WITHIN THE COLONY.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 163, 18 June 1894, Page 3

WITHIN THE COLONY.

NEWS BY TELEGRAPH

(Put Press Association.)

A Football Dispute Wellington, This Day. At a meeting of the New Zealand Rugby Union Management Committee on Saturday night the chargee made against the Wellington representative team by the Nelson Union were considered, and it wm decided there had been unnecessarily rough play, and that much of ill feeling had been caused by the similarity of uniforms; also that the captain of the Wellington team failed to control his men. It was resolved that the Nelson Union was to blame for not providing an efficient referee, and MeKenzie who was captain of the Wellington team, be not again allowed to act as captain of a representative •team during the pleasure of New Zealand Union. Deaths and Fatalities. Dunedin, This Day. James Scott, a miner, was killed by a fall of earth while working in the Walford Deep lead mine. An old man named Robert Fisher was found dead in his hut ne*r Mosgiel. He had evidently been dead come days. A Technical Reconstruction. Timaru, This Day. The Farmers Co-operative Association has been voluntarily wound up owing to a technical defect in the memorandum of the association. The balance sheet showed a margin of solvency of £46,654, and a balance to the credit of shareholders of JBII,OOO. The Weather. Wellington. This day. A heavy southern gale has been blowing since Saturday night, accompanied with heavy rain. The weather is bitterly cold. Libel Case Settled. Wellington. This day.

In the libel case, F. G. Thompson v. the Evening Post, claim £IOOO, the parties have arrived at a settlement, consequently the action has been discontinued. Destructive Storm. \d w Plymouth, This day. south-easterly gale over teit here wae blowing all yesterday and 9 Jins not vet expended itself. Several buildings were unroofed, and fences blown down in all directions. The totalisator house on the race course wae razed to the ground, and the church at Omnia is wrecked. A Determined Suicide. A w BURTON, This day. A man named George Henry Smith, who was arrested on a charge of horse stealing, was found dead in the police cell tins morning. lie had banged him „elf from * bolt ring in th» coll floor imiug his liaßtikurchiftf anfl a bit of calico a foot long. It wa, a rn.mt flatorminwl a id mh any linn- by aimpl.y putting iii» font to the floor. To accoiupl'sli bin object he bail to kto p liia knoaa limtl.v bout.