TELEGRAMS.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 979, 19 November 1901, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

•.Napier. ;; November 18, ■■■ Mossrs Nelson Bros, have receirod the following special o'able from tho 0.0. and D.' Company t "Rim Plato shipments very largo. Prices very unUse great cautioaia bnyiag.'' v A passenger by the express train from Wellington to-night states that therfe was a. heavy flood between Pahiataaand Kketalmaa, the wator flowing over the fences four feet high in tho low lyiug'parts. ••■'•■' ; " DUNEDIN. -, '■•: ; ; ;■■'■■■ . • Novomborlß.

During the past weok. roUi-ns hare been reported from. 42 dredges, the total -gold yield being lllfiozs 9dwts 18grs, or an average 6£ 2Goza pet dredge. Additional returns: Sheddan's Waikalta freehold. 42ozs, Reliaaoe 156zs sdwta, j Unpen Waipori UoZ3> lldvtfcs, Waikaka 14ozs sdwts'4grs, Lawrence 9ozs lOdwts. Tho Champion Sluicing Company ob» tained 20ozs sdwts 14grs for '4£- days' elevating,' and the Last Chance Sluicing Company &>zs for 14 days, ' : ; Mr John Wright, a member of Wright, Stephenson and Co., and a son of one of the founders o( the ilrni, met with a shocking death to-day. He. had been working for some »ime about a manure mixing maohioe, and Chambers and Son, who supplied tho machinery, put in a man to run it for a week, The elevator had becomo chocked, .and the belt driving it slipped off. Deceased went up the ladder; but whether v he tried to'' replace the bolt or'intended: to wait till the elevator was cleared is not known.' Somehow he got caught in the shafting, which wasrevolving at the rate of 15Q revolutions per minute, and was carried round with the shaft. As the latter was less than three feet below the beams the lower extremities struck the beam with, every revolution, and the body was terribly mangled before the engine could be stopped. Death was probably instantaneous. At the inquest the vordict was accidental death, no blame being attached to anyone. Deceased was very popular among all classes, and Ms death caused a great shook.. Most of the business places displayed [flags at half-mast, He' leaves a widow and several young children. A oase was before the Supreme Court to day in which M'Gregor and Co,, en» gineers, claimed 11000 from the Golden United Gold Dredging Company for breach of contract to supply machinery for the dredge for the Company's claim. The contract was let in tl<e boom time," and was to be completed by May 21, 1901. Six days before that the plaintiffs asked' for a certificate (or progress payment, and received a reply that the certificate would not be given as the so-troated contract was abandoned.. Mr Justice Williams refused to non-suit at the stage asked for on the grounds that time was the essenco of the contract, as. be thought from the documents such was sot. the oase. The jury gave a verdiot for L3OO loss of profit, and L3OO loss on material, but this judgment lunges on several law points to be yet argued.

OHRISTOHORCH. November 18, At the Supreme Court to-day George Allen claimed L2OO damages from the New Zealand Shipping Company for injures sustained by him while engaged is unloading the Sakaia, A bar of iron fell from the slings, and crushed plaintiff's foot. It was alleged that the acoident was owing to the absence of packing in the slings. After some evidence had been heard jndgmont was given by consent for the plaintiff for Ll5O. Rain set in this afternoon, and still continues. It is very much needed. - AUCKLAND.. November 18. During the four weoks ending November 9 the Waihi Goldmining Company treated 12,74? tons of ore for a return of L 39,904, which constitutes a fresh record, During the current year the Waihi Company completed 11 four weekly crushings, for a total yield of L 385.140, being LC7.138 in excess of the total output for 1900. The total won from the mine to date is 19,905,160, and the total dividends to date amonufc to L 754.379, During the past two weeks the Waitara Goldmining Company'crushed 90 tons for a return, valued at L 390.

Takings in connection with the agricultural show were just under LSOO, compared with L 250 for the two days ol last year, when, the weather "was unfavorable.

At the anaual conference of the Auckland Agricultural Societies, resolutions were carried in-favor of federal agricultural societies, and the more vigorous settlement of Orown lands in the Auckland district,'a reduction of railway and shipping freights on woolj and the establishment of a school of agriculture near Auckland. It was also resolved that a plant be ereoted on .the Auckland wharf for the sterialisation of imported tonos, io' as to do away with anthrax. '

TBJARU. V' November 18, A shocking sudden death occurred this afternoon at Bowley's dental surgery. A young woman named Annie Morris was put under the influence of chloroform to have her teeth extracted. The operation was going on all right,' thentho patient suddenly passed away, and all efforts to restore' animation failed. . A 'dootor \?is present,' Jt is supposed that death was from shook; Bain waj steadily falling,this after noon and night) the first steady fall for four months. It will do incalouable benefit to the grass and crops,