Yesterday’s Telegrams.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 8425, 23 January 1896, Page 1

Yesterday’s Telegrams.

(Bv Telegraph.) WELLINGTON, January 22. The strong north-westerly wind which blew all day interfered considerably with the enjoyment of the holiday, which was observed to celebrate the fifty-sixth anniversary of Wellington Province. The principal attraction in town was the annual regatta of the Port Nicholson Yacht Club, but the fixture did not create so much interest as usual owing to the fact that the competitors did not include any boats from other ports. The heavy sea running in the harbour gave the smaller craft a rough time of it. The Waitangi won the first class yacht race by 55 minutes, the Maritana being second. The Isca carried off the second class event, with the Rona second. The Jennie Reid had an easy victory in the third class race. A large number of excursionists travelled by rail and by harbour steamers. CHRISTCHURCH, January 23. A youth named Robert Bryant, who was grass-seeding at Port Levy, was seriously burned last evening by his tent catching fire through a candle being left burning. Solomon, the other occupant of the tent, sustained severe burns in rescuing his companion. Bryant was taken to Lyttelton to-day, and is now in a precarious condition.