SOUTHERN NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 197, 19 August 1907, Page 5

SOUTHERN NEWS.

(By Telegraph.—Press-Association.) THE GOVERNOR. CHRISTCHURCH, Sunday. His Excellency the Governor arrived by the Pateena from the North yesterday. He spent the day at the Canterbury Jockey Club's Grand National Meeting, returning to Wellington in the evening. RAILWAY ACCIDENT. OAMARU, Saturday. An accident, occurred this morning to a man named Thomas White, employed by the Railway Department. He and another man were engaged in unloading a truck containing a large case and two slabs of marble, when the truck was bumped by a shunting engine, causing one of the slabs to fall across. White's legs, breaking both. His companion narrowly escaped. RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT GREYMOUTH. GREYMOUH, this day. The Otira train was derailed through a landslip this morning. No one was injured, but some rolling stock was considerably damaged. BOTLDING BOOM IN DUNEDIN. DUNEDIN, this day. The total amount spent in building in Ihinedin during the last financial year reached £300,000. This includes £50,000 spent on the new railway station, and is the largest expenditure for the past nine years. UNCLE AND NEPHEW. WOODVILLE, this day. A bricklayer named George Perfect has been arrested on a charge of assaulting his nephew, Arthur Hope. It is -alleged that he struck him over the head with a • bar of iron. The young man was not rendered unconscious and closed with him, and both men were so knocked about that each had to have wounds sewn up by a doctor. Hope was too ill to appear in Court to-day. MAHARAHARA COPPER FIND. WOODVELLE, this day. No official intimation has yet been received confirming the reported striking of a big lode at the copper mine, though it is understood a good find has been made, THE SCHOONER STANLEY. NAPIER, this day. Mr Fleming, one of the owners of the schooner Stanley, returned to-day from a visit to the vessel, which is stranded at Orewa. He states that a further efr fore will be made this week to float "her. AN EARLY SPRING. . CHRISTCHURCH, this day. Heavy rain fell over night, and cleared off somewhat at breakfast time. There are still occasional showers, and • the sky Jfcjvery. overcast"..- The rain is -very .welcome, to owners of stock, and esp'eci&ljy dairymen. There are indications of spring everywhere, narcissi flowering in many places, and all the willows are how in bud. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. HAWERA, Sunday. The native, James Haddon, aged 36, who shot himself in the stomach on : Fri- ! day evening, died this morning.

WELLINGTON, Sund_y.

The annual meeting of the New Zealand Employers' Federation has been postponed from the 21st to the 28th inst.

For incest Henry Peacock was sentenced yesterday to 10 years' imprisonment, and for counterfeiting to five years, the sentences to run concurrently.

WELLINGTON, this day.

The Royal Commission to inquire into the Nightcaps Mine disaster will consist of District-Judge Haselden, Messrs H. A. Gordon, H. J. H. Eliott, and A Forbes.

CHRISTCHURCH, this day.

A poll of members of district cricket clubs as to whether the district system should be abandoned, decided upon continuance of the system by 252 votes to 40.

Spurious silver money is reported to be in circulation here.