NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Greymouth Evening Star, 26 January 1903, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

(PBB PBHS3 ASSOCIATION.) Fatal Accident. Napier, This Day. Mra Elizabeth Williams, the elder sister of the Hon. James was killed on Saturday night near Wairoa. Deceased was driving with another lany. The latter alighted to open a gate when the horse bolted and Mra Williams either jumped or was thrown from the trap, death resulting from the ahoak. At the inqueßt a verdict of accidental deatn was returned. Deceased was about 49 years and leaves 8. family of three so as and two daughters. Fatal Accident. Westport, Jan 26 Robert Smith aged 29, single, a horse driver, was run over by a loaded tub in tbeDemiston colliery, this morning and killed. Compensation Cases. Napier, Jan 26.

A slttiof of the Compensation Oouit in cornect:on with the compulsory acquisition of the Milbourn Estate was commenced 10-day before the Chief Justice ancii two assessors. The claim of tha trustee in the Stoke Estate is for £184,998, being £164,998f0r land Tamed at £5 12steracre, *nd for loss of business. An offer was made by the Government for £4 per acre, subject to reduction for any area found denuded of soil by rivers. Packet License Case. "Wanganoi, Jan 26 The Magistrate gave judgment to-day in the packet license case in whica the captain of a river steamer was charged with selling liquor to a passenger, while thfi vessel wa9 moored at a stopping place during Boring Day excursion. The Magistrate held the excursion was only one passage and the stopping was only an incident of the voyage, and that there ▼as no illegal sale.

Bad Weather, Masterton, Jan 26. Two point fifty-nine inches of rain fell during the last forty-hoars, over two inches falling in the last twenty-four hours. Considerable damage has been done to the crops in the district. Harvesting was well forward and promised : good returns. Charge of Arson. Napieb, This Day. The case against Msgill charged with arson was called on in the Court to-day. The accused did not appear. On Saturday he was medically examined as to his sanity and committed to the asylum leaving by the express for Wellington this morning. On the application of the Crown Prosecutor a warrant was issued for his arrest, and the accused will bo brought back to answer the charges. Noxious Weeds. The Agricultural Department is u-ing stringent measures for tho suppression of noxious weeds. Prosecutions havo been taken and flne3 imposed on those who neglect to exterminate.