TELEGRAMS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4098, 9 June 1881, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

» [Paii Pskjs Association.] AUCKLAND, Junb 8. Not Nice. A man named Robert Good slipped while uncoupling some ballast waggons at Helensville, tho waggons passing oror both thighs. Ho was brought into the Auckland Hospital. An Old Brute. A man named John Davis, aged 72, was , committed for trial on a chargo of rapo on a , littlo girl under 12 years of ago. Ho treated tho chargo with indifferonco and levity. [ Got Loose. I The hoaviest flood at Dargaville for flvo 1 1 years was experienced to-day. Sixteen

hundred logs belonging to the Union Sash and Door Company got adrift but were- ultimately secured. WELLINGTON Junb a. Coming Along. Dr Hector kindly furnisheß the following : : — A strong gale is reported to-day from Australia. It was advancing from the westward centre over Molbourne last evening, and passeß Gabo at 2 p.m. to-day, where there is strong south wind ; while at the same- time a strong nor t ''i- west wind prevails at Hobart. The storm centre reportnd at Adelaide on June 2, and a. Gabo on June 3; has passed north-west of New Zealand, and haa probably caused the heav? easterly swell that has been reported as making southward along tho eaßt coast for some days past. _>__*iEDIJJ, Junb 8. Eager Demand At a meeting of the Committeo of the Meat Refrigerating Company to-day, it waß Btated that 1200, out of 4000 shares in the Company, had already been, taken up. The machinery will be ordered' from Home directly the share list is sufficiently complete. Lost our Brewer ! Mr H. 0. Brewer, the Deputy- Registrar of the Supreme Court, has been transferred to Auckland. No Bottle Business. The Taieri Licensing Court, of which Mr Fulton, M.H.R., is Chairman, declined to grant any new bottle licenses. Native Cat. The owner of Native Cat is not going to send his horse to tho Wanganui 'Trotting Meeting. Not Good Enough. The Jockey Club to-night declined the offer of the Forbury Park Company, which was to give them the park for five years at £1200 a year, and afterwards for fivo yeara at £1500 a year. It was agreed to make a fresh offer of £1200 a year, with a purchasing clause at an amount to be fixed. INVERCARGILL, Junb 8. Pound All Right. The cutter Jane has arrived at Riverton . bringing newa that the missing cutter Hcnaah is a total wreck in Bi-oud bay, Stewart's Island. Roger Owen and Ned" Clark were both taken off safely, afier suffering considerable hardship. The Hannah, it appears, missed stays,' and was beached. Fatal Result, Mr Joseph Allen, landlord of the Great Western Hotol at Riverton, slipped in getting on to the platform of a railway carriage at Thornbury Junction this evening. B;th his legs were broken, and ho also received severe internal injuries fro*_ which he has Bince died. [fbom. oub special oobbespondbnt.] WELLINGTON, June 8. Of Course ! A telegram received here to-day from Greymouth speaks of Mr T. 3. Woaton's return aB certain. [fbok oub own oobbespondbnt.] DUNEDIN, June 8. In regard to the report that Mr Carew is going to Chriatehurch to succeed Mr Mellish, Mr Carew, having been interviewed, stated he haJ heard nothing of such a change. A rush on a Bmall scale is taking place at Mitchell's Flat, Waipori distriot. The prospects washed vary from the colour to half-a-pennyweight to tho dish. The ground is limited. The prospectus is issued of the Meat Freezing Company. Borne here are of opinion that an attempt should have been made to include Canterbury men on the Directory, so that if the Otago experiment proved successful, the operations of the Company could be extended. The amount of the Bhares, and the heavy calls, will prevent small farmers from becoming shareholders, many of whom would do so if the amounts were smaller.