMPETITION. IJLENHELM, September 30.—The total number of eggs laid during the twevcsecoed week of the New Zealand e-u ! ly in': competition is 2773, which is a rceird. This brines the grand total up to 35.?0 r ,. and the weekly average to 27.73 eggs per pen; To-day completes the fifth month of the competition. The prize for the m: nth is taken by E. Traherne's black (inuit;tons, from Christchurch, which are credited '.villi 152 eggs, this being a record. The wond palco is'filled by Mick Show's white legborns from Blenheim, with 148. For third place there is a tie, 147 eggs being returned by both Murphy's rosocomb black orpln'_ r !ons and J. Frances* wiiite leghorns from Blenheim. The lota] for the month is 11.581 eggs. In the grand aggregate, Leirer's white leghorns from Levin. ;.. e Mill lending strongly with 650. Brooho' while leghorns, from South Australia, are second, with 585. The Marlboroucdi A. and P. Association's pen of white Icchorns are third with 511, and Hockey's brown lcidiorns, from Nelson, are fourth, with 503. There are 48 pens in the broody department.

MEF.TTNG OF THE UNEMPLOYED. OUNEDTN. September oO.—A nieet'ng of the unemployed was railed for Saturday liy means of handbills distributed, but ill': conveners did not turn up, and \vhenSte\c Boreham took charge about thirty "allier ed round him. Borchanr said his inquiri»s showed a considerable number were out. of employment. He delivered two or three speeches, and sutrgosted a committee might wait on the Premier, but no one had any proposal to put forward, and Porch im mounted a bicycle and rode away, noiflihig being done. BURGLARY. CHRTSTCTIURCTL October I.—Thohu. sines.s premises of Whitcombo and Toim'i«. booksellers, were burglariously entered on Thursday night. Goods to the value of £5 were stolen. An entrance was effected through tile fire escape by means of tools stolen from the Engineer's Department. DROWNLN G FATALITY. CHRISTCHURCH. October 1. The body of a man named John a .seaman on the Lyttelton Harbor Poard's dredge, who was drowned through the, capsizing of a, boat a few da.vs ago, was found floating in the Lyttelton Harbour this afternoon. FIRE AT THE LOWER HUTT. WELLINGTON, October 1. shops, a dwelling, and portion of a real yard at Lower IFutt were destroyed bvf.rs early this morning. The shops and ;lw ■!! ing were owned by .Mr A. Cudhv. The shops were occupied by Airs Osborne, confectioner: McKain. saddler; Thorpe, bootmaker: the dwelling by W. J. Judd, and the eoal yard bv Clcndon. WELLINGTON. This Day.— The insur nnces in the Unit lire are as follows : Cudhe's premises £6OO in the National: Sharpe's dwelling £IOO in the National. and £IOO on the furniture in a. New York olj'Mr: Jurlrli. house, £3OO in the South Pritisli and £SO on the furniture in this Guardian Office. CRYSTAL PALACE EXITI iUTTON. CIIRIKTCIU'IHTL This Day. The Agent General wires the Premier that the Crystal Palace Exhibition closed on Saturday, with a total number of visitors siive its' opening of 1.210.000. The Hon. Mr Reeves is now fitting up a, permanent Court. A VALUABLE FIND. GISl'iOltNE, This Day.—A settler ot Wharekopae, "10 miles from Gisbornc, found in a. large rave on his property .'no complete* skeletons of moas in perfect preser\ ill ion.

COURT NEWS. DCNEDIN, Tliis Day. • - Two drug's were lined :i nominal sum for opening i f(it six o'clock to show oil' goods. A China 111:111 was fined £2O for having opium in hi.s possession.

I i REACH OF CONTRACT. IH'NEOIN, This JJ.-iy.—ln the case of Fleming v. Ramsay, owner of ilie istcaiuer Kimii, claim for breach of contract for Iho carriage of stock fil Auckland Islands, Mr Just!■■: Williams gave judgment for £5-30 FATAL ACCIDENT. DI'NEDIN, This Way.—Reginald Grimstone, ten year old son of the manager of the Hank of New Zealand at Alexandra,, was killed by a fall of earth while di<_'g' ; >g under a. clay bank. ESCAPED PRISONERS. BLENHEIM, Thi.s Day.—Three nrisoners at the Dmngreo Plantation Works, named Mark, Wilson and Bolton, broke loose on Saturday night, and were re-cap-tured by the warders next morning, having travelled only a few miles in the direcliou of Blenheim. THE PREMIER INTERVIEWED. DUNEDIN. This Day, Referring to iho Police Report, the Premier said changes wore contemplated as the out - conic of the report of the Commission, but the officers to be transferred would not lose their positions. Legislation was necessary to enable the Supremo Court judges to act as a Commission of Enquiry into the effectiveness of the audit. He does not think the general election will have any influence on the personnel of the new Parliament.