NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 76, 26 September 1895, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

(Per Press Association.) Gkeymouth, Sept. 25. Captain Falconer, of the Torpedo Corps, fired the mine which had been laid round the wreck of tbe vessel Thurso in the river at noon. In all 2000 pounds of explosives were used, consisting of dynamite noburite and gun cotton. The blast was most successsul, the derelict being cleared away as far as the mast, which was the portion that lay in the fairway. Christchuroh, Sept. 25. The Mayor has sent a telegram to the Hon. W. r. Beeves stating that to the best of his belief there are 200 men out of employment in Christchtirch, many of them in very straitened circumstances. At the Charitable Aid Board to-day it is reported that 507 separate outdoor cases, comprising 1690 persons, were relieved in the month of August, as against 50S in July. Pahiatua, This Day. A public meeting last night protested against the inclusion of the Railway line in the Betterment Bill. A petition against the measure is to be presented to the minister. Gisbornb, This Dav. Constable Norman has tendered his resignation to Inspector Emerson, conse« qnentl.y an inquiry is unnecessary. Nelson, September 25. The Nelson Amateur Athletic and Cycling Club held their first meeting to-day. It was a great success The ten-mile Bicycle Race was won by B. Lever in 33min. 59 3-osec ; the Mile Bicycle Race by Sunders, 2min. 49 2-ssec ; the 100 yds Flat Race by Curtis, 11 1 ssec, and the 1000 yds Flat Race also by Curtis in 2min 42 2 ssec. Duxedin, Sept. 25. In tho Ladies' Golf Tournament, Mrs M. Cjuupbali (Gljriatohnnjh) beat Miss Duncan- (Wellington)'. Tomorrow the inter club match will be played. A(. a meeting of women addressed by Lady Stout, it was decided to form a Southern Cross Society. Auckland, Sept. 25. A man named Issac Wilcox, a bricklayer, living in Now ton, Avas discovered this morning on a sofa in his residence with his throat partly cut with a razor. His wife had summoned him for threatf eniug language.