Colonial Intelligence.

Southland Times, Issue 19774, 26 March 1906, Page 2

Colonial Intelligence.

N BAN’S FROM OTHER PARTS. SAY ED BY TUB WESTING HOUSE. p.-r 1 nuril Press Association. flllUS 1 CHBUCU, March 25. A serious railway accident was narrowly avir.iil at Kainpai station yesterday morning- By Koine neglect the points on ihe main lino, right opposite the passeagei' phu form, iiad been left open niter ii,.- rarriagi-.s of tho Eyretown branch line had been shunted and left standing afiiiiu a chain along the loop line below i lie points. The train fr«ni thn north, a long uni! heavy one, was running into il.e station at a sliced of eight miles an hour when the engine swerved on to tho hop lj.ie. The enginedrjver promptly applied tlie air brake and brought his i rain up with the locomotive within a f,.w yards of the standing train. William Karquharson, farm manager nt I’.nmkside. dropped dead yesterday afterno,m, presumably from heart trouble. AHI TOR BOOP WORK. • DUNEDIN, March 25. The street collection nn Saturday in aid of St .John’s Amlmluncn Association, which lias here recently undertaken to carry 0:1 a. district nursing scheme, realised k J 7‘J Is 7d. CIIIAVN CARELESS. AUCKLAND, March 25. At the inquest in connection with tho death of Thomas Gilbert Boyd, who fell from a ladder while repairing overhead i ram way wiles, Dr. Dudley said there v.cii indications of fractured skull. Ho could hml mi murks of recent burning IT..m electrical shocks, except a slight one dii il.e left wrist. The driver of i lie tramway company emergency waggon saill Ihe deceased was not wearing gfoVes, anil he accidentally put his right hand oa the irolli-y w ire. Immediately he slu i u 11 '(j ' ii's got me," turned right round and fell lo the ground. If Boyd had worn 1 lie rubber gloves provided by tin- I'ompaiiy He' accident, would not have !,;iiip. m *l. The jury returned a verdict of " accidentally killed. 1 ' KCCS AND HENS. BLENHEIM, March 24. 'llf total fi i’ tli- forty-seventh week of the NX. egg-laying competition is J271 : grand aggregate 83,014; weekly .•I’.iraee per pen 12.71. The highest for lit., week were the Alexandra Poultry l 0.-s white rocks, 27. In tho aggregate i In* live highest pens are white leghorns; Australia. 11C2 ; Marlborough A. and P. 1 i •")■-. : •! mini ban Hodson, Blenheim, 1157 ; Nick Shaw. Blenheim, 1140. Tho running for second placa is an exciting Cl. Nt ft. SUPREME COURT. DUNEDIN, March 24. At Hie Supreme Court to-day .Joseph MirhaW Davidson, aged 18, who had pleaded guilty to breaking and entering, was admitted to probation for 12 months. • Joseph Edgar, aged 43. who had pleader! guilty to embezzling the money of his employer, was sentenced to 12 months. GISBORNE, Marcli 24. Obit nary—The Rev. Father Mulvihill, pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church, wlm too! beeu ailing for some time past.