TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 148, 28 May 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(UNITED J'Kr.SS ASSOCIATION.) Cuk i s rCHURci, Tuesday. A boy nine years old, son of Mr Thomas Carter, assistant pilot at Lyttel? ton, died suddenly to-day. He was a strong healthy little fellow, arid had been unwell for two or three days, when, today, from no apparent cause, tetanus set m, and he. died m a few honrs. Mr Donaldson, chief gaoler at Adding-; ton, complained m the Resident Magistrate's Court of the difficulties the, gaol authorities had m dealing with per-' sons who were committed to gaol when suffering from lunacy from drink. He said he had at present five such cases, and m fact the gaol was transformed into a regular Bedlam. The enforcement ot proper discipline with the present staff was almost prevented. Mr Beetham, R.M., advised Mr Donaldson to telegraph to Government for more assistance. The Directors of the Southern Cross .Petroleum Company have received intelligence that the depth of the No. 4 bore on Friday last was. 245 ft. The same favorable indications continued, and everything was progressing satisfactorily. The Acclimatisation Society have fixed the season for trout fishing m north Canterbuty from October 1 to March 31. They have also decided to communicate with kindred societies throughout the Colony, asking them to assist m endeavoring to obtain a Government grant towards sending Home for another supply of salmon ova next season. Auckland, Tuesday. Among the passengers by the City ot Sydney for England are the Hon. James Williamson and Mr D. L. Murdhoch, General Manager of the Bank of New Zealand. The Lumpers' Union has declined the proposals of the Mercantile Marine Association as to working with nonunionists. j Mr Waterhouse Nicholson, aged 20, son of the late Dr Nicholson, was accidentally shot last night at the Mount Eden railway station while holding his comrade's gun. They had been out shooting together, and his comrade was getting Juggage at the tine of the accident. The jury's verdict at the inquest was accidental death. The gun was a pin fire cartridge gun. Napier, Tuesday. At the Petane racecourse yesterday a horae harnessed to a cart bolted m the crowd near to the stand, and injured several people severely, but no fatal endings are recorded. Dunedin, Tuesday. The weather took a sudden change yesterday, the rain coining down m torrents m the early evening. To-day has been showery and intensely cold. There were two inquests yesterday. The first was on the body of Richard Pope, who was killed by a fall of stone from the New Building of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agenoy Company, on which deceased was working. The verdict was accidental death. The second was on the body of Frederick Alexander, 12 years of age, who died m the Industrial School. The verdict was that the boy died from syncope, the effect of croup upon a feeble heart. Greymouth, Tuesday. John E. Warner, a well-known solicitor, died this morning after a long illness. Blenheim, Tuesday. The Queen's Birthday was celebrated here by a parade of Volunteers and a grand ball given by the Blenheim Rifles. During the ball, John Tucker Robinson, who has been captain of the company for 15 years, was presented with a valuable marble clock, subscribed for by the officers and men.