INTERPBOVINCIAL NEWS
(pee ukitbd peeks association.) Chbistchubch, August 19. The raia ceased about 11 o'clock last night, The weather is now clearing. Ne important damage has been done by the floods, except at the Little River Kailway, a portion of which was washed away, and will take a w«ek to repair. Messrs. Hay Bros*. h»use, wool shed, and out- buildings, which were destroyed by a landslip and fire at Pigeon Bay, were insured in the South British Office tor £2,600. At Eyreton, North Canterbury, twenty, fine acres are reported to be under water, in consequence of the overflow of the EyretoQ river. This Day. The police bare received a telegram that Mrs Osborne, steerage passenger, per Wakatipu, jumped overboard oh. the vessels last trip frem Lyttleton to Byd ne y Oamaeu, August 19. It is still raining, and there is no sign of it stopping. Eailwajr communication with the north is suspended. Dunedix, August 19. Fully halt a mile of the permanent way at Greytown South has been carried away, and the line in several places is ' under water. If th» slips which are threatening occur, it will be a week be- j fore traffic ib resumed. The embankment at Eiveraid* breaking has saved Outram. Intelligence has been received by the Shaw, iSavill, and Albion Company's agents that after the completion of contracts by May next the Company will only charge l£d per lb for frozen meat by their steamers. Wellikotok, August 19. The statement telegraphed to the effect that his Excellency had remitted the sentence of death on Bowlands, at Gis-> borne, is i»eorrect. The matter is still under consideration. A collision, which fortunately was not attended by any serious comeqienoes, occurred on the WellingtoHsMasterton 1 line at Fetone this morning between a ; passenger train and an engine and three empty trucks, which by some means came out from a siding just as the train was passing. One of the empty trucks was thrown off the line, and the •♦her two had their bottoms forced up by the violence of the ierk.
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Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 30, 21 August 1886, Page 2
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