INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1715, 21 November 1887, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

♦ Auckland, November 19 A railway porter named Oliver Leach, employed at Hamilton, whilst engaged In shunting trucks, was run .over. The truoks passed over hie legs and aims, nearly severing them. Mr J. M. Shera, a member of the Committee of the Financial Reform Association, writes protesting against the sending of a telegram from the ABsooiation to Mr Thompson, M.HR. He thinks it injudicious to Bond m the name of the Committee telegrams whioh oome from a soratoh Committee. November 20. The funeral of the late Colonel Lyon, Commandant of the Auckland Volunteers, took place to-day, his remains being interred m St. Andrew's Cemetery. The Epsom volunteers and the bandi of the Auoklaad garrison, were present, together with many corps from country districts, whilst the city and suburban Armed Constabulary were also m attendance. The funeral procession, whioh presented a moat imposing aspect, was witnessed by thousands of spectators stationed along the line of route. The autopsy of the Colonel's body on Saturday showed that he died from valvular heart disease of long standing. Gbbymouth, November 20. The Omapere yesterday took away 47940z of po\d. The remains of William Goodwin were found drowned yesterday m a hole near his residence at Seven Mile. He had been missing since Thursday, when he went to Oobden to vote. Daniel O'Leary wad brought m to the Hospital yesterday from Price and O'Oonnell's oontraot on the Midland Railway with a number of ribs broken and other injuries. Inybroarchll, November 17. At the inquest on men killed m the Glenhatn tunnel the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." A miner named Edwards, who had been several years engaged tunnelling m England, Norway and Viotoria, gave it as his opinion that the timbering of the tunnel was too light, and the absence of the rafters m the frame work made the structure weak. On the other hand, the Government Inspectors and Engineer m charge held that the timbers were sufficient, that rafters would not hav_ helped mat* era, and that the cause of the accident was the slipping of the hillside over the entrance of the tunnel through saturation by the heavy rainfall. The 'ace of the hill at tha en+ranoe had beer sioped to a gradient of one m one, which is recognised as a safe alope. The injured men were not examined, not being sufficiently reonvered.