TELEGRAPHIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1627, 7 March 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

(I'UESS association.)

CURIOUS FATAL ACCIDENT TO

A CHILD,

Auckland, March 5,

Lena Smith, aged two years, the daughter of Georgo Smith, carpenter, at Ponsonby, was strangled in a child's swing, while playing with it with some Other little children, all of whom wero under five years of ago.

GORED TO DEATH BY A BULL

CuiusTCHuiicu, March 5,

At Amberloy, to-day, a well-known and respected resident at Brown's Bridge, near Amberley, named William Farquhar, was gored to death by a young bull. Not a whole piece of his clothing was left on him. One arm was broken, and also several ribs. The deceased was about 50 years of age. Ho leaves a wife and four daughters married, and one son nninarried.

NICE REPRESENTATIVES. Auckland, March 5. It transpired at a meeting of tlio Harbor Board, held to-day to consider the appointment of a dock engineer, that the great majority of the members had never even read the testimonials of the applicants. SCALDED TO DEATH, Dunedin, March 5, The eighteen-months old child of Mr George McDonald, a settler at Mangalni, was scalded to death to-day through falling into a bath of hot water during the absence of the mother, who had left the room to procure some cold water, IMPORTANT TO VOLUNTEERS. Dunedin, March 5. Lieutenant Dransfield, of the Lyttelton Naval Brigade, to-day recovered 50s, being the valve of a uniform supplied to a member of the brigade who had failed to attend the regulation number of drills, and so lost his capitation allowance.

Dunedin, Thursday, A fire occurred this morning in a four-roomed house occupied by George Railton, carpenter, South .Dunedin. It also destroyed a cottage owned by Phillip Dmulon, and occupied by Swineheard. Rail ton was insured for .£245 in the South British, and Swinehoard's furniture for £IOO in London k Lancashire. '

Auckland, Thursday. At an inquest held on the body of a little girl named Smith found strangled on a swing at Ponsonby, the jury returned an open verdict,

Wanganui, Thursday. An inquest was held to-day into the cause of the death of J as. Brown, who was found dead in his house yesterday, A verdict was returned that death was caused by apoplexy, brought on by excessive drinking. An account foi* beer was produced, showing that in two months 150 gallons of beer had been delivered to him.

New Plymouth, Thursday. The Herald's Wenui correspondent writes:—"We have just received information that Hcremai and party have turned the Europeans off the coal mines up the Mokau, and canoed them down to the mouth of the rivev. The natives have thrown the coal that was got out of the mine into the river,"

Wellington, Thursday, Mr Kerferd, Attorney Geneial, and Mi' Gillies, Minister of Railways in Victoria, were shown round Parliament and Government buildings by the Premier this morning. Blenheim, Thursday, Henderson's flax mill was burned down last night-; nothing left standing, but water wheel. The damage is estimated <£loo, Insured in the Liverpool and London for £IOO, Grne unknown. Henderson's mill was burned down three times previously,