Colonial.
MAELBOROUGH.
(From the ' Marlborough Press.')
■ Inquest.—On the 9th instant, an inquest was held before S. J. Muller, Esq., coroner, at the house of Mr. Ward, Bi'ookby,on the body of a child of Mr. Charles Ward's drowned in a stream into which it had fallen.—Verdict, " Accidently dvowried.'V
White Swan:—-This steamer called at Picton early on Tuesday morning last, and. left the same day with the native chiefs of the Sound and Pelorousi on board, for the purpose of taking them to Auckland so that they may be present at,a meeting of chiefs to be held there shortly. Sir C. Clifford, (Speaker of the General Assembly,) "D. McLean, Esq., (Native Land Commissioner,) and Mr. Baynes (engineer for the Canterbury railway) were amongst the passengers. ' .'..':•.: ■","'.
Land Slip.—A considerable slip from the Bluff has fallen on the Beach road, which lias for the present completely shut up the coast road to the Awatere, Flaxbourne, &c.
Tinline BfiiDGE.—We are informed that the bridge recently erected over 'the river Tinline, Pelorus, has been washed away by the late floods. "Death by Deowning.—On Tuesday last, Mr. John Bartlett, on returning from the meeting at Mr. Oxley's, after crossing the Wairau river, was drowned in a creek near his own house. His son and Mr. John Ward were a short distance behind at the time of the accident, and when they arrived at the creek the deceased had floated about 200 yards below the usual place for crossing. With the assistance of Mr. Richard Drew and Mr. Ash, they succeeded in getting the body out of the water. It is supposed that the deceased had not been in the creek more than five minutes; and though every means thought of were resorted: to, they were unable to restore animation. •
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XIV, Issue 804, 25 July 1860, Page 4
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