NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Hastings Standard, Issue 78, 27 July 1896, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

GENERAL ITEMS. Auckiand, July 25. Jockey F. Say, who was thrown from a racehorse at Elierslie in December last, died at the hospital from fracture of the spine. An operation was performed o» him, but he never recovered the use of his limbs. Weli.ington. July 25. An old offender named Leonard Norton, who is awaiting trial in gaol for housebreaking, was caught trying to cut through the roof of his cell with a tin knife, and was sentenced to three months' hard labor. He also had in his possession a peculiarly shaped steel knife end pointed on a piece of iron. Sawmillers who export white pine have agreed on a tariff to prevent cutthroat competition, under which no timber will be sent out of the colony for k-" than Gs per 1000 feet f.o.b. It is -hat this will bring in £IO,OOO M-r r.nnum more than before. The millers also aw generally favorable to the idea of forming an association. July 2G. Mr Perrin, timber expert from Victoria, is about to make a tour of the colony for the purpose of inspecting the forests. He leaves for the west coast of the South Island on Tuesday, and then proceeds to Otago and works his way north. The Crown Lands Commissioners throughout the colony have been instructed by the Government to afford him every facility for obtaining information. Cheistchl-rck, July 23. A good deal of damage has been done "by floods in the northern districts. In some places the water rose almost to the tops of fences, and autumn sown wheat will receive serious injury. Nelson, July 25. A young man named George Lucre, aged 21, well known in connection with temperance bodies, and as a member of the Congregational Church choir, was missed from work at Hyde's Express Agency this morning, and it was thought he had left town. At 2 o'clock this afternoon the Rev. E. C. Isaacs had reason to enter the church, when he was horrified to see Lucre's body hanging from a beam in the church. "Deceased had placed two stools on a bench to reach the beam, % and so secured a drop of three feet. No reason is assigned for the deed. An inquest will be held on Monday. He had been dead several hours, and must have committed suicide last night after the church was closed. Dunenex, July 2G. weather partly cleared on Saturday though misty showers were frequent, and the water which was lying in the yards and gardens on the flat has gradually cleared away. The Sew Hoy Big Beach Company got 440z 7dwt of gold for the week ; the Enterprise Dredge Alexander, 15oz sdwt for 113 hours; Edna Dredge, 31 oz for 11 days. Invekcabgull, July 26. The body of Sirs Beck having been exhumed a p<>»t nwrttui was held and portions of the viscera removed for analysis. The inquiry was adjourned till August 12th.