NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS

Grey River Argus, Volume 57, Issue 10520, 23 August 1901, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS

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Gisbornb, August 21. The body of a joung man named Blair. was fouud this afternoon in a* hole which bai 16 feet depth of water. An inquest was held and the verdict was accidentally drowned while mustering cattle at Tokomaru Bay. , This morning Benjamin Taylor was conducting the operations of shifting a blacksmith's shop in sections, whin a fierce gust of wind tilted one section over aqd it fell on him, and it was feared that he was very seiiously injured. Later reports are reassuring, as the spine was uninjured and a few days' rest may set him up again. Wellington, August 21. The Wellington Fresh Food and Ice Company declared a dividend of five per cent. The damage to the census papers through Tuesday's fire is not so great as was at first feared. Only the pa[ c s on which the clerks were working (he day before the fire, an<l which were left on the tables, were affected, and those not irreparably. Mr. Hayes, of the Coal Commission, appointed to select a suitable area for a State coal mine, arrived at Westport by the Haupiri on Tuesday and proceeds to Mokihinui. Wellington, August 22. Thomas Secular of the firm of Scoular and Ar hibald, who erected the Government; Buildings in Wellington, died here this morning. W F Simkin, manager In Wellington for A and T Burt and Co, was found hanging by the neck in the bathroom of his house this morning. He had been suffering from partial paralysis for some years and lately had an. attack of influenza, which had caused insomnia. He leares a widow and two children. Woodville, August 22. Bsrron Gardiner was fined L3O and costs for fraudently practising as a medical doctor. Dunedin, August 22. Chas Anderson, a lumper aged 45, suicided at Port Chalmers by cutting his throat with a razor. Medical aid was summoued, but it was too late. At the inquest the evidence went to show that deceased gave way to drink a good deal. Though he only had two drinks on the day he cut his throat he had been drinking from the 10th. A verdict was rr turned of suicide while temporarily insane. Mr Glass, organising secretary ot the Farmers' Union, met a number of farmers and others today, and exp'ained the objects and platform of the Union. Tht Woolshed dredge, machinery and plant near Milton were sold by auction to-day, realising L 260. ! Auckland, August 22. ', At the instance of lha Oolonial Sugar Refining Company, the Conciliation Board has issued its certificate of exemption from the Work menu' Compensation Act, which provides that th« Board may do so after ascertaining the views of the employees and satisfying itself that the scheme of compensation proposed is not less favorable than the provisions of the Act. The Colonial Sugar Refining Coy has this day reduced the price of all sugars 10s per ton, syrup and treacle 6d per case, Napier, August 22. On the 16th ult the Hawke's Bay Presbytery, on behalf of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, communicated with the Premier strongly protesting against Sunday work in the various branches of the public service,, and more par* ticularly upon tho railway?, whtre it bad been most^prominent in connection with the Royal reception. The protest has apparently borne fruit, and the Presbytery have again written to the Premier, expressing their satisfaction on learning that a circular had been sent to the traffic manager of the - raiiways directing that Sunday trains be discontinued except in necessitous cases.