INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1972, 17 October 1888, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

Auckland, October 16

News from DargarvJle states that a man named John Bagley had a narrow esoaps of his life on Wednesday last A railway train was neariog Maropire when Bagley was discovered by the brakesman, Rhodes, lying asleep some distance off with his head across the lioe The brakes were pub down, but it was impossible to stop the train, and Rhodes at great risk let himself down off the leading wheel as the train approached, and kicked the man's head off the rail The box of the carriage caught Begley by the shoulder and threw him a few feet, breaking his collar bone.

WmvMiraToir, Ootober 16 The libel action brought by the Hpn Mr Lannch against the "New Zealand Herald " will be heard before a special jury In Wellington at the January sittings of the' Supreme Court.

Steps are being taken by the Qorerament to advertise attractions to tourists afforded by the colony. Four maps have Been prepared by the Survey Department, showing respectively, the Thermal Springs distict, North Island the Mount Oook Glacier region, tho Lake Wakatipu and Olntha river syatem, and the West (Joist Sounds, with Lakeß TeAnau and Mana ponri and the routes to be followed ia travelling to each place. Foveral thousand copies of ea?h map will be published gratis, and will be circulated through the medium of the Agent-General's Department, Melbourne Exhibition and Shipping Offices m various parts of the world.