BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 3794, 22 April 1875, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Wellington, April 21. A sad accident occurred at the lighthouse on Poncarrow Head the night before last, attended with fatal results. Mrs Hendle, the wife of one of the lighthouse-keeper, bad been taking some coffee to her husband, who was on the top of the tower. She had descended the stairs safely as far as the first landing, but just afterwards Hendle heard a scream and the sound of a fall, and found his wife lying at the foot of the staircase. Her injuries were so serious that she died this morning from the effects of the falL

Auckland, April 22, Two fires broke out within an hour of each other last night; one at the workshop of Granwell’s furniture depot in Shortland street, and the other at Burke’s, bellows-maker, Wakefield street. Both were extinguished before they got a firm held. Incendiarism is suspected in each case. At Bonrke’s a quantity of flax saturated with kerosene was found. The police took Bourke into custody on suspicion. He is Captain of the Fire Brigade.

{From our own correspondents.)

Chbistchdbch, April 21. The arrival of the Governor caused very little excitement. Many of the shops were not closed but pursued business as usual. There was a small display of bunting, and few people in the -streets.

The town is very dull, considering the near Approach of the race meeting. Good racing is expected, as many horses from a distance have come to compete against Canterbury bred animals. The public have made Templeton a favorite for the principal event; the great Autumn Handicap, but the sporting writers of the different Christchurch journals all give King Philip as the probable winner. All the events, however, seem to be very open at present. Friday’s racing will probably bring up new favorites.

The Governor’s entry into Christchurch was nearly signalised by a serious accident. On leaving the railway station the horses in the carriage pulled very hard, and when in High street fairly overpowered the driver and bolted. An aide-de-camp stood up and assisted the driver, but the carriage was within an aoe of being dashed against a large stone lamp post in High street. The horses proceeded at a furious pace, and were made worse by people galloping alongside and the clat f ering of the escort to Cathedral Square, where t iey were stopped, fortunately without injury to any one. ’ Auckland, April 21, A little boy, eighteen months old, son of Mr Holloway, landlord of the Ferry Hotel, at Woodside, while playing on a point near the hotel, rolled over a sloping cliff, a distance of about thirty feet. The accident was observed by a neighbor, and the little fellow was picked up. A skiff proceeded to town and brought over Dr Stock well, who found the child’s head and face much cut and bruised, and him apparently suffering from internal injuries, hut no bones were broken. The child’s escape from instantaneous death is miraculous.

An infonnation has been laid at the Police Court against George M'CrsUb for knocking down and breaking the leg of one Thcmas Lnpton at the Eden Vine Hotel. M'Caslin has figured in the Police Court on several occaBIOEB ‘ j , a PP 6are d that Lupton and M'Caslin were.drinking and barneying about their respective horses, and what they could de. The dispute waxed warm, till from words it came Io . WBI Lupton alleges that M'Caslin first knocked her husband down, then, when on the ground, kicked him in a most brutal jpanner, breaking his leg and otherwise injur-