NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 6990, 13 February 1886, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

_ _— j [PER .UNITJiD PRESS.ASSOCIATION.] LOSS OF KETCH FANNY EELLY. AtfoKtAND, February 11.; The nautical enquiry iuto the loss of theketoh Fanny Kelly resulted in the exoneration of the captain. AN INTERESTING SPORTING CASE. Wellington, February 12. At. the , Magistrate's Court this afternoon, Daniel Dark brought an action against tho Island Bay! Racing Club for £2 65., being the!amount which he alleges should have been paid to Jhhn* as a-dividend on the horse Talebearer ■> in the Oonsolation Race at the Island. Bay jrace meeting, on the 23rd January:! The race: first resulted in a dead' heat i between Talebearer and Little Scrubj but, 1 in the run ofi 1 Little Scrub,won, and the stewards authorised tHe totalisators to pay out on that'horse; The:plaintiff contends .that the money on the machine should,haye. been divided. After a long argument, His Worship held that the investments. in the totalisators -were nothing more than bets on racing, and therefore could not be recoVered. Judgment was given for the. defendants, with £9 'costs. v Notice of appeal was given.. BOY DKOYVNED AT SE!a>. Wellington, February 13. During the voyage of the ship, Opawa from London-, a boy named H. Hagger, fell from the,cross jackyard into the sea. Thero Vas'a heavy gale at the timo. ;A- boat -was lowered, and every effort made to save him, but without avail.' " ■ BOY DROWNED. A boy named Thomas Watson, aged ten, a son of Thomas Watson, qngineer of the steamer Tui, was found drowned in the harbour at the reaij of the gas works this .morning/ ( It is believed he was fishing'off the trestle work u&ed in connection with the Te Aro!reclamation, and fell off. • •!* . , CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT. At the Resident Mayi&trate's Court this afternoon, a young man named Frank McDowell was committed for trial on a charge of embezzling a sum of £94 ia moneys, alleged to belong to. James McDowell, clothier. ! AN ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. r Christchorch, February 13. Wm.Jklifcohell, a milkmau 'at Lyttelton, attempted to commit suicide. by taking a bottle of some strong liniment. ; ■> s INTERPROVINCIAL BOWLING MATCH".. The interproviricial!bowling matches, Ghristchurch and Otago, concluded yesterday, when the Ounuiugliam Cup was won by the Christohurcli club. RAILWAY ACCIDENT, ■ r . Donedim, February 11. At the inquest on Win. McLellan, who was liille*d on the Ofcago Central Railway, the evidence showed that the deceased slipped while levering at a stone, and fell some 40 or 50 yards, the stone falling on him and killing him. A verdict of aacidental death was returned. ' , ■-, t , ACCIDENT TO MR. PRINCE. Dunedin, February 13. ' Mr. Prince, electrician,.was thrown from his horse, while proceeding' to inspect'the Phoenix mine. His skull ! was fractured, aud no hopes are entertained of his recovery. ,