TELEGRAPHIC

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 7926, 8 November 1886, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Dunedin, November 6, The Amateur Athletic Sports were only fairly attended. The JOOyds was won by Meenan. Mile Bicycle Race—S, Kerr, I \ p, Webb, 2, Half-mile Handicap—Hutchinson (25yds), 1; McLeod (20yds), 2. Threemile (Roadster) Bicycle—F, Webb (scratch), i j W, Grow (225yds), 2, At the Port Chalmers Court the Bench refused to accept a plea of Dr De Lantour that his children were receiving efficient training at home as reason for not sending them to school. The Phccnlx returns at Skipper’s are 4300 z for the month’s crashing. New Plymouth, November 6. The charge of smuggling watches, being part of a salvage stock brought out by an immigrant, occupied the Police Court two days, and was finished this morning. It resulted in Mr Jones, the defendant, being fined £25. Invercargill, November 6. Mr F, M. Dawson’s store at Pnkerau, near Gore, was burned down. Nothing was saved but the books. The stock was insured for £SOO in the New Zealand Office and £SOO in the South British, which had £2OO reinsured in New Zealand. Christchurch, November 6. The Governor arrived from Wellington yesterday. He visits the Industrial Association rooms on Monday. The telegraph chess match, Canterbury v. Otago, was resumed last night. Some time after midnight Canterbury had won seven games and Otago two. Hookham, at 1 a.m*, offered to continue playing Hay till 5 o’clock. Hay offered to draw, bat Hookham declined, and Hookham could not get a farther answer io his telegrams. Sir George Whifcmqre arrived from the West Coast last night. He met the local Volunteer officers and arranged to inspect the

Volunteers on November 19th, He leaves for Dunedin to-morrow morning. This afternoon a woman named Ivilligan was knocked down by a truck which was being shunted in the railway yard. She was severely injured, her hands being crushed ana her head badly hurt. She was trespassing when the accident occurred.