TELEGRAMS

Southland Times, Issue 13410, 23 March 1896, Page 2

TELEGRAMS

(Pee Press Association),

AUCKLAND, March 21

At the Athletic and Cycling Club's sports Brady, who finished fourth, from scratch, in a mile walk, put up an Australasian record of 6 tnin. 51 sees. , I being 2-stha of a second better than any previous recorded performance.

Frederick G. Cashell, who was injured while working cargo on board of the s.s. Anglian some weeks ago, died this morning.

John Leith, an engineer, who arrived from Sydney on the 3rd February, committed suicide at Waters' Coffee Palace by shooting himself through the mouth with a revolver. Leith suffered from asthma, and only returned from Rotorua last evening. His brother resides at Woodside, near Otahuhu. WELLINGTON, March 21.

In Chambers at the Supreme Court the service of a writ and the writ itself, issued by James Carson against the Colonial Secretary, were set aside upon the grounds that the office of Colonial Secretary is vacant and that service was not effected in accordance with the rules of the court, but on the acting Btcretary. The claim is to recover L3OO and interest, L 922 in all, which a Commiotee of the House of Representatives recommended about 25 years ago should be paid to Henry Baucke, who recently assigned his claim to Carson,

Captain Russell, in response to an invitation, has agreed to deliver a political address here on Thursday.

Sir R. Stout, in reply to some statements by the Premier in his Hokitika speech, says he never admitted that the New Zealand Pine Company had broken the Truck Act 1 . The company did carry on a store many years ago, but there was no violation of the law and he so btated. With respect to the employment of Chinese by the Roundhill Sludge Channel Company, which he supposes is the company alluded to, Sir Robert Bays he is nominally a local director but since 1595 (1893?) has taken no part in the management and this was the first he has heard of sujh a statement-. Some Chinese may ha^e got a contract for cutting a race, etc, but if so, it was without his knowledge or consent.

The unemployed had another meeting today at whicit exception was taken in heated language to the way the rpqu?st for assistance had been received. Strong feeling was displayed against going to relief woiks, objection being taken to the wages of 3a and 4s a day as starvation ratee. It was decided to appoint a permanent committee ; a motion to form the unemployed into a political organisation was negatived.

CHRISTCHURCH, March -22.

A cycling carnival, privately promoted, was held at Lancaster Park yesterday and attended by about 2000 persons. A special feature were]events in which Beveral ladies in rational coslume took part.

DUNEDIN, March 21

Charles P*ge, aged ."»■! years, residing in (Jtnongate street, is supposed to have committed suicide by hanging. He was living with & woman named Urquharfc who saya he was to have appeared at the Police Court this morning on a charge of using ol)3cene language. He left the house at 11 o'clock and about an hour afterwards, noticing that he had not taken his hut, she made a search and found a scrap of paper on the table with the words "Good bye Mary, God help you " written on it. On going into the back yard she saw Page hanging by the neok from a rafter underneath the house. She called for assistance and the body was cut down but life was extinct.

A fire at Allanton destroyed a crop of wheat and oats and a threshing mill, doing damage to the amount of L7OO. Mr Williamson, the owner of the crop, was uninsursd. The mill was insured for LI SO in the Standard offiao.