Saturday.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XI, Issue 22, 21 September 1883, Page 9

Saturday.

Captain Hultain, of the ketch Reliance, was knocked overboard while the ketch was jibbing early yesterd <y morning off Whangarei Heads. He swam for half an hour, cooeying in vain, then stripped his clothes off and made for the shore, three miles off, guided by the light. He landed on the beach nearly dead, after swimming three hoars in a heavy sea. Over £600 is to be given in prizes at the next Auckland regatta. The following tenders were received for the Waimatn contract of the Seaward Bush branch railway :— Accepted : H. Jaggers (InvercargiU), £2771. Declined : John Walker, £2991 ; Frank Morgan, £3244. Messrs Redmond and Walsh have received telegrams from the West Coast amd other parts of the Colony, welcoming them on their mission, and informing them that arrangements are being made for their reception. They had intended to take a run to Alexandra to see the country, but time will not permit of that being done at present. Messrs Pickering and Co.'s flaxmill at Spring Creek, Marlborough, was totally destroyed by fire on Thursday evening, only the wheel being saved. It was insured in the Liverpool and London and Globe for £300. The loss is estimated at £515. Major Barker, of the Salvation Army, arrived from Dunedm at Timaru yesterday, and was welcomed by the local corps of the Army, who then proceeded to march through the principal streets of the town with a drum and tin-whistle band. They had been warned by the Mayor and others that their actions were likely to frighten horses, but they refused to desist. The result was that a child narrowly escaped being killed by a runaway dray (the horse in which was frightened by the noise) passing over its legs and breaking one of them. - A young boy named M'Crae fell into the river at Kelso, Tapanui, on Thursday night, and his elder brother jumped in after him. The younger child was carried away, and his body ha 3 not yet been recovered. The elder boy was rescued by his uncle. The Southland County Council have rejected a motion to annex the district south of Lake Wakatipu, at present part of Lake county. They accepted a tender for county buildings in Clyde street, Invercargill, of brick and cement, at £2164. The ridings of the County having been altered, two members will resign, and offer themselves for re-election by the new districts.