N.Z. TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7400, 16 September 1902, Page 4

N.Z. TELEGRAMS.

(Per Vtezs Association.) . Nkw PttsoiJTH, September 1.5. An unoccupied cottage on SratH roid, owned by Peter Mxrtin, was destroyed by fira earfy this morninsMastebton, Siptcmbcr 15. An exceptionally hravy ihuederstorm passed ovtr M**torton tins a t«rnoon. Tho severo weather lately li«s caused much mortuLiy aino-igst the young lambs. A footballer naiuod Moore, of S . Pal rick's College, broke his shoulderbono in Saturday's match against Mastertoa. , Auckland, September 15. A new geyser broke out at Wh«karewarewa this afternoon, accompanied by underground rumbling*. . It throw m,ud and stunoi to a height of 20ft. , , The milliDg depute has beenjreferroj direct to thu Arbitration Court. NaWKB, Scptetober Id. ArcprescntaUvc meeting of both divisions of the railway shi vice was held here this tvening, to discuss the proposid Railway" rfijperni.nuation Bill, »nd it was res'ilved th it having had ample opportunities of (ijacosaitg the Bill, the ineoting woii'd be perf<c ly BBtis-fied if it passed through the Council in i's pressnt torn), and that a oopv of ho resolution be fiirwarded to the H>>nh. J. D.0.-mond nnd W. 0. S.tiith, M.L.O's. Wakgavci, September 15. Atampetitig of thj Licon-nrg Com inittco to-dnv, arpl ca ionn fjr packet licenses w 11.l1. inadfl by the owner* of the riYi-r HteaujOß p\i p tm the \V«n romii ri>e". 'J'he cuiimi"- c grm'ed a !icen<e to I'aralii. o, abou: 28 miles fixtn Wnrtgnnui, Uitherio lie nses <o l.aye i (T ct f r a di-tirc» ■ f 'ibnu*. 120 m:le« h-ve been grmleil, but rcc n ly h vvus di covered that tho licenses had b<?en applying to an area in which the snln c f liquor was prohibited by proclamation some years ago. Auckland, September IC. A disastrous fire occurred on Limestore Island, near Whangarei, at 3.80 a.m. on Sunday, when the whole of tho cement works was destroyed. Tho fire is b^liefe' to have originated through the ground coal iri itir'g The fire was aasis cd by gas generating rapidly, add it spread throughout the works Thd morning shift who were working haH a narrow escape. The loss is estimated at about .£15,000, and 40 men br.vo been thrown out of work, and various contracti to «upply cement are incomplete. The fcow, Pukapuka, at tho Cement Co.'s wharf, narrowly escaped being burnt, as a itrong tcu h-west gale wa» blowing. The works were insurrd foi £7300. Napier, September 10. Tn the Divorce Court, in the ease of Emily Annie Hannan v. John Jcneph Hannan, wiffe'u peliiion, on the ground of d'sertioD, a d. cree di'fi wa-i granted, to be made absolute at tbo en:l of three months. Bin the Supreme Court 'o day, in the civil notion Beaumont v Nnal aud Close, a claim for i.200 as d>imai?eß for trrspass, the trespass was admitted, thn dote cc being thdt this was of a purely technical charaoter, and necessary for the oarryinp out of certain work. The jury retu-ned a verdict for plaiotifl for £70, with costs as per scale. Mastebtos, SEptember 15 On Sunday evening whilst retnr.ing from service at Tauoru, Ihj Rev. W. Earep, of St. Mitthew's, met with a setious accidco*. While noar the Taueru eawmills ths wheels and axle of his buggy became detached from the body, and the horse bolted, carr^ing Mr Earte sleigh fashion dome distance. | Mr Earee ran great risk of being carried over into a steep gully, but fortcat.tely the horse was puled op, and tbo rev. gentleman caiue through his alarming experience with no further injury thin a severe shaking