TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 14332, 28 April 1899, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, April 27. About a week ago W. Dunlop, of Prebbleion, while thatching a stack, was seized with a fib and fell to the ground. He died from his injuries yesterday. R. Purchas, of the Prebbleton Hotel, and his eon, a lad of ten years, were seriously injured through an explosion of acetylene gas. They had been washing out a pan, after which bhe elder poured water into, and held a lighted match over it. An explosion followed and severely burned the faces of father and son. The sound of the explosion was hoard a quarter of a mile away. — WELLINGTON, April 27. An Order-in-Council enacts that payments to Education Boards for the quarter ending June 30 shall be according to. the working average attendance for the previous quarter. Dr King is appointed medical superintendent of Wellington, and Dr Hassell superintendent of Porirua Asylum. . The Kaitangata Relief Fund balance sheet shows a credit balance of £3963, plus the estimated value of a mortgage security in default (£2500), equal to £6463. The amount paid to the beneficiaries during the year was £7Ol.

The arrivals in the colony during March ware 1522—0n1y five more than last year ; the departures were 2207—200 less than last year. The post and telegraph revenue for the quarter was £119,925, as against £101,682 last year. Postal notes sold, £34,865 ; paid, £33,988, as against £33,306 and £32,736 in the corresponding quarter of last year. The deposits in the savings banks amounted to £912,230, against £841,442, and the withdrawals £887,424, against £827,823. . April 27. .

At an inquest on the body of John Broadbent, wool merchant, who met with an accident on Sa*urday night at the railway station, the evidence showed that the deceased, being a little late, attempted to get on while a train was moving slowly away, and fell between the platform and the guard’s van. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death. They wished to add a rider to the effect th”t the carriage steps should be connected in some way" with netting, to prevent persons stepping from a platform to a train falling between the platform and the carriages, but when the matter was explained by the traffic manager the rider was withdrawn.

In the case against Sydney James (secretary) and Harry James (assistant secretary) of the Dunedin J.G., charged with advertising that the club would receive money at its town office for investment on the totalisator, Sydney James was convicted and fined £1 and costs, while the information against Harry James was dismissed. Intention to appeal was intimated.