LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXII, Issue 242, 13 October 1888, Page 2

LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS.

Bluff , Ootober 12. Captain Carey, of the Rotomahana, noticed distress signals when passing Dog Island this morning, and reported tbe matter to the Harbor Board, who sent a tug out to ascertain tbe cause. It was found that tbe fishing smack Nelly was wreoked last Tueaday morning several miles off Dog Island. Daring a heavy gale a sea struck her, oarrying away her rudder, and breaking ber deck in. James Young, tho Master, an unmarried man, was washed off and drowned. The other men John Young and James Dunoan were rescued by the light keeper, who observed fche acoident, and pluckily put off in an open boat, risking his own life. D tjnbein, October 12. At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce a communication was received from the Government stating that they did not bee their way to reduce the charges made by the Assignee in bankruptcy, as the Department barely paid expenses. It was resolved that the Committee make. eDquiry during the ooming quarter, as the impression was that theie was a handsome surplus. Mr Denniston, the late President, in referring to the MeN bourne Exhibition, said that as an illustration of the excellence of the grain exhibits, a leading Amerioan manufacturer was so struck with the appearance of some wheat grown near Oamaru that he has written to the speaker's firm for a few bags for introduction into America, with the hope that they might be able to produce crops as good as those exhibited. A vote of thanks was passed to the Hon. K. Campbeii for his action in regard to the Dock Trust loan s Wellington, Ootober 12. At the Divorce Court, rules absolute were made in Thurston v. Thurston, Moeller v. Moeller, and Wilkinson v. Wilkinson. With reference to the refusal of the Marine Department to recognise services as 3rd and 2nd mate in tbe coasting trade aa officers of thß service for t.o purpose of enabling persons to bo examined _or certificates ag first mate or ordinary maste. , further communication on the subject has been received by the Department from the Victorian Steam Navigation Board, in which the latter states that its rule is similar to that in force in this Oolony. It is understpod that the Minister of Marine intends bringing the matter under the notice Board of Trade with a view of ascertaining whether it cannot be altered so as to allow of the recognition of the coasting service as 3rd mats and 2nd mate for the purpose of enabling persona to be examined as a firßt mate or master ordinary. Christ?!. . boh, October 12, In CftaTßbers to-day, Mr Justice Ward quashed the conyiption of O'Connor, convicted cf illicit distillation at Ti mam, on the ground that his term of imprisonment was longer than prescribed by the section of the Act under whioh he was oonvioted. Manaia, Ootober 12. After lasting four days and examining 24 witnesses, the jury returned ft verdioi In the co«

quiry re Hay's fire that ther. was no eviclenoe to show the cause, attaching a rider that the property was over insured, and that there was great negligence on the part of the agent in accepting the risk without fuller information as to the state of the property.