TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1038, 18 August 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(PER TRESS ASSOCIATION"). ' : WELLINGTON. August 17. Mr. Montague L. Browne, agent for De Lias, was thrown out of a buggy on the Hutt road this afternoon, and sustained a fracture of the thigh and other injuries. A lady who was with him was also severely shaken. The football match between Wellington and Wairarapa was played this afternoon. A drenching rain set in early this morning, but notwithstanding that a large number of persons attended to witness the game. The Wairarapa men were overpowered from the first, and Wellington won by three goals and three ties to nothing. The Wellington team is the same which plays at Christchureh, and leaves here on the 22nd inst. The Hon. C. J. Pharazyn has distributed the whole of his honorarium to charitable institutions. August 18. The Governor returned from Nelson this morning. Hudson's Surprise Party opened successfully at the Academy of Music on Saturday night. The Bank of New Zealand has received advice that the Wellington municipal six per cent, loan of LIOO,OOO for streetmaking purposes has been floated in London at 104. A Mrs. Chillott, whose husband was recently bound over for assaulting her, fell down in a fit last night in a fireplace and was put to bed, where she was found dead shortly after. DUNEDIN. August 16. A serious railway accident happened at Balclutha yesterday. A train consisting of an engine and.seven trucks ran off the line a mile beyond Kaihiku. John Chalmers, the engine driver, received internal injuries, and is supposed to have broken his back through the engine falling over. He died this morning. The stoker was not hurt. The line is clear this morning. Alexander Grant, late clerk of the Crown Lands office, for whom warrants are out for forgery, has not been arrested yet. CHRISTCHURCH. August 16. Judges Johnston and Williams will sit together in Banco on Tuesday next, to hear argument in the case of Court v. Studholme. Coming interprovincial football matches to be played in Christchureh have been arranged for the following dates :—Canterbury v. Otago, August 23 ; Wellington v. Otago, August 25 ; Canterbury v. Wellington, August 28. AUCKLAND. August 17. A portion of the Thames Railway is to be let to natives on piece work. Captain Hannibal Marks, the pilot, and son, were drowned at Taurangu yesterday afternoon by a boat accidentAugust 18. An eleven-roomed house at Parnell, belonging to the Church Mission Society, and in the occupation of Mr. F. J. Moss, M.H.R., was burnt down at 4 o'clock this morning. The fire broke out in the washhouse. The building is insured for L3OO in the New Zealand office, and the furniture, which was partly saved, was insured in the Victoria office for LIOO, but the policy is believed to have lapsed. HAWERA. August 16. The railway works are being pushed forward with great spirit by the Government through the district from Normanby Staffordwards. One hundred men are now at work, and are being taken on daily. Twenty small contracts are being let in addition to-day. NAPIER. August 17. A large swordfish was picked up on the beach near Wainui a few days ago. It is said that is the first of this kind of fish found on the coast in the neighborhood. The swordfish measured fourteen feet from tip to tail, the sword being fully four feet long. A schnapper about three feet long wa3 found inside, and it is surmised that the traveller of the deep came to grief by taking more than could be readily digested. August 18. An extraordinary case came up at the District Court this morning. A Hawera native appeared to answer a charge of perjury in connection with recent proceedings against Donnelly. No indictment was preferred, and it turned out that neither the prosecutor nor the witnesses had been bound over to appear. Mr. Rees, for the defence, -stated that Te Karina had been induced, under a threat of seven years' imprisonment, to sign two papers to the effect that Maney, one of the candidates for the representation of Napier, had advised him to perjure himself. Judge Kenny said as no indictment had been preferred, he could not take official notice of Mr. Itees' complaint, but no doubt the Press would make it public. TIMARU. August 17Part of the brick wall of the High School building now in course of erection fell this afternoon, precipitating four men to the ground. One man named Pagett was seriously injured, and now lies in the hospital in a critical state. The others escaped in a miraculous manner with slight injuries. Pagett is a Dunedin man.