LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 795, 18 April 1879, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[NEW ZEALAND PEESS ASSOCIATION.]

Reefton, April 17. A fatal accident occurred at the Golden Fleece miue at 4 o'clock this morning. A miner named Richard White was standing at the mouth of the shaft doing some work, when his foot slipped and he fell to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of 150 ft. Death is supposed to have been instantaue.ms, as when he was found a few minutes later life was extinct. The bod)' was dreadfully mangled. At the inpuest to-day, a verdict of " Accidental death " was returned. Deceased leaves a wile ami two children.

John Allan, of Allan and Graham, was thrown from a horde to-night and seriously injured. Chkistchukch, April 17. It hrs be«-n decided to banquet 'he Governor at the Terminus Hotel on his visit.

A case, of robhery ocjured here la->t night, in .vhieh three la<Js about ti teen are implicated. A lady named Taylor took her little boy to <oe Kaim-r'.s l>ioiama at the Gaiety Theatre, \<:,v\ g him there in charge of another lad c Hid

Nlcholls, whom she knew. The little fellow won one of the leading prizes, a tea service. On leaving the theatre, he bid his companion good night, and started for home. On going through a right-of-way iuto Gloucester street, he was attacked by three boys, whoknocked the articles out of his hands,seized them, and made off. The lads have not yet been caught.

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Reefton, Apail 18. John Bates Allen, late partner of Hugh Graham, sawraillers, and battery owners, formerly of Ross, Westland, but now of Reefton, died at 11 o'clock this morning, from injuries to the skull caused last night from a fall from a horse. Deceased was a very old West Coaster, and is widely known and respected. An inquest will be held upon the body to-morrow. Wellington, April 17. The Postal revenue collected for the three quarters ending 31st March last: —September quarter, £28,550 ; December quarter, .£21,951 ; March quarter, 34,618; total £92,132. The great bulk of this amount is derived from postage stamps and Imperial postage receipts.

William Hart for larceny from a dwelling, acquitted. This closed the criminal sessions of the Supreme Court. The Governor was formally sworn in, at noon to-day, by Mr Justice Richmond.

April 18. The Rsv. Mr Reid, Wesleyau minister, who proceeds to Christehurch from here, was presented with an address and a purse of 60 sovereigns, by the Wesleyans. The Stadt Haarlem, upon her arrival here to-morrow, having left Lyttelton at 3.30 p.m. to day, will he brought alongside the wharf. rilio takes away 500 bales wool, and 500 casks tallow. It is stated that the late Mr Rhodes' estate is to bp cut up fur sale. When Pell, this morning was sentenced to two years, for larceny, his young wife fell ofl in a swoon in conrt, and it was twenty minutes before she came to.

The Hinemoa leaves with the Governor on Saturday morning, and leaves the Bluff again early on Monday morning.

The Hon Mr Macandrew has given au order to Mr Smith, of Taranaki, to make eight wheels for railway carriages out of Taranaki iron sand. Four of the wheels are for the Sydney Exhibition, and four for test purposes on the New Zealand railways. Father Ryan, a Marist Brother ] now on the West Coast, has offered if the Maoris will give him a small endowment of land, to teach all the Native young on the West Coast. Ifc is understood that the proposal is favorably regarded by the Natives. Oamaku, April 18.

At the sale of the Totara estate, the ten-thousand acre paddock, which was snb-divided into small farms, the lowest price realised was £l3 per acre, and the highest £3l 10s per acre. The bulk of the land fetched £25 per acre. UNCLAIMED LETTERS. Wellington, Apiil 17. The following additional regulations regarding unclaimed letters will come into force on the Ist of next month : Letters posted within the colony, having the names and addresses of the writers printed on the envelope, if not claimed within one month, to be returned, unopened, to the writers. Letters posted within the colony having the names and addresses of the writers printed on the envelopes, together with a request that the letters may be returned, if unclaimed within a stated period, to bo returned, unopened, to the writers, in accordance with such request.

Provided, however, that no unclaimed letters shall be returned unless it shall have been in a post office at least ten days.