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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 12 July 1917, Page 8

A Lyttelton Times reporter was informed" yesterday that there was no Mew Zealand mail on board the Honiara, which was recently sunk on her voyage from Australia. It is reported that the Telegraph Department proposes to close all telegraph ofiices to the press at 8 p.m., and that after that hour only cahles •and Parliamentary, news will be sent through. In connection with the success attending the visit of the Salvation Army Band, Ensign Brown has received the following telegram from Commissioner Hodder: "Congratulations on wonderful success. Patriotic anneal appreciated; go ahead, money urgently needed." There was considerable excitement on the New Plymouth to WoWington ex■press on Wednesday afternoon (reports the AVanganui Chronicle), in consequence of the engine jumping the points at Bonny Glen and crashing into a string of trucks on a side-line. Although speedy application of the Westfinghouse brake averted serious accident, -thy impact was severe, and the dead eton of'thc engine, and the momentum of the rear of the train, had the effect ■of buckling the middle portion, with «the result that the platforms of one <-ari ing.* were considerable damaged. So\v:i| men standing thoro had a nar:rn\v e.s'-ane from injury. After a wat ■of ilueo-ciuarters of an hour, the tanglo -was sorted out, and. the re-puin.-d its iourney. The >ln'_>" New Plymouth exoross was also deiaved, I>°niv unable to Mass the s^one of the accident.