TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 5099, 7 June 1904, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

PAHIATUA, Juno 6. A settler named I). Mabey, living at Konini, fell off u dray loaded with sacks late on Saturday night, and iiw jured his- spine, lie is paralysed from, the neck down, and is in a critical slate. WANG-ANUT, June 0. The senior football match,. Kaicrau v. Pirates, played on Saturday, was extremely rough, and a number of players were injured. One, a man named Quartcrman, was kicked in, the stomach and removed to the hospital, lie is seriously injured. Another named Loveridge was kicked on the head and carried oil the hold in a dazed condition. A third player named Holland was cut over the eye, necessitating several stitches. A fourth named Mitchell had a bone in his hand broken ; Martis had his knee injured ; Thomson was stunned by a blow on the head : and Ouscott, the seventh on the list, sustained a broken collarbone. There, were other minor accidents. Six of the injured men were Pirates, but most of their injuries were due to the vigorousness ol their own players. OAMARU, June (j. An elderly man named Isaac Lockwood was found drowned to-day in a creek near Enheld. Deceased was well known in the district. There was a full bottle of whisky in his pocket. DUNEDIN, Juno a. Ah Kit. a Chinese living at Cardrona. committed suicide on Saturday,' bv hanging. His Chinese mate did a way with himself in the same way a year ago. Patrick Ford, an old age pensioner, committed suicide this morning, He was found hanging to the bed-post in his room in Castle Street, his throat also being cut. Deceased was a wicl°"Cl‘ WANGANUI, June 6. The returning officer here indignantly denies the allegation of the_ Rev. F. W. Isitt, made on the authority of the Rev. J. Cocker, that the ballot box was left all night in a shed at a flag station in Wanganui for the guard of the early morning tram to bring to town. The facts are that the guard was deputy-returning officer and the box was never out of his charge. Immediately the poll closed the ballot papers were removed from the box and placed in another and at once taken to the returning officer at the chief polling booth. The box seen by the Rev. J. Cocker had no. ballot papers, and was in charge of the gUard ‘ PAHIATUA, June 6. A heavy fall of snow occurred on the ranges to-day. ' IVELLTNGTON. June •>- Since the beginning of the present year 211,367 ounces of gold, valued at £80*6,039, have boon exported from the colony, ns compared with b...uu ounces, valued at in the col ' responding five months of last year. T. Ellison, well known m football circles as a member o' the representative Maori football team that vi. i od England a few years ago. ana a former captain of the Portckc * ootl.a l Club, has been committed to tin Porirun Asylum. „ t .. OAMARU. Juno The Ladies’ Cup, value lo v‘TT appeared from the range whUc e , ing was proceeding on Friday- ■ was taken to the range packed candlebox, and left under a foi n • ■ the caterer’s assistant of dirty cups on top ot it. Thai ' a great mystery tor two dajs. enquiries were made everywhere, cup was found this n.or.nng w cn f;,;, crockery was removed. 1 , J ot h e r.s caused amusement to some butc were nonplussed. .. PUNEDIN. dune nThe Baptist Convention‘ solutions protesting against V n -."vaal duction of Chinese into ime l *‘‘‘ ranC(J and of sympathy with the om I • triends of Newtown uui Bruce. Th* Dunedin Jockey Club gave hlObl in stakes at Us winter meeting, of w i ' ' Mr J. A. Holmes takes £26.", ami *'r a. Clifford, jeuo.