LAST NIGHT'S NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9305, 19 November 1901, Page 1

LAST NIGHT'S NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

♦ (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, last night The takings m connection with the Agricultural Show were just binder £500, as compared with £150 for the two days of last year, "when, the weather was unfavorable. During the current year the Waihi Company have completed eleven fourweeklv crushings for a total yield of £385,040, being £67,138 m excess of the total output for 1900. The "- total won from the mine to date' is £1,905,166. The total dividends to date amount to £754,379. " At the annual conference of the Auckland Agricultural Society resolutions were carried m favor of Federal Agricultural Societies, more vigorous settlement of Crown lands m Auckland district, reduction of railway and shipping freights on wool, and the establishment ofl a school of agriculture near Auckland. It was also resolved that a plant be erected on the Auckland wharf for the sterilisation of imported bones, so as to do away with the danger of anthrax. NAPIER, last night. A passenger by the express train from I Wellington to-night states that there was a heavy flood between Pahiatua and Eketahuna. The water was flowing over fences four feet high m the low-lying parts. WELLINGTON, last night. The residences of Messrs Parker, Gustofen, and Gooden, at Carterton, have been destroyed- by fire. The insurances are £359 m the New Zealand office, and £259 m the Victoria office. CHRISTCHURCH, last night. At the Supreme Court to-day George Allen claimed £200 damages from the New Zealand Shipping Company for injuries sustained by him- While engaged m unloading the Rakaia, a bar of iron fell from the slings and crushed plaintiff's foot. It was alleged that. -the accident was owing to the absence of packing m the slings. After some evidence 1 had been heard, judgment was given by consent for plaintiff for £150. DUNEDIN, last night. Mr John Wright, member of the firm of Wright, Stephenson and C 0.," and son of one of the founders of the firm, met with. a shocking death to-day. He* had been worrying for some time about a manure mixing machine, and Chambers and Son, who 'supplied the machinery, put on a man to run it for a week. The elevator had become choked, and the belt driving it slipped off. Deceased went up the ladder, but whether he tried to replace the belt, or intended to wait till the elevator was cleaned, is not known. Somehow he got caught m the shafting, which was revolving at the rate of 150 revolutions per minute. He was carried round with the shaft. As the latter was llss than three feet below the beams, his lower extremities struck the beam with every revolution, and the body was terribly mangled before the engine could be stopped. Death was probably instantaneous. At the inquest a verdict of accidental death was returned, no blame being attachable to anyone. Deceased was very popular among all classes, and the death caused a great shock. Most of the business places displayed flags at half-mast. He leaves a widow and several young children.