TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 4995, 5 August 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(.PER PRESS ASSOCIATION) GREYMOUTH, Monday. A man named John Hall, while bush falling near Marsden, was struck by a falling branch on the head and knocked down. He was found insensible at 9.30 on Saturday night in the bush, and was brought into the hospitaljast night, where he died t l jis morning without having recovered consciousness. WELLINGTON, Monday. Ninety natives,belonging to Waitara and Nurtii, left Parihaka on their homeward journey yesterday, Mr Dick has not yet handed in his resignation as Colonial Secretary, but he has practically handed over charge of the office. Mr Dick leaves for Dunedin by the steamer Hauroto to-'noirow. ! Annie Anderson, a Scandinavian girl, tias b?en committed for trial on a charge of infanticide, near Masterton, on July ( Jth. CHRISTCHURCH, Monday. Jacob Stokes, over 70 years old, was found dead in his bed at a boarding-house on Saturday. Deceased had been a station cook and was supposed to be very poor, but among his effects were discovered papers showing ha had about L7OO in the savings Bank. He is supposed to have relatives in the North. The test case against the vegetable dealer, Mrs Davidson, charged with hawking without a license, has been decided by Mr Beetham, EM., against the City Council on the ground that the by-law was ultra vires, because if carried out it would be productive of a very serious restraint of trade. At an influential meeting held this evening the following resolution was carried unanimously : — " That this meeting, having heard statements relative to immense deposits of coal and other minerals in the Malvern district, and great difficulty that exists in bringing coals to market, would impress upon the Government the necessity for extending the railway line as far as practicable to the neighborhood of the several mines." TIMARU, Monday. The son of a farmer named Colin Campbell, ten years of age, was found alrawned this morning in a creek near his father's house at Totara. The New Zealand L. and A. Company held a large sale of grain at Studholinu Junction to-day. Milling wheat averaged 2s 8d to 3s ; oats, Is 7£d to Is lid.