NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 162, 11 January 1896, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

(Per Press Association'). Masterton, Jan. Willam Hugo, of minstrel fame, who i was admitted to the Masterton Hospital 1 on Saturday, died this morning. The 1 came of death was concussion of the brain. How the injuries were obtained is a mystery, as owing to the condition of ! the man no depositions were taken. ' From broken statements made to the custodian of the Hospital it would appear that Hugo was injured in a row, but ' whether at Wellington or Masterton is not certain. Auckland, January 10. ' The recent flower fete realised £254 I for the funds of the Ladies Benevolent Society. Frozen poultry shipped from Auckland by Edwards and Aimer realised by cable advices 5s 3d each in London. Mr Aimer has gone home to form a company in Liverpool in connection with the industry, i Dunedin, January 10. The Taieri County Council to day by > sto 3 refused to accede to the applica- > tion of the City Couucil for permission , to erect abattoirs in the Couuty. The > Council on a previous occasion gave permission. It is now probable abattoirs . will be erected within the city. I Wellington, January 10. The man Jeremiah O'Brien, who was i drowned off Jervois Bay breakwater I last night, was a grocer living on Tino- . kori road. He was married and leaves i a widow and daughter, i The Halcione has disappeared al- ; together. The heavy grinding on the ' bottom of the reef has apparently torn . the bottom out. A considerable quantity of cargo is drifting about between Barrett's reef and western ledge. To-day the wind changed, and being off shore what cargo is afloat is being driven seawards. Christchurch, This Day. A grass-seeder at Little Biver named Charles Webb attempted suicide. He inflicted terrible wounds by cutting his windpipe in two places. There is a probability of the man's recovery. He had been drinking heavily.