TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

West Coast Times, Issue 6569, 1 August 1887, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS .

[N.Z. PRESS ASSOCIATION.] INTERPROVINCIAL. Auckland, Jnly 30. A dead body was found this morning in the water near the railway wharf. The name of deceased is unknown. Arrangements are in progresa for the coming match. Auckland v. Canterbury, and probable and possible Auckland representatives played a match' to-day at Epsom, the former winning by two pointsWiteside, Araeil, and other prominent players did not take part. A man named Cross, clerk of the Poverty Bay Harbor Board, was arrested to-day, charged with embezzling £21 6s 7d, tbe property of that body. The man Bishop, shot by a woman on {See. fourth page.)

and the news of whose death has just been received, is said to have a wife and family in Auckland. Mr Humphreys is retiring from the contest for the Coromandel aeat in favor of MrMackay. Blenheim, July 30. Mr S. J. Macalleter the liberal candidate for Wairaa addressed to-night the largest meeting ever held in Blenheim. He gave a general support to the (Government and advocated the Catholic claims. The pro. eeedings were moot enthusiastic. A vote of confidence was paised by an immense majority. Gbeymouth, July 31. A telegram from Reefton gives the return from the Globe as 818ozs of amalgam from 190 tons. The total returns for the month are 7090zs 16dwts of retorted gold, from 925 tonß, with a shilling dividend. The claim is averaging about £600 per week lately, the expenses absorb about one week out of four. The Keep-it.Darbi which has paid for many years, got 3740zs of amalgam from 150 tons. The Just* in-Time, 3540zs of amalgam from 160 tons. Progress, 2420zb of amalgam from 95 tons A good many shareholders in the Great Eepublio Company, Weatport, are Greymouth rw. ; dents, and on Saturday they received dividends, according to scrip they hold, ot from £5 to £30. The report of Major Keddell, Commis- j sioner appointed to inquire into the cause of the accident in the Wallsend mine, Is to hand. He says the primary cauae of the accident was the faulty manner in whioh James Dunn drilled the hole and prepaied the shot, before requesting the overman to fire It. He drilled the hole with a drill of which one corner was off making the hole too small for the usual cartridge. He tamped the shot with coal dust, and did not pay sufficient atten tion to the cleavage of the coal at tbe face. The overman was responsible for not having examined the shot properly* taking Dunn's statement for granted" He has no doubt that it was not so purely a gas explosion as many miners stated in their evidence, and is of opinion thai tbe . management of the Wallsend mine had been lax. Sufficient precautions have not been taken to secure the safety of the men working in it considering it has been notoriously subject to appearances of gas in all working places, and instances are given from evidence such as firing shots with naked light, clearing gas in "places" while men are in adjoining workings, tamping shots with coal dust neglect of deputies to enter in the report book all instances of gas ignition, and want ef care in inspecting and cleaning the safety lamps. Major Keddell makes several suggestions : Shots to be fired by heated wire touch paper, gas should not be cleared out of "places" till the men are out of the mine. He recommends the substition of other explosives such as some nitro-glycerine, compound of tbe lime cartridge. Tbe report book is useless as some of the most important entries are interlienations. He strongly urges the proprietors to procure better lamps for their under-viewers, and firemen and all who have to try for gas. Considers the Davy lamp out of date, and think 5 Living's gas indicator would be a valuable assistance to to the manager of the mine. William Lawn, the infant clild ot Thomas Lawn, was accidently drowned by falling down the water closet at itt> father's residence ; it was quite dead when recovered. An inquest will be held to" morrow. The . Mawhera takes 59750za gold .for transhipment at Wellington.

The weather is quite mild and springlike.