NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 4 February 1901, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

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Relic of Immortality.

Dunedin, Eebruary 2.

While two boys were rabbiting on the cl.ffs about a mile from E. B. Cargill’s residence, above St Clair, they found the remains of a man in an advanced stage of decomposition in a steep gully. The police visited the place and found the remains jammed in a crevice of rock in a sitting position. A sugar bag containing a white blanket and a cotton sheet lay about two yards away. The man evidently fell into the crevice where he was found, and died there. So far nothing is known of his identity,

A Traiu Collision.

An accident occurred on the Port Chalmers railway this afternoon. A train from Dunedin ran into another train from Port drawn up to let it pass. As a result three of the carriages and several trucks were smashed. Two of the passengers were slightly injured,, and were able to walk away. Mr Gaw, Traffic Superintendent at present, is investigating the cause.

A Drowning Accident.

Christchurch, Feb. 3,

A sad drowning accident occurred on the Estuary at New Brighton, on Saturday. E. Ball, ex-Mayor of St. Albans Borough, with a married and single son, and a grandson, were sailing in the Estuary, when a puff of wind capsized the boat, and the youngest son (Leonard) just got his nephew ashore and then his father; but Samuel, the father of the boy, was exhausted and drowned, and the body has not yet been recovered. National Mortgage Agency. The National Mortgage and Agency Co. has advice from the head office, London that the directors recommend for the year a dividend of seven and a halt per cent; that the special fund held for some time to meet a possible depreciation and losses on assets is found no longer necessary, as the contingency account has been transferred to the reserve and a further addition made to bring the reserve up to £25,000,

Disastrous Fire. Auckland, Feb. 2.

The goods sheds and the bigger part of the outer tee of Marsden Point Wharf (near Whangarei), was deatroyed by fire this morning. The origin of the fire is a mystery. Suicide.

Frederick Cornish, 72 years _ of age, committed suicide by hanging himself at his house this morning. No reason is assigned. Deceased left a paper stating that a servant girl at Anderson’s Bay could explain the matter, but she know nothing of him except that he used to do some gardening at the house where she was serving. As is too frequently the case, the man was not cut down when discovered ; it was, in fact, half an hour afterwards. It seems probable that if promptly cut down life might have been saved. The verdict was suicide, while temporarily insane.