NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 8055, 16 September 1887, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Thames, Thursday. Hugh Hamilton, an elderly man, resident in the Waiotahi Creek, sustained severe injuries, including a broken wrist, by falling about twenty feet at the Moanataiari tramway.

Wellington*, Thar*day. At the annual meeting of the Acclimatisation Society the report showed the receipts for the year to be £573, and the expenditure £475. There was a slight increase in the shooting and fishing fees. The ranger reported a rapid increaie in the red deer in the VVairarapa. This winter numerous herds have been seen on the Maungaruki range*. The Chairman of the Harbour iioarii, at a meeting to-day, drew attention to the fact that the revenue showed a considerable falling away, for which he thought the exemptions to mail steamers were largely responsible. Shipping had also decreased, and showed 184 vessels and 8472 tons less for the eight months than last year. Gkktmogtjt, Thursday.

About midnight Joseph Vincent, chief cook of the Koranui, got his foot badly crashed by an empty coal truck running over it. He was crossing the quay to go on board and waited for the warning generally given, and when ho heard what he thought was all clear, he wan going to cross the wharf, when he found the empty truck almost on him. He threw himself down to prevent being killed, but the wheel passed over his left foot, crushing bones and sinews. He will most probably lose his foot. He was Uakeu to the Hospital. I)dnedin, Thursday. The Benevolent trustees spout no less than £661 in outdoor relief last month, or £137 more than the previous one. At the Education Board to-day Dr. Brown questioned the wisdom of offering praise on the one hand to teachers who had succeeded in obtaining a large percentage of passes, and censuring on the other baud teachers who had not been so successful, without taking into consideration other features of teaching. He also stated that reports were occasionally heard of children of schools where large percentages of passes were obtained having extra work thrown on them, and of having longer hours. Some other members of the Board expressed concurrence with Dr. Brown's remarks. . At the City Court to-day James Craig was fined £3 and costs, with the alternative of a week's imprisonment, for adulterating milk. The Benoh characterised It as a flagrant case.