GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12400, 13 October 1903, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[BY TELEGRAPH.— ASSOCIATION.] Gisborne, Monday. On Saturday afteruoo:a George White, sheep farmer, of MakomakO; met with an accident while mustering sheep oh foot.' He fell over a cliff, and was found an hour afterwards unconscious. His face was much cut and bruised, and hishead was cut. He was carried home, and was still unconscious on Sunday afternoon.. PalsießstoN North, Monday. The body of a middle-aged man, name unknown, was found in the Pohangina River yesterday. Death had evidently occurred two weeks ago. The body is supposed by the police to be 'that of George Williams, a cook, who went up the river looking for work.

Napier, Monday. Mr. George Cooke, Government inspector of buildings, died last night after a short illness. Deceased was formerly a contractor on the West Coast.

VV.mjioa (Hague's Bat), Monday. On Thursday morning the beach at Mania was strewn with 147 black fish (small whales), all alive. Natives and others are busily employed stripping the blubber, Wanganth, Monday. . The band received an enthusiastic welcome by a very large crowd of people on their return to-night from the Timaru contest. Speeches were delivered by the member for lite district aad the Mayor. Aiwm/itTON, Monday. An inquest regarding the death of William Sutherland, as the result of a trap accident on Saturday, was held to-day, when a verdict that death was due to a fracture of the base of the skull, and hemorrhage caused thereby, no blame being attributable to anyone, was returned. Wellington, Monday. A verdict of death from valvular disease of the heart was returned to-day at the inquest on William Barkley, a retired draper, who was found dead, in Victoria-street on Saturday night. CHitiSTCHuiicrf, Monday. A special meeting of shareholders of the Lancaster Park Company was held this afternoon to consider the question of leasing, uhe Park for sports oil Good Friday. After a somewhat animated discussion a motion that the Park should not be let oh that day was rejected by 163 votes to 60. Fifteen proxies were ruled to be invalid by the chairman.