LATE TELEGRAMS.

Northland Age, Volume 3, Issue 8, 25 September 1906, Page 5

LATE TELEGRAMS.

To-day 1 * Passenger*. OPTTA, To-day. The following are the paaaengen from Auckland by to-day’s Clansman: —For Hangonni: Merer*. 'White, Mathews, Smyth, Boms, Bartley, and Foote. For Whangaroa: Miss McLeod; Mrs. Nishet; Messrs. Quinn, Lamer, Wellsted, and French. Lionel Tony Escapes. . From Snnnyside Asylum Vo Trace Found. CHRISTCHURCH, Sunday. Lionel Terry, who was sentenced to death for murdering a Chinaman at Wellington in October, 1905, and deemed insane, escaped from Sunnyside Asylum, near Christchurch, between seven and eight o’clock last night. He had been working about the asylum grounds as . usual all day. When the inmates assembled for tea and were about to be locked up in their cells it was discovered ■ that Terry was missing. At tho time of ■ the escape the windows were all fastened ■ and the doors locked. It is supposed that ■ Terry either had the key to the door or ■ that his escape had been arranged by I friends. I t CHRISTCHURCH, Monday. [ The polioe have not yet discovered any 1 trace of Lionel Teny. _ Avondale Spring Meeting. Saturday’s Results. Cup won by Miss Gladys. AUCKLAND, Saturday. The following are the results of the ▼Arions races at the Avondale Spring meeting, which took place on Saturday: Mai den Plate Handicap—Miss Letty 1, Arai To Urn 2, Cachuca 3. Dividends: £lO 6/- and £4 3/-. - First Handicap Hurdle Race—Problem 1,1 Defender 2, Kruger 3. Dividends: £3 13/- and 14/-. Stakes—The Slave 1, Hierardh 2, Cadence 3. Dividends: £lO 14/iml £1 11/Avondale Cup Handicap —Miss Gladys 1,/Akarana 2, Apologue 3. Dividends: £2Vi - and £1 18'-. Hrlnnket Handicap —Merry Maid 1, Cl lire iron 2, Bonomiana 3. Dividends : £3 2, - and £2. /Handicap Steeplechase Fishfag (1) ■Aid Hakana (2) were the only two horses tmat finished. Zara unseated the jockey at the first fence and Loch Fyne ran off line course. * Dividend: £2 10/- on first /horse. J Pony Handicap—Fairytale 1, RustaJ mata 2, Forth 3. Dividends : £4 17/-. ? Flying Stake* Handicap—Merry Maid ' 1, • Sweet Alice 2, Black and Gold 3. ’ Dividends: £3 11/- and £8 10/-. The Late Wm. Haigh. Missing Since September 6th. Body Found at Ponsonby. AUCKLAND Monday. A body, supposed to he that of Wm. Hugh, of Grey-street, who has been missing since September 6th, was found at Clare’s Beach, Ponsonby, on Sunday. The matter has been reported to the police. The body is in a decomposed condition and the face is unrecognisable, but papers found in the pockets bore the name of Wm. Haigh. An inquest is Billowing. Earthquake Shocks Experienced. CHRISTCHURCH, Monday. A slight shock of earthquake was experienced on Saturday morning. The diock was also felt at Cheviot, Hamner, Bangiora, and at Kaiapoi, where a hoarding house was severely shaken and the ryockery broken. f) Serious Accident. Man Falls from Window. Sustains Broken Jaw, Nose and Wrist. THAMES, Saturday. i; A serious accident occurred to Alexander Stewart, an employee at the Golden Belt nunc at Neevesville. | Stewart arrived at Thames by the train •ad retired to bed in the afternoon at -Mrs. Vaughan’s boarding house. Later he was seen to fall from the window to the pavement. On arrival at the hospital £s• was found to he conscious but could &no account of how the accident ned. His injuries consist of a i jaw and nose, badly cut forehead, had broken wrist. The Gas Explosion at Nelson. A Victim Succumbs. NELSON, To-day. K, William Vcrcoe, who was injured ■gtmrel weeks ago by the gas explosion at ■ ■toko's Fountain, Trafalgar-strcet, died ■ the Mental Hospital on Monday, whore ■be bed been out of bis mind ever since ■Mhs accident. K| Lad Drowned. ft *»ody Net Recovered. m PABENGA, To-day. Wk. A native lad named Houtaewa Manuera HjtfM drowned here last Friday. Deceased, jgHkief 1* rears, was swimming out a strokes to reoover a punt when he ffK cjmareaUy seised with cramp and |K||j| tl* waa drowned and in spite of