PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Kumara Times, Issue 3737, 29 October 1888, Page 2

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

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Auckland, October 27. Mrs Burns, who was injured last week at the Mount Edeu railway station, died last night. v ;

Christchurch, October 27. ' Thomas Farrell, a fireman on the Aiawa, died in the Lyttelton casual ward this morning from injuries sustained by accidentally falling down the hold before leaving Wellington.

Westport, October 27. A man named Sykes died to day* in the hospital. He accidentally injured his foot on a locomotive a week ago and erysipelas set in. Deceased was formerly a contractor in Nelson and elsewhere.

THE SUTHERLAND WATERFALL. Wellington, October 28. Mr J. C. M‘Kerrow, Surveyor-Gen-eral, this morning received a telegram from Mr C. W. Adams, Chief Surveyor of Otago, stating that the latter gentleman had just returned from a visit to the great Sutherland Waterfall. Mr Adams reports that the fall is 1904 ft. high, with a volume of water equal to the Bowen Fall at Milford Sound. The water strikes the rock precipice twice in its descent, forming three leaps, the upper one being 815 ft. high, the middle one 751 ft., and the lower one 338 ft. Mr Adams adds that the surroundings are picturesque, and ,pdds another to the many beautiful scenes of New Zealand,