NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 67, 16 September 1896, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

«i (Per Press Association. i Auckland, Sept. 15. The body of McLc-od. seaman of the barque Himalaya, drowned on Saturday night, was found today. John Balme, nged 8 yearn, son of George Baltne, was thrown from his hor.«p. His foot caught in the stirrup. The horse bolted and the boy was killed on the spot. The Minister of Justice has decided to take no further steps in the case of Constnble Thompson, fined 10s for alleged assault on a drunk and disorderly prisoner and whose fine was paid by public subscription. A petition for a daily train service between Auckland and Paeroa numerously signed by business people, ratepayers, and others in the district of Te Aroho and Paoroa, has been forwarded to the Hon. A. J. Cadman, Minister for railways. Wellington, Sept. 15. A large distribution of trout fry from the Masterton ponds is about to take place', the Acclimitisation Society having allotted some 300,000 young trout to the Manawatu and tributary streams, 25,000 to the Forty Mile Bush District, 250,000 in Obau, Otaki, and other West Coast Rivers. The Takapuna when off the Brothers to-day sighted what appeared to be the wreckage of a vessel about 60 tons and thought one of the small vessels trading to Peloros Sound with timber may have met with a mishap. It is understood the Government has agreed to place on Supplementary Estimates a vote in aid of the New Zealand Rifle Association. The death of Frederick Hankins compositor, on Saturday night was due to paralysis of the heart.