YESTERDAYS TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 936, 25 June 1877, Page 2

YESTERDAYS TELEGRAMS

INTERPEOVINCIAL

[per tkess agency.]

Auckland, June 23

\ The Mount Eden Brewery Company have j; received a telegram from Wellington, stating, in reply to the Licensed Victuallers' petition, that the Government is favorable to equalis- { ing the Auckland licenses with those in other parts of the colony. Grahamstown, June 23. •' The gold returns for the week amount to \ 2708 oz., of which the Moanatairi mine con-

tributes 1092 ozs. The latter is from a fortnight's crushing. i Balclutha, June 23.

At the Clutha ploughing match thirteen double furrow ploughs competed, eleven in the senior class and two in the junior. A boy named Mclntyre, aged thirteen years, took the first prize in both classes, also for best finishes and best outs and ins ; in all, upwards of twenty pounds in prizes. [prom a correspondent of the press.] Auckland, Juno 23.

An accident of a very serious character occurred this morning at the biscuit factory of Byecroft and Co., Onehunga, Flour and other goods are lifted from the tower of the mill to the upper storey by means of a chain and pulley, worked by steam. A man named G. Hassan! was employed this morning in the upper storey removing bags, which another below attached to the pulley. Several bags had been lifted in this way, and the pulley returned to the bottom again, when by some accident, as it was being lowered, it caught on the engine shaft and got a turn round it. In an instant the stout flooring of the mill was torn up, and big blocks were torn from the fastenings and fell to the ground, striking Hassard on the head and inflicting a frightful wound on the back part of the scalp. Steam was at once shut off, and several of the workmen ran to the unfortunate man, who presented a ghastly sight, and who was at first supposed to have been killed. ■