TELEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13136, 21 November 1904, Page 5

TELEGRAMS.

. (Pke United Press Association.) v-f AUCKLAND, November 19.' , This court in the. Jfgapu'ni-Rimu collisioa ' caso censured the second officer • of . tl» . Ngapuhi fbc ( want, of vigilance, and ordered him to pay the costs of tho inquiry. Tho . court roturncd all certificates. ' In tho matter .of the claim of An'nei Eloman for £4393, {omppnsation for land taken for" tho new water supply area for ' Auckland, tho Compensation Court awarded . £1900*. Tho claimant was an. accommoda* tion-houso keeper near Mahotapn Falls. ELTHAM, November -19 A girl named Jones, eight years of age, ' --v. is missing. Sho wont to gather wood last) evening while lior parents wero milking, and lias -not since been heard of. A" largo search parly scoured tho bush all night 1 without - success. •liAV?ERA, November 19; The death is announced of Mr Jolm Winks, an old settler, chairman of the County Council; aged 56. An outbreak of typhoid fever 1)48 occurred ,it Kaponga. There has been two deaths*' during the month, and another patient is critically, ill, MASTEIITON, 'November 19. Owing to' heavy rain last night ami ft . warm wind melting the snow on the ranges, the rivet's are in high flood to-day. la many places.?thc road is under water, and large tracts of the country are flooded. Thei flood is reckoned to bo the liighcst for 20 years. It is .feared that tliero will be ai toss of stock in tho low country. WESTPORT, November '20.. The coal output last week was 7711 toni 16oirt,. of which 6617 tons.2cwt was from 1 the Westport Coal Company's mines, and 1091 tons 14cv.'t from the Seddonvillc Statq mines. -The News' correspondent reports the dis* conery of a reef of Eft of clean stone showing gold freely near Lycll, with a penny on top of the reef. It is supposed to be llabille's.reef. GUEYMOUTII, November 20. The coal exports for the week were:— . > Bnumer Company, 203 tons coal and 31 tons coke and brie;;*; Blackball Company,. 647 tons coal; State coal mine, 2073' tons poal.