TELEGRAMS

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10974, 13 June 1903, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

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(Per United Press Association.) ' WELLINGTON; June-, 12., Messrs W. H. Gavin, formerly ■ E&Bident Engineer of the Midland Railway section, and W. A. Jeff, who is in charge of the Coal Creek section of the West Coast, have accepted good appointments under the South African Government, and leave the colony to-morrow.-. ■. ,- ,■ „, • In coming* up to the avhar.fi this morning the German liner Eapallo jmade a sweep, inshore, and the stern took to the mud. It is expected to get her off without trouble with, to-night's tide. A rule nisi ,to >quasli the issue for a packet license to the, steamen Manuwai was granted to-day.-, It^jj, i^,^rgu^d before the Pull Court a^wit ti^et end of the month.

The action W. E. Salisbury v. DrTeaie, claim for a half share in a city property valued at over .£2OOO, commenced to-day, and is creating, considerable interest* The parties are .uncle and,, nephew, and it .is claimed bythe plaintiff that it was mainly due to Tiis influence, political and otherwise, that he built up a practice. Some of the evidence is somewhat sensational.* INVEKCARGILL/ June 12. Charles McCoomb, a , single' man, a stationmaster at Centre Bush, aged 27, committed suicide last night by taking poison. ££c ,left a note saying he intended to -commit the deed because of supposed unfair treatment.

PAiMERSTON N., June 12.

A meeting of the North Island members of the Sheepbreeders' Association was held at Palmerston yesterday. The balancesheet showed thcrifet assets to be .£353/' with a contingent liability of ,£IOO. Motions were passed that the North Island Association consider the advieabiliy of holding ram fairs in this island' at such places ac arc considered suitable under the management of the Association ;• that this meeting is strongly opposed^ to the prop6sals.^manatuig fro^m, the JSouth Island branch to^ allow the admission from time to tilie of flocks now unregistered. •'GHJMST-CIH-aßiiS.;.,'-Junfi;dt2. „.,-- Regarding the New Zealand Shipping Company's experimental despatch of the Rakaia in August for Liverpool, a space ha| alreafly been booked for 3GJOOO crates of t'rahbits, and. it is -expected, a quantity of Jrozeji mea.t will also be sent, PAHIATUA, June 12. Mr Laing Meason has. been appointed as. engineer to carry Out th 11 y s nlgn-p're''ssure water and drainage V&frks dib! Pahiatua. A public meeting was held last evening at Marigatainoka of settlers from the Coonoor, Waione, Rising Sun. and Makairo districts/^ It ' deoidedMb i%et -^^Mp . O'Meara,.Jtfsli*C a€^3ißCps%he^roposal to mak^ihe . .<rack >oveisaafjhfe "^alv/tepa Range fit**6i* r: fheell;EafflcF It fa es^mated this would cost and such a road would divert thousands -worth j o£., business into thfe Man^alaiiioka aiid Pajhiatua districts -which goes to | D^nnevftk^ *att'%x^a.i^st-'j^> T iW settlers, j Aider}utatibn i Tvas"*appoitt'tea*\o meet Mri Seddon and .Sif -Joseph Ward, who have corisente/J^'to attend a banquet to be^ tendered Mr O'Meara in about a^iortrnght's time. •'The deputation wiH urge" the completion of tyfe work. ,-

A young womati named Fitzsimmons had a harfcow escape from drowning at CastleclifE yesterday, v She is a resident of Mangaweka, an(| came to to^am on Wednesday. Yesterday she .visited Castlecliff, and went foi. a walk along the' sea bea,ch. While walfett'^lft"tri'e l %atfeT r ghe"w^r overtaken by a big- waver and.in-'an- effort to escape get--fing her clothes wet, fell, and before she could recover herself another larger breaker came in-«iid oa*yied*-her off her -feet. In this se£seus- '^edfca'infeni, and^after being eomc fi)&fi i» the water, she was seen by a Mr '.J/bjUnd, who chanced to be on the beech. "He rusHed to her rescue and brought her, in an> unconscious state, to shore, afterwards -M#n'ovin# her to the hotel. There Mr anjj^Mrs Brown rendered -every assistance po^ible' by artificial ,resperation and hot w^fef and blankets, to resuscitate the unfort^tmate woman, and eventually they were for their trouble. Dr Fenwick was also summoned, and attended to Mrs Pafesimmons. who was this morning* removal 1 to the Hospital, haying received a severe," shock to the system^