NEW ZEALAND

South Canterbury Times, Issue 5010, 18 May 1889, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND

(By Telegraph.)

WELLINGTON, May 17.

Before the Eimutaka left for London one of the steam pipes burst. Three of the Bremen were severely scalded. A Maori, named Frank Martin, was admitted to the hospital to-day from Otaki suffering from injuries received by the limb of a tree falling on him. Little hope is entertained of his recovery. A strong southerly buster attended with heavy showers set in this morning and still continues.

CHRISTCHURCH, May 17.

The Coptic sailed this evening with the lonic’s passengers and most of her cargo for London via Rio.

Mr A. Loughrey, M.H.R. for Lin wood, was banqueted by his constituents to-night.

DUNEDIN, Max 17.

A communication received from Stewarts Island states that at Pegasus, work is suspended awaiting the return of the Tasmanian party detained by stress of weather. They have put down a shaft giving 18 feet of payable wash, and the bottom is not reached. The claim does not seem to be the beat on the field.

The horses of a hawker named Qloaf bolted from a hill above the town of fit. Bathan’s, flashing into and demolishing one side of the stables of Banraban. One of the horses was killed at once. Gloag was seriously injured, and is still unconscious. Ihe weather which was fine yesterday, turned cold again to-dey when a little enow fell.

INVERCARGILL, Max 17.

James Chadwick while feeding a threshing machine at Islabank in the western district, slipped and had his leg lacerated so severely by the machine that he died before reaching the hospital in Biverton. Up to date 179,500 sacks of this season’s crops have been carried over the Southland section of the railways. As the price of oats keeps up it is expected that the farmers will rush in all they can before the roads break up, and that there will be little left to export in the spring.