TELEGRAMS

Southland Times, Issue 15074, 19 October 1901, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

— ♦ New Zealand. [Pee United Pbess Association.] WELLINGTON, Oct. 18. The Colonial Secretary has promised the City Conncil to consider a suggestion that a model bylaw should be drawn up to operate over the whole colony in regard to the control of billiard saloons. James Carter, contracting in the Waihi mine, was killed by a collapse of ground while working in the Empire lode. NAPIER, Oct. 18. A four-roomed cottage, owned by P Barry and occupied by two young men, Bennett and Cameron, was destroyed byfire thiß morning The building is insured for £200 in the Royal, while the tenants had insured their effects for £50 each. CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 18. An old couple have been living in a cave on the road from Sumner to Lyttelton for the past six months in a state of filtbiness. The police state that tbey are powerless to take action unless the inmates break the law in some way. ASHBURTON, Oct. 18. Mrs C. E. Fooks, one of the earliest arrivals in Ashburton, died this evening. DUNEDIN, Oct. 18. At an inquest on the child Wm. Grounds, killed at Hanover street railway crossing, the evidence showed that he tried to cross just as the engine was entering the crossing. The jury, in returning a verdict that death was accidental, recommended- the authorities to adopt some means of preventing children playing about this particular spot. The Crown solicitor eaid that if the Corporation gave permission the department would fence off the crossing.