TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7662, 25 September 1903, Page 5

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

AUCKLAND, Wept. 25. Harry Shmitt, employed on tho co-operative road works, was drowned at Marakopa River imar Kawkai. ,

• WHANGAREI, September 24. Bishop Neligah was given a public reception on ( the occasion of his first visit to Whangarei. Tvcj.lying to addresses of welcome his Lordship said he thought while the tendency 'of Europeans was i o relapse to pangahism, there was little hope of' evangelising the natives. During his visit a record Luiijicr of candidates was confirmed.

WAIHI, Sept. 21. At the Waihi Company's mill at Waikino to-^day, a mai^ named Lloyd got his right hand cu.igJit in the cog wheels of the machinery. It was about a quarter of <in . hour lief ore the hand could be released, and it was practically crushed to a pulp.' The hand was amputated at the wrist. ■. . '

. WANGAN-UI, Sept. 24. At the Supreme Court. i.o-day the jury again disagreed in jthe charge agairist Birchley of causing ] odily harm, and the Crown abandoned the case. In this case the accused, while on horseback, came in collision with a cyclist who had a leg broken.) MASTERTON, Sept. M. The Wairarapa Gun Club's ninebird match was won by ' Montague " without a miss; T. TT. Harvey was second with oic sr.iss,. and T. W. Wardell third. There woi'o eighteen competitors.

DUNEDIN, Slept. 24. .A" meeting was held last night to bid -farewell to Mr E. J. D. Horcus, who is about to leave foif. England to undergo a course of training at Hairley. school,- and then goes to the Argentine as a missionary. WELLINGTON, Sept. 25.Amongst the passengers by the Warrimoo from Sydney to-day were Sir James Hector, who abandoned has trip to the Rocky Mo; ntains owing, to the death of his son, Mr 0. H. Reynolds, general manager of the Pacific Cable, who has come to Wellington to interview Sir Joseph Ward, and Mr G. G. Stead (of Christchurch) who h a s returned with his race horses, Cruciform and Orloff." Wallace, of the New Zealand football team, has also returned. He has recovered from the injury V which 'delayed his return. ' '' ■ • - -

DTJNEDIN, This day. ■ A six-roomed house, owned and •occupied by G. M. Anderson, Kirkland Hill, lloslyn, was.totally destroyed by -Tire; last night. The children escaped in their night-dres-ses.' The insurances are—£2oo on the house; and £.100 on the furniture. ' . ■

CIIRISTCHURCH, This day! John Crook,-a lad, 16 years of age, \vas sentonded at the Supremo Court, to 3 months' imprisonment for. thefts "from a shop at Opawa. Karl Jansen, a Chinese halfTcaste, received a sentence- of six months for assaulting a man with a beer bottle.

At the Police Court to-day, Annie Diffca was' charged with inflicting grievous ibodily harm' on her son, aged 17, years, and was committed' for trial this morning. The boy was seriously injured in August last by a knife which she was waving in the air while asking him to hurry up and go, a message, when the boy gave back an answer. 3t was alleged that the knife slipped 'out of her. hand and inflicted a. wound in the side, which was so serious thai the boy's depositions were taken,.but the boy has since recovered.